How do I use the clipping tool in ArcGIS?

How do I use the clipping tool in ArcGIS?

Clipping a polygon feature

1. Click the Edit tool. on the Editor toolbar.
2. Select the feature you want to use to clip.
3. Click the Editor menu and click Clip.
4. Type a buffer value.
5. Click the type of clip operation: whether to discard or maintain the area that intersections.
6. Click OK to clip the feature.

What does clipping do in ArcGIS?

In GIS, to clip is to overlay a polygon on one or more target features (layers) and extract from the target feature (or features) only the target feature data that lies within the area outlined by the clip polygon.

How do you clip a data frame in ArcGIS?

To use a graphic to clip a data frame, it must be selected. If you already have a suitable element for a clipping shape in your page layout, you can cut or copy it, then either switch to data view or give your data frame focus and paste the shape into the data frame. Click Edit > Paste while in data view.

How do you clip polygons in ArcGIS for desktop?

You can clip polygon features that touch or are within a buffered distance of a selected feature using the Clip command. To be clipped, the polygon features must be editable and visible. Only polygon features are clipped. For example, suppose you want to model the effect of a proposed road widening project on the lots of a subdivision block.

How to create a clipping shape for a data frame?

Use the New Circle tool in data view to create a circle that contains the extent of the data you want to display in that data frame. Click the Select Elements tool and select the circle graphic. Right-click the data frame for which you want to set a clipping shape in the table of contents and click Properties. Click the Data Frame tab.

Why does ArcMap take so long to CLIP data?

Choosing an entire layer of polygon features to use as a clipping shape can cause ArcMap to perform slowly. You should geoprocess the features to become one shape that represents the outline you want for your data frame or find another dataset that contains that combined feature.