BUG-000111920 for ArcGIS for Desktop

Bug ID Number	BUG-000111920
Submitted	February 23, 2018
Last Modified	June 5, 2024
Applies to	ArcGIS for Desktop
Version found	10.2.1
Operating System	Windows OS
Operating System Version	2008 64 Bit
Status	Known Limit

Additional Information

A lot of work went into the Dissolve tool after the 10.2.1 release resulting in more success with dissolving feature classes with large vertex counts (the example provided has more than 5 million) in particular when using 64bit products (BG64, Server, Pro). These changes cannot be ported back to earlier releases. It may be that having enough available memory when running in BG64 in 10.2.1 gets the Dissolve tool to dissolve to 1 feature. Please check that you have more than 2GB of available memory (memory not in use) before running this dissolve operation using BG64. Do not have anything else running on the machine before or during the Dissolve operation. Workaround 1 (may not work for slightly larger vertex counts. Could run out of memory.): Use the Editor Merge tool on the output of Dissolve. Workaround 2: Need to simplify the input (reduce number of vertices) and then run the Dissolve tool. See the SimplifyPolygon tool under the Cartography toolset.