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Crop to Bounds

Clips all geometry to a rectangular boundary, removing everything outside.

When to Use

  • To extract a region of interest from a larger design
  • To trim imported files to a specific area
  • To remove border or frame geometry

Options

Option Description Default
Left Left boundary X coordinate Drawing minimum X
Bottom Bottom boundary Y coordinate Drawing minimum Y
Right Right boundary X coordinate Drawing maximum X
Top Top boundary Y coordinate Drawing maximum Y

How It Works

  1. Defines a rectangular clipping region from the specified bounds
  2. Polygons fully inside are kept
  3. Polygons fully outside are removed
  4. Polygons crossing the boundary are clipped — new edges are created along the boundary

Technical Notes

  • Clipping creates new polygon edges along the crop boundary
  • Cell references crossing the boundary are flattened and then clipped
  • The drawing's bounding box is updated to reflect the cropped area
  • Use Layer Mask for non-rectangular clipping regions