topic Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions

DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

nimitz — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:51:34 GMT

Hey all,
I often have to place ZOOMED in areas of maps. The problem that I have is that the new data frame clips don't make a TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND. So, when you clip - the areas of the dataframe are white. I have played around with BACKGROUND and tried NONE but it ALWAYS makes the background white. Is there a way around this?

Thanks

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

LucasDanzinger — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:51:06 GMT

Hmm, I tried on 10.1 and 10.0 and cannot repro what you are seeing- if I set it to None or Hollow, they both look good and there is no background color. If you call in and create a support ticket, we can do a screenshare and try to figure out what is going on. But, None or Hollow should do what you are asking for.

-Luke

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

nimitz — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:19:02 GMT

I'm enclosing the PDF of what I produced.

[PDF removed on request from poster.]

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

LucasDanzinger — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:21:42 GMT

What are you using to clip the data frame shape? Is it a feature class, specified extents, or something else? I used another feature class to clip and it does not have the background.

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

nimitz — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:26:25 GMT

What are you using to clip the data frame shape? Is it a feature class, specified extents, or something else? I used another feature class to clip and it does not have the background.

I created a shapefile to see if that might work, but it doesnt'. The data frame has been rounded 100% - to create a circular call out (this is the issue - when you round the data frame the back stays white.)

Remember, when I export to pdf OR if I print the .mxd, the white still comes in. Pretty frustrating.

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

LucasDanzinger — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:05:45 GMT

Weird, I believe I am doing the same thing but it looks to be working for me. I'm at 10.1...

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

nimitz — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:08:40 GMT

Weird, I believe I am doing the same thing but it looks to be working for me. I'm at 10.1...

What's weirder is that when I'm in ARCVIEW, the transparency will stay consistent. It's when I print or export to pdf is when the transparency goes out the window. killin' me.

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

LucasDanzinger — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:49:14 GMT

What version including service packs are you at?

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

DonovanCameron — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:17:47 GMT

Does one of the layers in the data-frame have a transparency or a graphic inserted?

Any layers that have a transparency enabled will cause that "white" background effect and also, exporting to a vector based format will cause the white background to show up.

See: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/21701-inserting-a-png-or-image

The workaround was to export the map to a raster like a jpeg, png, tiff...

I also found recently that if I used ArcMap's export to PDF (from File pulldown) it would show the white background.
I had to "print" the map using a PDF printer driver like "Adobe PDF" which would print the layout to a pdf file and that did not show the white background.

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

nimitz — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:44:12 GMT

What version including service packs are you at?

I'm on 10.0 with SP4, running on Windows 7 - "Microsoft for life!! j/k:D

Thanks for all the help and suggestions.

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

nimitz — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:47:32 GMT

Does one of the layers in the data-frame have a transparency or a graphic inserted?

Any layers that have a transparency enabled will cause that "white" background effect and also, exporting to a vector based format will cause the white background to show up.

See: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/21701-inserting-a-png-or-image

The workaround was to export the map to a raster like a jpeg, png, tiff...

I also found recently that if I used ArcMap's export to PDF (from File pulldown) it would show the white background.
I had to "print" the map using a PDF printer driver like "Adobe PDF" which would print the layout to a pdf file and that did not show the white background.

hmmm...this is intriguing. I don't have a raster(ie gif/png/jpg) inserted into my zoom-in data frame. I have an ADOBE PDF printer as an option. I think I'll give that a shot. If I have to export to a raster(tiff or jpg) that would REALLY be disappointing.

Thanks

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

JeffTimm — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:46:22 GMT

I am having the same issue. Did you ever figure this out??

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

nimitz — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:58:44 GMT

I am having the same issue. Did you ever figure this out??

No, I never did. I did install SP5 for 10.0 last week and MAYBE I should try it again. REALLY frustrating.

Are you on 10.1?

Re: DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

JeffTimm — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:03:39 GMT

Yes I am in 10.1. I have not installed sp1 yet.