ArcGIS Desktop – Retaining All Fishnet Grid Squares Within Boundary of Polygon

Question

I have created a fishnet grid (3km x 3km) over a vector polygon.

I now want to clip the fishnet over the vector polygon retaining all grid squares within the boundary of the polygon.

Therefore I want all squares that would typically be clipped into partial squares to remain as whole squares.

Does anybody know how to do this?

Answer 1

By default, the Fishnet tool creates a polygon/polyline grid using the bounding box of your study area. Try one of the following workflows:

Option 1:

1. Create Fishnet
2. Clip fishnet with the study area polygon

Option 2:

1. Create Fishnet (choose polygon fishnet output)
2. Select by Location