With this command you can clinch or punch any objects with an outline (stamp).
ath_punch
Examples of punched (clinched) outlines
Input request
Select objects which are to be punched.
Select objects:
Select the objects which are to be processed (punched or clinched). Confirm the object selection by pressing the Enter key.
Mode: Clinch
Select outline or [Punch/?]:
Select the object which is to clinch the previously selected objects. Choose the option Punch to activate the punch mode.
Mode: Punch
Select outline or [Clinch/?]:
Select the object which is to punch the previously selected objects. Choose the option Clinch to activate the clinch mode.
During clinching the cut amount, which results from the object with the punch outline, is removed from the selected punched object During punching, only the cut amount, which results from the object with the punch outline, is retained from the selected punched object
Note
• When you punch outlines consisting of closed objects (e.g. circles or polylines), closed outlines are again produced.
• When you punch outlines consisting of unclosed objects (e.g. lines or polylines), unclosed objects are produced.
