Set Extent not working.

progis99

I am trying to set the extent of the ArcMap where I want to add the raster to my ArcMap but this does not work...

 

#Set the Scale extent arcpy.Extent(147806,3495023,584371,3899368)

 

 

I have looked at the ArcGIS 10.1 help about this but not sure which one is the correct way to display them .

jskinner

Since you are running the code in PyScripter, the extent will not update.  You can run the code within ArcMap using the Python window.  Ex:

import arcpy

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")

df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "Layers")[0]
arcpy.env.extent ="MAXOF"
newExtent = df.extent
newExtent.XMin, newExtent.YMin =  210000,360000
newExtent.XMax, newExtent.YMax =  550000,400000
df.extent = newExtent

del mxd

You can update the extent in PyScripter, but you will need to save the MXD.  Once you re-open the MXD, the map will be at the new extent.  Ex:

import arcpy

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"C:\data\vector\world\Countries.mxd")

df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "Layers")[0]
arcpy.env.extent ="MAXOF"
newExtent = df.extent
newExtent.XMin, newExtent.YMin =  210000,360000
newExtent.XMax, newExtent.YMax =  550000,400000
df.extent = newExtent
mxd.save()

del mxd