Clipping Reference - Xref

When you attach an Xref to the drawing, you may not need to display the whole reference

 

Select the Xref, External Reference tab > Clipping panel > Creating Clipping Boundary

 

 
Select Rectangular, then drawing a rectangle to retain the area of the reference

 

Clip Frame

You can toggle On & Off for the clip frame

Insert tab > Reference panel > Hide Frame

 

 

The clip frame been hide