#Clip box file update

You can use the extent of one data frame to clip the other. The example below shows a map layout with two data frames. If the data frame used for clipping is itself clipped, for instance, this data frame is clipped by circle graphic, the current data frame will also be clipped. You can use the extent of another data frame to clip the current data frame.

#Clip box file update

If you want to update the clip shape, you will need to select the clip options and settings again. When you choose an option that is based on an extent that can change, such as a map extent, features in a layer, or the outline of selected graphics, the dialog box gets that current extent and stores its actual coordinates, so that if any changes are made to the map or to layers that would otherwise affect this extent, after the clip has been executed, they can be ignored. Once you choose an option and press OK, the next time you open the Data Frame Clipping dialog box, the Custom Extent button will be automatically selected, even though the original clip shape was constructed using another option, and will show you the top, left, right, and bottom coordinates of the extent you originally specified. It is important to note that Clip to Shape is not dynamic.

A rectangle defined by specific coordinates that you supply.

Any selected feature in a specific layer.

All the features in a specific layer visible in the current map extent.

All the features in a specific layer, for instance, a state or country polygon boundary.

The graphic or graphics you want to use to clip the data frame must be selected otherwise, the Outline of Selected Graphic(s) button will be disabled.

Any graphic shape you draw with the Draw toolbar inside a data frame (in other words, in data view or in a focused data frame).

Using this graphic, you can clip the data frame to better highlight the area of interest-in this example, the Aegean Sea.ĪrcMap can use the following as clipping shapes to clip the data in a data frame: In the example below, a graphic circle has been drawn around the Aegean Sea. Clipping results in drawing only the region of the data frame bounded by the circle, with nothing drawn in the space between the edges of the circle and the bounding box of the data frame. For example, you can draw a graphic ellipse in a data frame and clip your data frame to it. Clip to ShapeĪrcMap will use the shape that you specify to clip the drawing of a data frame. You can also use this if you want to remove any existing clipping setting for this data frame.

Clip to current data driven page extent.

They will redraw so you will not see any clipped labels. Clipping does not alter the actual data inside the data frame, even though data view also shows you the clipped data. If you need the data inside a data frame to be a shape other than rectangular, you can clip your data frame's drawing to meet your map specifications using the Clip options on the Data Frame tab of the Data Frame Properties dialog box. Clip to current Data Driven Page extent.