You are correct in thinking the clip region is a mapper thing - not an edit to the highway file. You need to do the following - not the only way, but it will work; 1. Select all of the streets in and around the area of interest - using the marquee select is often good - and make sure to get a larger area than you need to ensure full coverage 2. save the selection as a new file 3. open that new file, make it editable, and select all of the street segments in it 4. Under objects menu, set target. 5. Select the polygon you want to clip with - in your case the state 6. Objects>Erase Outside. This should get you the file you want. Be sure to pack the new table after your editing by going through table>maintenance>pack table Hope this helps. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Ph 207.879.7769 Fx 207.253.5756 www.mitchellgeo.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carolyn White Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:40 PM To: Mapinfo-L (E-mail) Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI-L saving a clipped region Mappers, Okay, I just *don't* understand what is really happening with a clip region. I have created a clipped region of the US highway map. It includes the Highways for the state of Mississippi and some small area outside the state. I can't seem to save justed the clipped region of the highway map. I can save the workspace and get back the view of the clipped region upon reloading the workspace. But whatever I do when I save what appears to be the clipped highway tab file, upon reloading the saved file displays the highways for the entire US. So, this says to me that clipping is a visual thing, not an actual operation. Is that correct? Or is the real clipped file hiding somewhere? Alternatively, once upon a time the Kevin M... tools included a tool to clip streets at a target boundary. I haven't been able to get it to work since version 3. I looked at the tools at Directions tools, but nothing obvious jumped at me. Am I just doing this wrong or do I need a tool, or what? TIA Carolyn S. White, PhD Program Coordinator Assistant Professor, Sociology Room 1445 Digital Computing Lab Voice: 217-333-6751 1304 W. Springfield Ave. Fax: 217-244-7089 Urbana, Il 61801 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. ________________________________________________________ 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
