topic Arc Toolbox Clipping---Stuck in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arc-toolbox-clipping-stuck/m-p/130561#M7520 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to clip a line shapefile to a polygon using ArcToolbox and the Clipping feature is continually being hung up on Step 3 of 16 in the Cracking Mode. I've let it run at least 30 minutes and it is hanging up longer than that. Any idea what is taking so long?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 May 2012 13:10:08 GMT MistiLittle 2012-05-23T13:10:08Z Arc Toolbox Clipping---Stuck https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arc-toolbox-clipping-stuck/m-p/130561#M7520 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to clip a line shapefile to a polygon using ArcToolbox and the Clipping feature is continually being hung up on Step 3 of 16 in the Cracking Mode. I've let it run at least 30 minutes and it is hanging up longer than that. Any idea what is taking so long?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 May 2012 13:10:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arc-toolbox-clipping-stuck/m-p/130561#M7520 MistiLittle 2012-05-23T13:10:08Z Re: Arc Toolbox Clipping---Stuck https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arc-toolbox-clipping-stuck/m-p/130562#M7521 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Misti,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>sounds like you have some additional complexity in one of the features that is making for calculation difficulty or an extremely massive feature and something else happening.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'd suggest running </SPAN><SPAN style="text-decoration:underline;">Data Management &gt; Features &gt; Check Geometry </SPAN><SPAN> on both features and run the companion </SPAN><SPAN style="text-decoration:underline;">Repair Geometry </SPAN><SPAN>tool on them as well.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If either tool shows or does anything that's likely the cause of the hang.&nbsp; You might have some self intersecting loops.&nbsp; Generally these fault just cause the tools to crash or create no output.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hardolph</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 May 2012 21:46:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arc-toolbox-clipping-stuck/m-p/130562#M7521 HardolphWasteneys 2012-05-24T21:46:26Z