The Clip tool allows you to trim part of an entity based on the perimeter of a polygonal layer (Figure 35). The polygonal layer is used to limit the extent of the layers to a specific area. For example, if you have a layer of contour lines at country level, you can make a clipping to work at province level. The tool is located at the following address:
ArcToolbox > Analysis Tools > Extract > Clip
To configure the tool, proceed as follows (Figure 34):
- Input Features: Select the layer of points, lines or polygons to be trimmed.
- Clip Features: Select the polygonal layer containing the trimming perimeter.
- Output Features Class: Select the directory or geodatabase where the new cropped layer will be saved.
- XY Tolerance: This is an optional tolerance parameter that establishes the distance that a coordinate can be moved in both X and Y.
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