topic Re: Clipping lines in New to GIS Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292056#M775 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>he wants the inside removed, which is usually done with Symmetrical Difference, but he only has a basic license</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:36:34 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2014-07-15T14:36:34Z Clipping lines https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292053#M772 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm new to Arc not GIS and I can't seem to do what I think is a fairly basic operation.</P><P></P><P><STRONG>I have a polygon and many lines that intersect it.&nbsp; I want to remove the portions of lines that fall inside the polygon.&nbsp; How do I do this?</STRONG></P><P></P><P>I've tried using Clip in the editor tool bar but that only seems to work on polygon-polygon overlaps.</P><P>I've tried using Clip(Analysis) but that removes the parts outside of the polygon.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:20:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292053#M772 BenLeslie1 2014-07-15T14:20:16Z Re: Clipping lines https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292054#M773 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ben,</P><P></P><P>maybe try the <A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00080000000m000000">erase tool</A>. Use your lines as the input and your polygon to erase.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Tim</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:24:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292054#M773 TimWitt2 2014-07-15T14:24:24Z Re: Clipping lines https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292055#M774 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Maybe if I had Anvanced licence - I am on Standard.</P><P></P><P>Surely this is a basic oporation?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:28:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292055#M774 BenLeslie1 2014-07-15T14:28:32Z Re: Clipping lines https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292056#M775 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>he wants the inside removed, which is usually done with Symmetrical Difference, but he only has a basic license</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:36:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292056#M775 DanPatterson_Retired 2014-07-15T14:36:34Z Re: Clipping lines https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292057#M776 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>For grids yes, otherwise, create the polygon, union the result and delete the unwanted portion is perhaps one way to go, otherwise this can all be done in an edit session, but less convenient if you have many areas to "mask"</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:46:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292057#M776 DanPatterson_Retired 2014-07-15T14:46:16Z Re: Clipping lines https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292058#M777 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This software is INSANE.</P><P></P><P>It really makes you work for your money.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:52:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/clipping-lines/m-p/292058#M777 BenLeslie1 2014-07-15T14:52:44Z