Split Geometry

Requires an LP360 Geospatial Standard or above, LP360 Drone, or LP360 Land Standard license.

Sometimes a single feature may be more useful as multiple features (such as when the automatic toe extractor draws a single toe for a mixed pile). In these cases, you can use the Split Geometry command to split polyline or polygon features with a split line. In the Map Window, hold down Shift while editing to enable panning with the right mouse button and zooming with the left mouse button (or scroll wheel).

Figure 1: Split tool in the Geometry group of the Feature Edit toolbar

How to Split Geometry

1. To split the geometry of a feature, click the Split Geometry command on the Feature Edit Tab.
2. Click in the map close to where you want your split line to split a polyline. You will want to digitize the reshape polyline such that when you cross the feature boundary for the first time, the section you want replaced is to the right of your line. Note that on the Geometry tab of the Feature Edit Options dialog, you may enter the tolerance distance value to use for removing any vertices that fall within that tolerance to the new split vertices. The removal of these vertices will take place after Step 3.

Figure 2: Digitizing the line to split a polygon into two features

3. Double click to finish the split operation.

Figure 3: Results of the split