topic How to split a polygon in Standards and Interoperability Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629237#M321 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">I'm looking to split this polygon into 3 separate polygons and&nbsp;make 5 objects rather than 3 in the attribute table.</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">Normally, this would be a simple task however, I am hitting a wall on how to perform this split without actual boundaries.</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;"><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" height="501" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/347954_pastedImage_1.png" style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 2px 20px 0px;" width="550" /></P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">Any help or suggestion would be great. Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:38:58 GMT AmyHarrigan 2017-04-25T11:38:58Z How to split a polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629237#M321 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">I'm looking to split this polygon into 3 separate polygons and&nbsp;make 5 objects rather than 3 in the attribute table.</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">Normally, this would be a simple task however, I am hitting a wall on how to perform this split without actual boundaries.</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;"><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" height="501" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/347954_pastedImage_1.png" style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 2px 20px 0px;" width="550" /></P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">Any help or suggestion would be great. Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:38:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629237#M321 AmyHarrigan 2017-04-25T11:38:58Z Re: How to split a polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629238#M322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Switch on the Advanced Editing toolbar and use the Explode tool on the multipart polygon.</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/creating-new-features/separating-a-multipart-feature.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/creating-new-features/separating-a-multipart-feature.htm">Separating a multipart feature (Explode)—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:54:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629238#M322 FC_Basson 2017-04-25T11:54:32Z Re: How to split a polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629239#M323 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks! I actually discovered this tool AS SOON as I posted this question.&nbsp;</P><P>It's a very CAD tool. Helpful too.</P><P>Thanks again.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:56:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629239#M323 AmyHarrigan 2017-04-25T11:56:22Z Re: How to split a polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629240#M324 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Corey,</P><P>in an editing session:</P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/347926_pastedImage_1.png" style="width: 620px; height: 286px;" /></P><P></P><P>or have a look a this tool:</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/multipart-to-singlepart.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/multipart-to-singlepart.htm">Multipart To Singlepart—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:58:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/standards-and-interoperability-questions/how-to-split-a-polygon/m-p/629240#M324 PanGIS 2017-04-25T11:58:27Z