# Cut/delete parts of a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cut-delete-parts-of-a-movieclip/238133>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 7, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cut-delete-parts-of-a-movieclip/238133 "2007-09-07T14:43:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![monk\_e\_boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@monk\_e\_boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/monk_e_boy)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cut-delete-parts-of-a-movieclip/238133/1 "2007-09-07T14:43:37Z")

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Hey,

I don’t even know what to ask for, but here is my problem:

I want to draw a line as part of a graph.

Then I want to draw a hollow circle over the line, but I want to cut out the center of the circle, so it shows the layer under the line.

At the moment, drawing an outline of a circle the line still shows.

Hm, ok I draw the line:

* * *

Then I draw the circle:

-----O------

But when I do this in flash I still see the line, the circle is not hollow:

-----(-)-----

How do I ‘cut’ the middle of the circle out? Instead of beginFill, I want to do beginErase

Thanks 🙂

monk.e.boy