Hi Hilpers, Ok - so if I understand this correctly you want a on-the-fly clip, not a mask. Right?
A mask is only covering/hiding/selectively drawing geometry, but not changing geometry. A clip is changing the geometry. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_(computing) [1]vs. http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/analysis/clip.htm A mask is typically just about drawing features not about manipulating geometries as processing does. We need to use precise terms here. Andreas On 2017-03-08 21:08, hilpers wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I regularly face the issue that I want to set masks for layers of my choice > based on one layer´s geometry. > I know there is a plugin available which handles labels *but not* the > geometry of layers to be masked. > > In my oppinion a mask should make geometries / raster cells outside the > specified mask disappear. The user should also be able to exclude layers > from being masked. After searching for more than a year, I want to ask how > you handle this pretty common scenario. Furthermore, four years after the > last discussion about masks here on QGIS Nabble I also want to ask, whether > developers are planning to incorporate this feature in V3. > > It would be great to have that masking capability option within the layer > options or even the projects settings. > > Thanks > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Real-Mask-functionality-in-QGIS-tp5311464.html > Sent from the QGIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Links: ------ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_(computing)
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