Timeline for Creating polygon feature class from area in one not covered by another using ArcGIS Desktop?
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| Jul 9, 2014 at 19:23 | comment | added | rachel.passer | Thank you! I figured I might as well point that out if someone else happens to look up this thread. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 18:28 | comment | added | Chris W | @rachel.passer Sorry for any confusion. The polygon selected when using the Editor clip tool is what does the cutting (as opposed to what gets cut). However the tool has two options, either keep or discard the area of intersect. The Clip GP tool only keeps the area of intersect. In your case, the nature of the intersect probably allows selecting either one with the right method since I imagine you're cutting holes in a shape. If you try it out with just two polygons that only partially overlap each other, you may get a clearer picture of what happens depending on what is selected. | |
| Jul 9, 2014 at 15:12 | vote | accept | rachel.passer | ||
| Jul 9, 2014 at 14:33 | comment | added | rachel.passer | I know it's a little late, but I started getting to this part of my project today and I tried your suggestion above. It worked! But FYI, #4 is worded in a confusing way compared to what actually happened. When those two layers are editable, you said select the "bufferdummy" polygon and clip that on the editor. When I tried this, I actually clipped the "notcovered" polygon, not the "bufferdummy" one for it to work properly. Then just save the edits and voila, perfect gap in coverage areas. Thanks! | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 18:55 | comment | added | Chris W | @rachel.passer It sounds lengthy to describe it, and it does have more steps than a single tool, but it's really not that bad once you get the technique down. Back at a digitizing job I had we used this all the time because most licenses were just View/Basic and we had a 100% coverage requirement. It's a fast way to create shapes from other shapes when you don't have some of the more advanced tools. I still use it (or the Clip tool at least) to create coincident boundaries rather than using Trace on the boundary I've already created. | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 13:44 | comment | added | rachel.passer | Also you're right, I don't have admin rights on my computer here and if I need to get a higher license or install a third party extension, I have to justify it yada yada yada. I think I'll try this way first. | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 13:23 | comment | added | rachel.passer | Yeah at first I thought this was a bit of a lengthy process but I think while it might have a few more steps, it is more...adjustable? Thank you! | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 22:47 | comment | added | Michael Stimson | I like it. It's a bit more interactive and is a good solution for more than two feature classes... also as it's in editor you've got an UNDO opportunity. | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 22:36 | history | answered | Chris W | CC BY-SA 3.0 |