topic Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

LarryMcEvoy — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:38:03 GMT

When using clip layers to clip to the outline of a feature in ArcGIS Pro 2.4 the layout and map tabs show results as expected screen grab below.

But when printing or exporting the map the clipping layer is not honored is there a setting I am missing or is this expected behavior.

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

TomBole — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:53:33 GMT

Hi Larry,

I'm unaware of any known issue that would result in clipped layers not drawing in the layout (as expected), but drawing in the printed map or the exported file.

There may be something specific about your map, layout rendering, export options, etc... that results in the clip being ignored. Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support.

Thanks,

Tom

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

BranislavBlagojevic — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:11:46 GMT

Tested! Clip Layers option works correctly just on the screen - not on the exported/printed maps!

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

ThomasColson — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:53:56 GMT

When I export from map or layout, the clipping remains. You'll need more details that are specific to your workflow (exact steps to reproduce), which you'll need if this goes to tech support (likely outcome). In addition, what kind of video card are you running? Is that a vector tile layer that is being clipped?

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

LarryMcEvoy — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:07:41 GMT

Life is to short for ESRI tech support, my issue seems to be linked to the fact that the map was using old enterprise geo-databases (for some of the layers) which have yet to be upgraded two fixes came to mind duplicate the data out to a current file geodatabase or use donut buffers with a white fill. Went with the second option as I find that having a single source of data is always preferable when you come back to it in a couple of years

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

KoryKramer — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:35:14 GMT

It would be interesting to actually get details on when this doesn't work. I just tried as well and my export to png works just fine.

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

MichaelVolz — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:56:37 GMT

Larry:

Would you be able to provide more details on the old enterprise geodatabases that you felt were the cause of the problem such as GIS version installed (e.g. SDE 10.2, 10.3, etc.) and database type (e.g. SQL Server 2012, Oracle 10g, etc.)?

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

LarryMcEvoy — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:30:09 GMT

Michael,

we have both 10.0 and 10.2.2 geodatabase's sitting on SQL Server 2008 (10.0.6241.0)

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

ThomasColson — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:32:01 GMT

You might be running into https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/databases/database-requirements-sqlserver.htm.

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

BranislavBlagojevic — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:55:55 GMT

Checked/tested on Feature Classes in the same fgdB and Raster Dataset outside of fgdB (as individually georeferenced image files in .jpg format). See the results in the attached movie.

Thanks!

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

ThomasColson — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:19:58 GMT

is your PermitArea layer a line or polygon? What is the projection and source of each layer in the map, not just the ones you're exporting? Is the export location on your hard drive or network? These are all questions TS will have, which is where this issue will likely end up.

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

BranislavBlagojevic — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 14:22:06 GMT

Thomas,

- Layer PermitArea = Polygon;

- Projection = Projected CS: MGI Balkan 7 (EPSG Code 31277 after ESRI CS def., in original EPSG dB ver, 9.6 doesn't exist!?), all layers/Feature Classes and georeferenced images are in this CS;

- Source of vector(s)/Feature Classes: one file gdB on local HD, raster files/.jpg images stored in single Folder on local HD;

- Export location: local HD.

Thanks!

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

LarryMcEvoy — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:37:28 GMT

Found some time this morning to do some more investigation on this

Created a new project saved it locally and exported 3 layers of the data (a point and two polygon layers) into the project default database. I am also using a raster mosaic layer which is saved in a 10.2.2 file geodatabase saved locally so basically ensuring that I am working in a supported environment. All layers are using ITM95 projection.

Using one of the polygon layers with a definition query as the clipping layer everything works as expected for both screen and export to hi res pdf. Interestingly I can exclude either the polygon or point layers from the clipping and get expected results but if I exclude the raster layer the clip no longer has an effect when a pdf is exported. Not quite what Branislav Blagojevic is getting but similar in that a raster is involved. Possibly buggy behavior will see if my IT dept can log a Tech support case.

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

AdamEversole1 — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:44:20 GMT

Hello Larry,

I have a update. Our support team was recently presented with this issue. A Project Package was provided that demonstrated this problem. We noticed the Clipping layer was in a group.

Using the Zion National park sample from the ArcTutor Data , we put the park boundary in a group and clip was not upheld in the PDF export. Removing the group resolved the issue in the tests.

If you're running into this problem please try ungrouping any problematic layers in the map, or feel free to contact Esri Technical Support if your still experiencing the issue or if you would like to have your account attached to bug record that was submitted. Ref BUG-000125378

Cheers,

Adam

Esri Technical Support

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

KeithOlson — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 18:00:00 GMT

I am also having this issue in ArcGIS Pro 2.4.2. My clipping extent layer is not in a group and the clip is not upheld when exporting to JPG.

Map frame in Pro correctly clips the data (one access road layer excluded from clipping).

The exported JPG includes the extent of all the road features.

I tried deselecting all layers from the "Exclude layers from clipping" dropdown to see if that made a difference, but it did not change anything.

Re: Clip layers not honored when printing or exporting

deleted-user-4G3UqOpj30Yb — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:22:48 GMT

I having a related clipping issue, but I thought it was different enough to start a new topic. Please take a look, thanks.

https://community.esri.com/message/910610-clip-to-outline-of-features-not-working-after-using-older-basemap