topic Re: Is there a way to use the editor explode operation to split a multipolygon into polygons? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-editor-explode-operation/m-p/256265#M19712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for the quick reply.</P><P></P><P>The geoprocessing tool in ArcToolbox was exactly what I was looking for and worked like a charm.</P><P></P><P>Looking in the Features folder also made me aware of the Repair and Dice tools which were necessary to resolve the problem.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:37:54 GMT DavidAdler 2015-08-13T18:37:54Z Is there a way to use the editor explode operation to split a multipolygon into polygons? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-editor-explode-operation/m-p/256263#M19710 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a shapefile with very large multipolygons, &gt;500K points, that contain many simpler polygons that could be split out for simpler processing.</P><P></P><P>This can be done in an ArcGIS editor session using the 'explode' advanced editing operation but this is tedious for many features.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:34:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-editor-explode-operation/m-p/256263#M19710 DavidAdler 2015-08-12T21:34:28Z Re: Is there a way to use the editor explode operation to split a multipolygon into polygons? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-editor-explode-operation/m-p/256264#M19711 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The geoprocessing tool equivalent is <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/multipart-to-singlepart.htm">Multipart to Singlepart</A>. If that's not what you're after, please elaborate.</P><P></P><P>Just FYI, you can select multiple features to 'explode'.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:38:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-editor-explode-operation/m-p/256264#M19711 DarrenWiens2 2015-08-12T21:38:44Z Re: Is there a way to use the editor explode operation to split a multipolygon into polygons? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-editor-explode-operation/m-p/256265#M19712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for the quick reply.</P><P></P><P>The geoprocessing tool in ArcToolbox was exactly what I was looking for and worked like a charm.</P><P></P><P>Looking in the Features folder also made me aware of the Repair and Dice tools which were necessary to resolve the problem.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:37:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/is-there-a-way-to-use-the-editor-explode-operation/m-p/256265#M19712 DavidAdler 2015-08-13T18:37:54Z