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Feature Tools Feature Clip
This tool cuts out a piece of one feature class using one or more of the features in another feature class as a cookie cutter. This is particularly useful for creating a new feature class, also referred to as study area or area of interest (AOI), which contains a geographic subset of another, larger feature class. For more detailed help see ESRI Help for the ‘Clip (Analysis)’ tool.
Table for Features: This is the input table, usually the results table generated by the Geodata > Search tool, but it can be any table with a field containing the full path to the geodata you want to process with this tool. If the Input Table is a DBF, or a table in an ESRI File Geodatabase, then you can select a subset of rows in ArcMap and only those rows will be processed by the tool.
Field for Feature: Select the field from the 'Table for Features' that contains the full path to the geodata items you want to clip.
Clip Features: Polygon feature used to clip the input features. The boundary of the polygon feature will define the area clipped out.
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TIP: The clip feature and the input feature must be in the same spatial projection.
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TIP: Note that each time this tool is run the output will overwrite any output from a previous run.
Output Workspace: This is the location for the Grid Garage results table containing the list of geodata processed by the tool as well as any data outputs. If the tool encounters any errors when processing the input geodata then a second results table will be generated, with a '_FAIL' suffix, listing the input geodata that failed and any ESRI error messages.
If you have set the ArcGIS ‘Workspace' parameter in the Geoprocessing > Environment Settings then this path will be used as the default. You can use this default path or click the folder button to select a new output location which can be a folder or File Geodatabase. If you specify a folder then the Results Table will be written to a comma-delimited (CSV) text file, if you specify a File Geodatabase it will be written as a Geodatabase Table.
Result Table Name: You can choose to use the default table name or specify a different name for the Grid Garage results table. The Grid Garage results table reports on a range of different properties for each of the geodata items in the 'Table for Geodata' input table. See the Grid Garage User Manual for a description of all the properties reported on.
If the tool encounters any errors when processing any of the geodata then a second results table will be generated, with a '_FAIL' suffix, listing the input geodata that failed and any ESRI error messages. If you choose a folder for the Output Workspace then the result table will be written to a comma-delimited (CSV) text file which will not allow you to select rows for processing when using the table as input for other Grid Garage Tools.
Result Table file name: The default name will always take the form of 'ClipFeatureTool_date_time', where ‘date’ and ‘time’ are the date and time that the tool was run.
XY Tolerance: The minimum distance separating all feature coordinates as well as the distance a coordinate can move in X or Y (or both). Set the value to be higher for data with less coordinate accuracy and lower for data with extremely high accuracy.
Output File Workspace (optional): If you want the output geodata files to be saved in a different location to the ‘Output Workspace’ you can select a new location (folder or File Geodatabase, depending on the output file type). The result tables will still be written to the ‘Output Workspace’ specified above.
Output Filename Prefix (optional): Any text you enter in this input box will be added as a prefix (at the beginning) for all output file names.
Output Filename Suffix (optional): Any text you enter in this input box will be added as a suffix (at the end) for all output file names.