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Posted on December 31, 2022 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Removing slivers after splitting a polygon with a line

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How do I remove a sliver polygon in ArcGIS?

You can inspect the selected polygons to see if they are slivers, then either use the Editor > Merge command or the Eliminate geoprocessing tool (requires an ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced license) to merge the slivers with neighboring polygons.

How do you split a polygon or line?

Splitting a polygon by an overlapping feature

  1. Select the line or polygon features you want to use to split the existing polygon or polygon features.
  2. Click Split Polygons.
  3. Click the layer in which to store the new features.
  4. Optionally, type a cluster tolerance.
  5. Click OK.


How do I fix slivers in ArcMap?

Quote from video: First thing you'll want to do is just click on or select. The one that you want to get rid of. So. Just click on it and then hit your delete key that should get rid of it.

How do you split a polygon with a line in ArcGIS?

You can split a polygon representing a forest by an overlapping river line feature.



Note:

  1. Select the polygon.
  2. Click the Cut Polygons tool. on the Editor toolbar.
  3. Click Trace. on the Editor toolbar palette.
  4. Click and trace along the existing line or polygon.
  5. Right-click anywhere on the map and click Finish Sketch.


How do you clean slivers?

Use tweezers to remove the splinter.



If part of the splinter is sticking out, you can use tweezers to gently pull out the splinter. First, sterilize the tip of the tweezers using rubbing alcohol. Then, pull out the splinter in the same direction that it entered the skin.

How do you remove part of a polygon?

Select a multipart polygon or line feature. on the Production Editing toolbar. Right-click a node on the part of the feature you want to delete and click Delete Feature Part.

How do you split a line on shape?

Split Face with curve

  1. Tap Split part tool.
  2. Select Part as the type of entity to split.
  3. Select the parts, surfaces, or curves to split.
  4. Select the entity to split with: a plane, surface, or face.
  5. Optionally, toggle to keep tools.

How do you split a point on a line?

In the Split Line at Point dialog box, under Input Features, select the line feature class. The Output Feature Class is automatically generated when the Input Features is specified. For Point Features, select the point feature class generated in Step 1. Define the Search Radius, and click OK.
 

Can a polygon have lines in it?

A polygon is any closed, 2-dimensional figure that is made entirely of line segments that intersect at their endpoints. Polygons can have any number of sides and angles, but the sides can never be curved. The segments are called the sides of the polygons, and the points where the segments intersect are called vertices.
 

How do I delete small polygons in ArcGIS?

Use the Multipart To Singlepart geoprocessing tool or create a topology with a Must Be Single Part rule to convert features to single part before running Eliminate Polygons.

How do I dissolve a polygon in ArcGIS?

In ArcGIS, you can access the Dissolve Tool through the Data Management Tools in the Generalization Toolset. The main option is setting the field(s) in which you want to dissolve. By selecting any statistics, you can summarize values such as by sum, mean, minimum, or maximum.
 

How do I ungroup a polygon in ArcGIS?

Separating a multipart feature (Explode)

  1. Click the Edit tool. on the Editor toolbar.
  2. Select the multipart feature you want to separate into individual features.
  3. Click Explode. on the Advanced Editing toolbar.


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