{"id":12436,"date":"2022-03-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=12436"},"modified":"2022-03-15T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T17:47:26","slug":"have-you-tried-autocad-wipeouts-and-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/have-you-tried-autocad-wipeouts-and-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Tried: AutoCAD Wipeouts and Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2022\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_Mar_2022_Mask_Objects\" target=\"_blank\">Have You Tried<\/a> this month, we have some great techniques for removing the visual clutter from complex drawings that have lots of overlapping objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overlapping objects and annotation can decrease readability while at the same time increase the chances for confusion of a design.\u00a0Creating wipeouts and using masks to hide parts of the overlapping geometry are ways to avoid confusion in the drawing while increasing readability.\u00a0Wipeouts and masks can also be used to trim geometry around annotation objects and blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2022\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_Mar_2022_Mask_Objects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have You Tried<\/a>, we\u2019ll go over how to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create a wipeout<\/li><li>Create irregular shaped wipeout objects<\/li><li>Add a background mask to multiline text<\/li><li>Break dimension and multileader lines<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how to reduce visual clutter in your drawings caused by geometry and annotation overlap, with the step-by-step examples in the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2022\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_Mar_2022_Mask_Objects\">Have You Tried: What&#8217;s Behind that Mask<\/a> topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/22\/Article-54-1.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"799\" data-lbwps-height=\"448\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/22\/Article-54-1-300x168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/22\/Article-54-1.jpg\" alt=\"AutoCAD wipeout example\" class=\"wp-image-12437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/22\/Article-54-1.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/22\/Article-54-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/22\/Article-54-1-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"keep-the-feedback-coming\">Keep the Feedback Coming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for all the great feedback submitted so far. 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