Different Symbology at different levels

SLouq

I want to format my map to display the streets layer with different symbology depending on what scale I am using. 

For instance, if I am at a neighborhood level scale, I want my streets to appear as a certain formatted symbology but at a full extent scale, I want my streets to display as a simple line. How can you set this in ArcMap? 

Also it must be similar in ArcGIS Pro?

Thanks

jcarlson

I don't know about ArcMap, but in Pro, there's no need to create copies of layers. Set your layer's symbology to Unique Values, and you'll notice that the symbology panel now has a tab Scales.

On the Scales tab, there's a button in the upper-right to Add alternate symbol

Click this with one of your classes selected, and you'll now see multiple symbol lines for that class. You can define each symbol separately, as well as the scale at which the map will switch to your alternate symbols.

In this example, I've set "LOCAL" roads to switch to a thin, dotted, black line when I zoom out. Here is the same map at two scales.