How do I split a shapefile in Arcgis?

How do I split a shapefile in Arcgis?

Split features with other features

1. On the Edit tab, set your snapping preferences and show the Modify Features pane. In the Snapping group, enable your snapping preferences.
2. In the pane, expand Divide and click Split .
3. Click By Features.
4. Select the input cutting features.
5. Select the target features you want to split.

How do I convert a polyline to a polygon in Arcgis?

Merge the polyline features in the polyline feature class.

1. Click the Editor drop-down, and click Start Editing. Select the polyline feature class, and click OK.
2. Click the Select tool, and select the polyline feature to be converted to a polygon feature.

How do I separate layers in ArcMap?

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.

What to do when splitting a polygon in ArcGIS?

If there is no domain assigned to a field, the attribute values are copied from the original feature to the new feature. When you are splitting polygons, make sure your sketch cuts completely through the selected polygon. Edge snapping often helps ensure that the cut operation is completed successfully.

Why do you need to split a polygon?

Split Polygons allows you to split many polygons simultaneously. For example, this may be useful if you are creating new parcels from a larger tract polygon. Select the line or polygon features you want to use to split the existing polygon or polygon features.

When does a polygon become a line feature?

Similarly, every segment between two consecutive vertices along a polygon boundary will become a line feature in the output. The output feature class can be a much larger file, depending on how many vertices the input features have.

How do you split polygons in Adobe Acrobat?

Click Split Polygons on the Advanced Editing toolbar. Click the layer in which to store the new features. When splitting features this way, you choose the layer in which to store the new feature. This allows you to retain the attribute values from the existing feature, rather than having them be overwritten with values from a feature template.