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Erase Point (Editing Tools)

Summary

Deletes points from the input that are either inside or outside the remove features, depending on the operation type.

Illustration

Erase Point tool Illustration

Usage

Caution:

This tool modifies the input data. See Tools that modify or update the input data for more information and strategies to avoid undesired data changes.

  • To delete points inside or on the boundary of the Remove Features parameter value, use the Operation Type parameter's Inside option. To delete points outside the Remove Features parameter value, use the Operation Type parameter's Outside option.

  • When the Input Features parameter consists of multipoint features, only points inside or outside the Remove Features parameter value will be deleted, depending on the Operation Type option.

Parameters

Label Explanation Data type

Input Features

The input point features.

Feature Layer

Remove Features

The polygon features that will be used to determine which features from the Input Features value will be deleted.

Feature Layer

Operation Type

(Optional)

Specifies whether points inside or outside the remove features will be deleted.

  • InsideInput point features inside or on the boundary of the remove features will be deleted.

  • OutsideInput point features outside the remove features will be deleted.

String

Derived output

Label Explanation Data type

Updated Input Features

The updated input features.

Feature Class

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: Yes
  • Advanced: Yes