Emulate PDF Cropping

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Emulate PDF Cropping

Artificially reproduce PDF cropping commands in DXF or HPGL output
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Cropping is a technique used by PDF to render only part of a line, shape, image or page. For example, when a filled square is cropped by a circle, you will only see a filled circle and not the part of the square that falls outside of the circle. DXF and HPGL do not natively support cropping but with pdf2cad, you can simulate it in your results.

pdf2cad supports cropping using the "Emulate PDF cropping" option. This is a powerful feature that intelligently renders cropped objects in DXF or HPGL based on how they are rendered in the original PDF file. When selected, cropped parts of the objects will render in the DXF or HPGL.