topic Re: How do I combine multiple polygons in the same shapefile? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299797#M17179 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey all, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; What if I have a layer, say slope that one of the slope values has been converted into a polygon file. That file has thousands of fields of separate polygons. Dissolve crashes the computer. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyone have another alternative? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Much thanks, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN> Elvenlotus</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 01 Jun 2014 01:09:49 GMT SabrinaKlein 2014-06-01T01:09:49Z How do I combine multiple polygons in the same shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299794#M17176 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a shapefile for LA county with all the cities in it but the cities are comprised of multiple polygons.&nbsp; I want to combine all the polygons for each city into a single polygon for each city in the same shapefile and I can't figure out how to do that.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 May 2013 20:19:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299794#M17176 JohnNovi 2013-05-13T20:19:21Z Re: How do I combine multiple polygons in the same shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299795#M17177 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I used dissolve and it worked</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 May 2013 20:35:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299795#M17177 JohnNovi 2013-05-13T20:35:31Z Re: How do I combine multiple polygons in the same shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299796#M17178 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can also go to the Editor drop down and click merge</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299796#M17178 jeffmcleroy 2013-05-22T17:50:39Z Re: How do I combine multiple polygons in the same shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299797#M17179 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey all, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; What if I have a layer, say slope that one of the slope values has been converted into a polygon file. That file has thousands of fields of separate polygons. Dissolve crashes the computer. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyone have another alternative? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Much thanks, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN> Elvenlotus</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 01 Jun 2014 01:09:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299797#M17179 SabrinaKlein 2014-06-01T01:09:49Z Re: How do I combine multiple polygons in the same shapefile? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299798#M17180 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dissolve it in parts, then dissolve the parts together.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 01 Jun 2014 16:18:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-combine-multiple-polygons-in-the-same/m-p/299798#M17180 Zeke 2014-06-01T16:18:16Z