TechNotes/Clipped XREFs in DWG

If you try to open a DWG containing clipped xrefs, based on the setting of the Translator, the following things can happen:

The clipped xref content is visible, but the file is missing from the xref list in the Xref Manager.
The xrefed file exists in the list, but the full content (not only the clipped content) is visible in the drawing.

Xrefing is the same process as block converting, so the following happens:

If you use the translator set Open Options > Translate AutoCAD Blocks as 2D Elements or Grouped 2D Elments (for example the default translator), the clipping is maintained, but the xref connection is lost.
If you use an other translator with the setting Open Options > Translate AutoCAD Blocks as Library parts, the xref connection remains, and the clipping information is lost. In this case you can use fills with color -1 (background) to hide the unneeded part of the xref.

Unfortunately you cannot combine these results, so you have to choose one, depending on the information you have to maintain.