Has anyone had experience clipping layers to the extent of a shape in ArcGIS Pro?
It works perfectly on Desktop but in Pro it will only clip to the extent of the layer, not the shape. This gives a square, rather than the shape I want.
Is there an option somwhere that I haven't found yet?
To confirm, you have a shape selected prior to clipping, and it a graphic shape, feature class shape or shapefile shape...inside or outside of an edit session?
Hi Dan. Shapefile shape, out of edit session. Dont have it selected. Am trying to get the basemap to clip to the shape of the feature. I can manage it in desktop, but can't in Pro. I would've thought it was possible in Map Properties but 'Clip layers to Extent' results in a box display rather than that of the shape.
No ... extent is the rectangle, you are wanting clip to shape, which is different.
Yes but it is the basemap that I want to limit the extent of. This option is listed as 'Clip to shape' in the clip options of the data frame properties in Desktop. I can't find this option in Pro. The closest I get is the rectangle.
Have you looked at Clip—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS for Professionals
From this help page (bold for emphasis)....
You also have the ability to use the selected features within the display as the clipping extent. If a feature within the feature class is selected and Use Input Features for Clipping Geometry is checked (clipping_geometry is set to ClippingGeometry), then the output clips out the areas that are selected. If a feature within the feature class is selected but Use Input Features for Clipping Geometry is not checked (set to NONE in Python), then the output clips out the minimum bounding rectangle for that feature.
Note: I have not tested yet
Hi Rebecca,
Something similiar, but not quite. Im trying to get the basemap to 'clip to shape' (in data frame tab of data frame properties of Desktop this is an option). I cannot however find the equivalent in Pro and geoprocessing tools can't be used on basemaps.
so to clarify..you are trying to use a shape to clip a basemap..because if it is the other way around it wont work since a basemap is probably not vector,...depending what the basemap is and where it came from...annimage might have helped i guess
Yep. Trying to clip the basemap to the shape.
It is this bottom option that I cannot find in ArcGIS Pro.
Screenshot is from Desktop 10.2
Ahhh... perhaps they removed it because it was causing too much confusion about its purpose...Of course there is the whole terminology change thing... Terminology and user interface reference guide—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS for Desktop Like an "active data frame" is now an "active view" (just like in ArcView 2.x/3.x... old school) and it is now called a map view instead of data view or Layout view and when you go there, it is equally informative Add and modify map frames—Layouts | ArcGIS for Desktop
The equivalent of ArcMap's data frame Clip to Shape setting has not been implemented in ArcGIS Pro yet.
One thing you can do in ArcGIS Pro is create non-rectangular map frames on a layout. Select the map frame and then go to the Map Frame Tools ribbon, Design tab, Reshape section for a dropdown palette of shapes.
Ahhh ... I couldn't find it on the list of comparable terms nor on the things that haven't been implemented. Is there a place where "not implemented" or "no comparable function" resides? We are going to get more of these functional requests and sure such a list must exist, unless things are being implemented on an "as needed" basis
Sorry, Dan, I don't know the answer to that. I don't know if there is a "master list" that goes into that level of detail, or if there is, how much is available externally.
Hello David,
I can't find the design tab you talk about. Could you help out please ?
Greg-
I love this feature in arcmap and am disappointed that it is not yet supported in Pro. I would recommend that you create a mask layer, then select each feature you'd like to mask under Appearance->Masking, then select the masking layer. This will provide the same end result but just takes a little longer than in ArcMap.
Cheers,
Jake
Absolutely, Clip-To-Shape needs to be added to Pro. Stunned that it hasn't been added, yet. Today, I wanted to try out Pro to work around the ArcMap problem where data frames are not transparent when exported to PDF. The page I found said to use Pro to fix this problem. HOWEVER, Pro can't do Clip-To-Shape, which my map requires, so it's not up to the task, either.
Please, vote UP on this suggestion in ArcGIS Ideas:
Clip map to shape in ArcGIS Pro
I really hope they add the "Clip to Shape" feature soon. One work around that I did was to create a Feature Class named "Mask" and then draw it larger than my layout extent. Then I would use the "Erase" Tool to create my clip. I just had to move my Municipal layer up to the top so that the boundary line symbol doesn't get cut off. Only draw back is if you have layers that symbols overlap the clip and there's more features outside the clip that you don't want shown, you'll have to make sure to symbolize so that your features fall inside.
Be sure and go here and up-vote this idea:
Clip map to shape in ArcGIS Pro
Ideas are what ESRI uses to decide what features to add.
Do you know a way to make a masking layer do what we're asking here? The example that you refer to is different from what's being discussed.
I installed pro to get around a bug in ArcMap relating to the export of clipped data frames. Now I find the feature I want is completely absent in pro. Irregular map extents are very useful for displaying spatial information alongside text and graphs. It would be very helpful if some priority was given to sorting this out.
You can Clip Layers in ArcPro just like in ArcMap. But I think it's even enhanced as I don't remember a dropdown that can exclude layers from being clipped-- pretty nice.
All you do is left click the map frame on the Layout tab --> Properties --> Clip Layers
Following this method, my clip is honored in both the Map and Layout windows. However, when I export the layout, the clip is no longer honored. How can I get the clip to remain in the exported PDF?
Aaron,
What comes to mind is something with the graphics. When you share/export the layout is your resolution set too low?
I keep mine at 300 dpi.
Kory Kramer, is the problem that Aaron reports above a bug? He says he loses the clip-to-shape when he exports to a PDF.
Exporting the layout or exporting the map?
I don't think map clipping is honored in the layout until 2.4. Can you confirm what happens if you export the map with clipping?
Map clipping is honored by the layout at 2.3. It is Map Series support for clipping that is not available until 2.4.
I'm using ArcGIS Pro 2.3.3 and I still encounter the error in which the clipping is not honored in the export. In the following example, the US state boundaries are clipping the county boundaries. The image on the left is from ArcGIS Pro (showing the clip) and the image on the right is from the export (not showing the clip). So is 2.4 supposed to fix this discrepancy? Thanks for any info you can provide!
Andy,
I'm unaware of any general clipped map / export issue. I was able to get a clipped result exporting to jpg.
Of course there may be something specific about your map, layout rendering, export options, etc... that results in the clip being ignored. Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support.
Tom
Thanks for the reply Tom. I ran into this problem with export to PDF. I just tested with JPG and PNG, those exports correctly show the clip...so the problem is probably with PDF. I will contact Esri Support and let them know.
Andy
Hi Andy, I've got ArcGIS Pro 2.4.1 and still get the export without the clipping being honored for both jpg and pdf formats (300 dpi).
The equivalent of ArcMap's data frame Clip to Shape setting has not been implemented in ArcGIS Pro yet.
One thing you can do in ArcGIS Pro is create non-rectangular map frames on a layout. Select the map frame and then go to the Map Frame Tools ribbon, Design tab, Reshape section for a dropdown palette of shapes.