topic Re: Divide tool in ArcPro greyed out in Conservation Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853604#M8 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you set the direction? It looks like it wasn't selected</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/editing/divide-a-polygon-by-a-value.htm" title="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/editing/divide-a-polygon-by-a-value.htm">Divide a polygon by a value—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>see the images</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:09:32 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2020-01-17T13:09:32Z Divide tool in ArcPro greyed out https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853603#M7 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using ArcPro and I'm trying to divide some polygons into equal 100m sq areas using the Divide tool.</P><P>However the Divide icon remains greyed out even though I have only one polygon selected and filled in all the relevant options. Is there something I've missed? Not sure why I can't press divide!</P><P><IMG alt="Screenshot divide polygon" class="jive-emoji image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/478674_Screenshot_Divide.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:33:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853603#M7 ScottMacDonald1 2020-01-17T11:33:42Z Re: Divide tool in ArcPro greyed out https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853604#M8 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you set the direction? It looks like it wasn't selected</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/editing/divide-a-polygon-by-a-value.htm" title="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/editing/divide-a-polygon-by-a-value.htm">Divide a polygon by a value—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>see the images</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:09:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853604#M8 DanPatterson_Retired 2020-01-17T13:09:32Z Re: Divide tool in ArcPro greyed out https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853605#M9 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Dan,</P><P>Thanks for replying to the thread.</P><P>I did set the direction but it doesn't seem to work at all - Divide is still greyed out!</P><P>Thanks for the suggestion though - will keep trying.</P><P>Scott<IMG alt="divide not working" class="jive-emoji image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/478695_Screenshot_Divide2.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:09:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853605#M9 ScottMacDonald1 2020-01-17T16:09:46Z Re: Divide tool in ArcPro greyed out https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853606#M10 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>I think the complexity of the polygon and the selected edge do not result any valid solutions. Have a look at this simple&nbsp;example, which works:</P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/478724_pastedImage_1.png" /></P><P></P><P>The other polygon is a bit more complex (you even have holes) and only for selected edges it will result in a solution:</P><P><IMG class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/478725_pastedImage_2.png" /></P><P></P><P>However, this one does not:</P><P><IMG class="image-3 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/478726_pastedImage_3.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:15:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-questions/divide-tool-in-arcpro-greyed-out/m-p/853606#M10 XanderBakker 2020-01-17T19:15:54Z