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HowTo: Fill in voids (donut holes) in a polygon feature
| Article ID: | 25693 |
|---|---|
| Software: | ArcGIS - ArcEditor 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1, 10 ArcGIS - ArcInfo 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1, 10 ArcGIS - ArcView 9.2, 9.3, 9.3.1, 10 |
| Platforms: | N/A |
Summary
Instructions provided describe a method to fill in holes or voids that exist inside a polygon feature.
Procedure
- After beginning an ArcMap edit session, double-click the polygon containing the void to display the polygon's vertices.
- Click the Sketch Properties button on the Editor toolbar or hover the mouse pointer over a vertex, right-click, and select Properties.
- Select the part number that corresponds to the void to be filled in the left column of the Sketch Properties dialog.
- Right-click the part number and choose Delete Vertex.
- Click Finish Sketch to fill the void.
- Click Editor > Save Edits, and Editor > Stop Editing.
Related Information
- Create donut polygons from existing features in ArcMap
This article shows how to create donut polygons from existing geodatabase or shapefile data in ArcMap.
Created: 9/2/2003
Last Modified: 6/26/2012
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By Anonymous - 02/26/2010 9:11 AM
The article needs to be updated.
There is a much simpler solution. If you run the 'union' tool on the feature class in question (so it is the only feature class in the list) and uncheck the 'gaps allowed' checkbox, it will fill in the gaps/donut holes which you can then query simply by the missing attributes.
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