topic inset map in Mapping Questions

inset map

jaykapalczynski — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:53:55 GMT

I am trying to create an inset map.

I create a new data frame and it appears in the map - Great
I add layers and they show up in the new dataframe - Great

I now want to make this round.

I go into the Frame Properties and set the border and background "Rounding" to 100%
It look good in the layout

When I look at it in Print Preview or when I print it there is a square box from the original square frame? I have this sitting over background data and I get this ugly output...

How do I get rid of the white square?

attached is the image from print Preview...

Re: inset map

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:13:50 GMT

there is this weird little statement in the following link about setting the null color and map service and transparency, which probably has no relation to what you are doing, but if you didn't try to set your frame background color to whatever or transparent, it might be worth a look

http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/map/page-layouts/customizing-data-frames.htm

Re: inset map

AbdullahAnter — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:27:14 GMT

Same problem was discussed in the following links with no direct solution but workaround. (that is if the rounded data frame has raster)

Data frame with no background prints with white background with rasters

How do you make white background of new data frame transparent

Feature transparency causes white data frame background when printed

Overlapping Data Frames Not Transparent on Export

Clip data frame: why is original shape still appearing

rounded data frame

Re: inset map

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:59:37 GMT

perhaps another job for Pro

http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/get-started/add-maps-to-a-layout.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_72BDEA11C5554B45AC045D6AC3FBCD98

Re: inset map

jaykapalczynski — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:24:50 GMT

went to ArcGIS Pro and things are working....but layout methods are very cumbersome and take twice the time....ArcGIS Pro is horrible with graphics and grouping...can do this in desktop 200% faster...have a complicated layout with many insets and took all day....1/2 of time waiting for an I7, SSD, 16gb ram to figure out what I was doing...thumbs down to ArcPro