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Opposite of Clip?	Vincent Buccellato	Dec 13, 2004
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Juan Garcia	Jan 03, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Juan Garcia	Jan 03, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Kelly Edwards	Jan 24, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	veronica alcon	Jun 22, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Donald Meltz	Jul 10, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Ianko Tchoukanski	Jan 24, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Robert Rumney	Jun 26, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Kristine Cai	Jul 06, 2005
Re: Opposite of Clip?	Jeff Sturman	Apr 26, 2007

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Subject	Opposite of Clip?
Author	Vincent Buccellato
Date	Dec 13, 2004
Message	Is it possible with ArcView license to get the opposite output from clip? The outlying in shape area, not the overlapping shape area.

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Juan Garcia
Date	Jan 03, 2005
Message	Vincent, What you are looking for is called Symmetrical Difference. There is a tool to perform this action. Look in the help for it.

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Juan Garcia
Date	Jan 03, 2005
Message	Sorry, I didn't read that it needs to be in ArcView. I think this tool is limited only to ArcEditor/ArcInfo. However, you will be able to do it in ArcView with some programming. Look in the Developer Help for an example.

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Kelly Edwards
Date	Jan 24, 2005
Message	Do not use the clip tool under geoprocessing. There is a different clip function under the editor toolbar that produces a 'reverse cookie cutter' effect. This clip function will cut out all underlying features in the same geodatabase if the layers are VISIBLE. In an edit session, select the feature (polygon) you want to use as the cookie cutter and choose clip in the editor toolbar. Chose whether to keep the features that fall inside the cookie cutter as new features or to delete them completely. It does not delete the feature that you used as the cookie cutter.

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	veronica alcon
Date	Jun 22, 2005
Message	I have selected the layer to use as a cookie cutter and the Clip function is greyed out. Does this have something to do with my ArcView license or am I missing a step? Thanks.

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Donald Meltz
Date	Jul 10, 2005
Message	Using the Clip function in an Edit session, you have to have one and only one feature selected in the "cookie-cutter" layer. If you want to get around this limitation, merge the features you want to use as the cookie cutter into a single feature first,(in a new layer if you want to retain the original layer) then select that single feature as the cookie cutter/clipper.
	° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Don Meltz ° Planning and GIS ° Columbiaville, NY 12050 ° donmeltz@msn.com ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Ianko Tchoukanski
Date	Jan 24, 2005
Message	Check the free Erase function of ET GeoWizards (http://www.ian-ko.com)
	http://www.ian-ko.com

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Robert Rumney
Date	Jun 26, 2005
Message	X-Tools also has an Erase feature. Bob

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Kristine Cai
Date	Jul 06, 2005
Message	Vincent, Did you have your problem resolved? I am facing the same issue with my project. Can you share? Thanks! Kristine

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Subject	Re: Opposite of Clip?
Author	Jeff Sturman
Date	Apr 26, 2007
Message	There are two Erase features in the toolbox. One needs ArcInfo, the other does not (under Analysis Tools).