topic Construct Polygons tool, default tolerance in Coordinate Reference Systems Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/construct-polygons-tool-default-tolerance/m-p/804711#M819 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I recently came across a problem where I had created a number of polygons from existing lines using the "Construct Polygons" editing tool (default tolerance 0.0108 ft),&nbsp;which used a different tolerance than the feature classes that I was working with (default tolerance 0.00328 ft). After I validated the topology (no gaps, no overlaps, default tolerance 0.00328 ft), I had A LOT of errors where adjoining polygons had gaps or overlaps along their shared boundary.</P><P></P><P>So lesson learned to always check default tolerance values, but my question is what's the purpose of this difference in default tolerance settings?</P><P></P><P>ArcGIS Pro 2.5.1 (but the same issue comes up on ArcMap 10.6), Windows 10.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:27:52 GMT MatthewMassey 2020-06-24T21:27:52Z Construct Polygons tool, default tolerance https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/construct-polygons-tool-default-tolerance/m-p/804711#M819 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I recently came across a problem where I had created a number of polygons from existing lines using the "Construct Polygons" editing tool (default tolerance 0.0108 ft),&nbsp;which used a different tolerance than the feature classes that I was working with (default tolerance 0.00328 ft). After I validated the topology (no gaps, no overlaps, default tolerance 0.00328 ft), I had A LOT of errors where adjoining polygons had gaps or overlaps along their shared boundary.</P><P></P><P>So lesson learned to always check default tolerance values, but my question is what's the purpose of this difference in default tolerance settings?</P><P></P><P>ArcGIS Pro 2.5.1 (but the same issue comes up on ArcMap 10.6), Windows 10.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:27:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/construct-polygons-tool-default-tolerance/m-p/804711#M819 MatthewMassey 2020-06-24T21:27:52Z