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HowTo: Clip overlaying polygon area from an underlying polygon
| Article ID: | 30403 |
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| Software: | ArcGIS - ArcEditor 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1 ArcGIS - ArcInfo 9.0, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1 ArcGIS - ArcView 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1 |
| Platforms: | Windows 2000, XP, 2003Server |
Summary
This article describes how to clip out an area of an overlaying polygon from an underlying polygon's total area.
Procedure
- Start an edit session from the Editor toolbar.
- Using the edit tool, select the overlaying polygon.
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- Leave the 'buffer distance' set to 0.00.
- Under 'When Clipping Features', select 'Discard the area that intersects' and then click OK.
- Delete or move the overlaying polygon. The underlying polygon has the overlaying polygon area clipped from the feature.
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Created: 1/25/2006
Last Modified: 5/3/2011
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By Anonymous - 02/23/2006 9:36 AM
Don't both layers have to have a defined projection? I believe the if one of the layers projection is UNKOWN the clip will not work or be available.
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By Anonymous - 05/11/2006 4:58 AM
Are the two polygons from the same shapefile or is this possible with polygons from two different shapefiles? If it is possible then it must be the layer you want to change, that you select to be edited right? What if this doesn't take effect?
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