Creating a polygon of a specified size

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05-16-2013 04:51 AM
ernestmmonoa
New Contributor
Hi,
I have an an already mapped area of 400ha of Invasive species but the budget only allows me to work only 85ha. I wonder if there is a tool that i can use to create the 85ha polygon from the original 400ha.

Thanks
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JoeBorgione
MVP Emeritus
You've got to ask yourself the question: Which 85 is this tool supposed to carve out? 

I suggest you build yourself a polygon feature class based on a sub-area of your study plot.  Edit it until you get the 85 acres you want and use it to erase or union with the original.
That should just about do it....
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RobertBorchert
Frequent Contributor III
Draw a polygon that is 8500 x 8500 meters  or what ever dimensions you want to make it 85 hectare's

Then copy the attributes from the old polygon to the new polygon.

You can easily make a perfect polygon of given dimensions by first making it with the COGO tool and then make your Polygone by snapping to the ends of the COGO lines.
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