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NOTE This procedure is for geospatial features only. For information about splitting
drawing objects, see
To split a polygon object (page 969).
To split a feature
1 Optionally, specify split rules.
NOTE To set these rules (page 1669), in the Data Table click Options Set
Split and Merge Rules.
2 Optionally, specify split prompts.
NOTE To set these options (page 1929), in the Tool-based Ribbon Workspace,
click Feature Edit tab Edit Set Panel angle arrow.
3 Select the feature.
4 If you do not have Auto Checkout turned on, check out the feature.
For more information, see
Checking Out Features (page 695).
5 Feature Edit tab Split/Merge panel Split Feature
6 Follow the MAPFEATURESPLIT (page 1652) prompts to specify whether the
resulting feature will be a new or a multipart feature.
NOTE If you specified these options in the Feature Editing Options dialog
box
(page 1929) and selected Do Not Show These Prompts When Executing
Split, you will not see the first two prompts.
7 Follow the prompts to specify whether the resulting feature will use a
new or existing feature ID.
8 Follow the prompts to select or draw a split line.
9 Check in the revised features.
For more information, see
Checking In Features (page 693).
To turn Ignore Split And Merge Rules on or off
In the Tool-based Ribbon Workspace, click Feature Edit tab Split/Merge
panel Ignore Rules .
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