Is there a way to have InDesign respect the artboard set in Illustrator?

Question

When placing a *.ai in InDesign, InDesign auto-crops the frame if part of the Illustrator artboard is empty. Even if I outline the Illustrator artboard with a no-stroke, no-fill rectangle, InDesign will lop off the part where it sees no ink.

Is there a way to have InDesign respect the Illustrator artboard size?

Answer 1

When placing an ai file

1. Check the checkbox Show options and
2. Then in the new modal window, select Crop to: Crop