topic clip to shape in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/clip-to-shape/m-p/712903#M55302 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How can i use python to set the dataframe's range as a shapefile,hope for you reply</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:24:33 GMT 王伟 2016-07-26T03:24:33Z clip to shape https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/clip-to-shape/m-p/712903#M55302 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How can i use python to set the dataframe's range as a shapefile,hope for you reply</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:24:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/clip-to-shape/m-p/712903#M55302 王伟 2016-07-26T03:24:33Z Re: clip to shape https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/clip-to-shape/m-p/712904#M55303 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Do you have any experience of writing geometries?</P><P>Start here :</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/writing-geometries.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/writing-geometries.htm">Writing geometries—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>And see the various properties of the data frame in the mapping module.</P><P><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00s300000003000000" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00s300000003000000">ArcGIS Help 10.1</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:32:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/clip-to-shape/m-p/712904#M55303 NeilAyres 2016-07-26T07:32:20Z Re: clip to shape https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/clip-to-shape/m-p/712905#M55304 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Check out the thread <A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/179279" target="_blank">Create a polygon from data frame</A> which has several options for creating a polygon from an extent.</P><P></P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/19932" target="_blank">Darren Wiens</A> code (copied below) might be you simplest solution, just need to change the output to a shapefile.</P><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none">mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(<SPAN class="string">"CURRENT") <SPAN class="comment"># map</SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN> df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[<SPAN class="number">0] <SPAN class="comment"># get 1st data frame</SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN> sr = df.spatialReference <SPAN class="comment"># get spatial reference&nbsp; </SPAN> ext = df.extent <SPAN class="comment"># extent object&nbsp; </SPAN> BL = arcpy.Point(ext.XMin,ext.YMin) <SPAN class="comment"># bottom left&nbsp; </SPAN> BR = arcpy.Point(ext.XMax,ext.YMin) <SPAN class="comment"># bottom right&nbsp; </SPAN> TR = arcpy.Point(ext.XMax,ext.YMax) <SPAN class="comment"># top right&nbsp; </SPAN> TL = arcpy.Point(ext.XMin,ext.YMax) <SPAN class="comment"># top left&nbsp; </SPAN> df_poly = arcpy.Polygon(arcpy.Array([[BL,BR,TR,TL,BL]]),sr) <SPAN class="comment"># create polygon&nbsp; </SPAN> arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(df_poly,r<SPAN class="string">'in_memory\poly') <SPAN class="comment"># write to disk</SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN></PRE><P></P><P></P><P>If that is not what you are trying to do, you may need to supply additional information (Desktop or Pro, version, etc)</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:32:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/clip-to-shape/m-p/712905#M55304 RebeccaStrauch__GISP 2021-12-12T06:32:27Z