An overview of the Masking toolset

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Contains tools to create masks to enhance cartographic display by obscuring conflicting feature symbology

ToolDescription

Cul-De-Sac Masks

Creates a feature class of polygon masks from a symbolized input line layer.

Feature Outline Masks

Creates mask polygons at a specified distance and shape around the symbolized features in the input layer.

Intersecting Layers Masks

Creates masking polygons at a specified shape and size at the intersection of two symbolized input layers: the masking layer and the masked layer.

Masking tools

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