Modelbuilder Clip By Sequences/Order

[JayWee]

Hi All,

I have a shapefiles that contains multiple polygons.

For each polygon, there is a order number under "Sequence" field. Nothing too complicated, just 1,2,3,..... etc

Is there a way to clip those layers based on order number using modelbuilder?

For instance, Polygon 1 clip out polygon 2, polygon 2 clip out polygon 3, polygon 3 clip out polygon 4, if polygon 5 stays by itself and do not overlap anything, then it will be by itseft.

Thanks in advance.

[DanPatterson]

why dont you use the overlay tools and then pick out the pieces you need from the result.

For example

Intersect—Help | Documentation 

then find the shapes that match your condition

[JayWee]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your suggestion.

I've tried that method and seems like it only extract those that overlaps. 

I need to find a way to somehow merge back with the original based on order ID. 

Previously i had to select each and then clip based on the order ID.

Now just need to automated this process for large datasets.

Thanks