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Bug

When performing a negative polygon buffer, an error is produced at a random feature.

Last Published: August 25, 2014 No Product Found
Bug ID Number NIM012515
SubmittedOctober 22, 2007
Last ModifiedApril 2, 2025
Applies toNo Product Found
Version found9.2
Version Fixed9.3
StatusFixed

Workaround

Write the output to a geodatabase.Buffer TestData_2 c:\temp\f.gdb\buffer150feetneg "-150 feet"Executing (Buffer_20): Buffer TestData_2 c:\temp\f.gdb\buffer150feetneg "-150 Feet" FULL ROUND NONE #Start Time: Thu Oct 25 16:34:36 2007Skipping feature 1572 because a negative distance of -0.000411 resulted in no geometry.Skipping feature 2665 because a negative distance of -0.000411 resulted in no geometry.Skipping feature 5628 because a negative distance of -0.000411 resulted in no geometry.Executed (Buffer_20) successfully.End Time: Thu Oct 25 16:34:54 2007 (Elapsed Time: 18.00 seconds)

Steps to Reproduce

Bug ID: NIM012515

Software:

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