Latest Contributions by JoeBorgione

Thank-you for responding, Joe.  So, I used the 'Create Feature Class' tool in the 'Data Management' toolbox to create a polygon feature and set the processing extent to 50 and 52 south and north respectively and -7 and 3 west and east in the 'Environments' window.  I left all the other defaults as they were.  The process ran and a shapefile was created, though, it did not produce a visual polygon on the map.  I then used this file to clip my shapefile of the UK but got an error message that the output was empty (error 000117).  Any idea where I'm going wrong? Thanks so much! Laura Yep; you created a feature class, but you haven't created any geometry for the feature class.  Try this: In ArcCatalog, delete the empty polygon feature class you tried to create. Next, staying in ArcCatalog, create a new polygon feature class.  I prefer some flavor of geodatabase feature class rather than a shapefile.  Give this new feature class the same spatial reference as the feature class you wish to clip. Close Catalog and open ArcMap.  Add the feature class you want to clip.  Add the newly created, but empty polygon feature class.  Hopefully you have a line feature class of lat/long you can add as well.  Start an editing session with your [so-far empty] new feature class as the target.  Using the lat/long lines as your guide, create the polygon you want.  Once you have it, stop editing and save changes. Clip what you want with what you just built. Make sense? ... View more