topic Re: Eliminate Polygon Part tool does not delete the polygons I want to eliminate in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/eliminate-polygon-part-tool-does-not-delete-the/m-p/456877#M15359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The tool is eliminating polygon PARTS; that is to say, parts of multipart polygons.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I may be mistaken, but it sounds like you are trying to remove SINGLE part polygons that are under a given size.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Eliminate Polygon Part will get rid of holes below your specified size, but leave any other seperate polygon (that may have been in the hole) in place.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If that is indeed the case, you could select the remaining features (including the overlaps), merge them, then explode them again. That could scramble your attributes, of course...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:57:32 GMT markdenil 2013-03-14T18:57:32Z Eliminate Polygon Part tool does not delete the polygons I want to eliminate https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/eliminate-polygon-part-tool-does-not-delete-the/m-p/456876#M15358 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am using the Eliminate Polygon Part tool from the Data Management Toolbox (under generalization) to remove polygons of under 100000 square feet from my input feature.&nbsp; The output feature works - you see large polygons that have "absorbed" the smaller ones. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My problem is that the small polygons are still in my output, only they are now located under the larger polygons (but within the same layer).&nbsp; I want to completely delete the small polygons, not have a polygon with overlapping polygons.&nbsp; I know I could do this manually but I'm surprised the tool doesn't actually remove the polygons from the new features.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Am I missing something?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:25:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/eliminate-polygon-part-tool-does-not-delete-the/m-p/456876#M15358 JaredScott 2013-03-13T18:25:27Z Re: Eliminate Polygon Part tool does not delete the polygons I want to eliminate https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/eliminate-polygon-part-tool-does-not-delete-the/m-p/456877#M15359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The tool is eliminating polygon PARTS; that is to say, parts of multipart polygons.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I may be mistaken, but it sounds like you are trying to remove SINGLE part polygons that are under a given size.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Eliminate Polygon Part will get rid of holes below your specified size, but leave any other seperate polygon (that may have been in the hole) in place.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If that is indeed the case, you could select the remaining features (including the overlaps), merge them, then explode them again. That could scramble your attributes, of course...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:57:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/eliminate-polygon-part-tool-does-not-delete-the/m-p/456877#M15359 markdenil 2013-03-14T18:57:32Z Re: Eliminate Polygon Part tool does not delete the polygons I want to eliminate https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/eliminate-polygon-part-tool-does-not-delete-the/m-p/456878#M15360 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The tool should delete "contained" parts by the specified size. Did you check or uncheck the checkbox?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can you share a sample data that reproduces what you see?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:13:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/eliminate-polygon-part-tool-does-not-delete-the/m-p/456878#M15360 DanLee 2013-03-19T16:13:48Z