Latest Contributions by LindsayRaabe2

Awesome! Figured it out. Snippet of final code below. Thank you for your help Dan Patterson‌. Been thinking of this for a while. Good to be able to do it. (Slowly improving my python skills!).      elif lyr.name == "PlantationsHarvestPlan_OperationsPlanner_WA":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")         ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Harvest Plan         dflist[0].extent = ext #applies the Harvest Plan extent to the dataframe         oldscale = dflist[0].scale # Get scale of dataframe         newscale = scalelist[bisect(scalelist, oldscale)] # bisect old scale to get new scale         dflist[0].scale = newscale # Apply new scale to dataframe‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

Here's my full original code.  I'm thinking that I need to add your code in after Line 52 of my code (original in full at bottom). After setting the extent of the dataframe, I'm trying to get the current scale, run it though your code snippet to select the next value above the existing scale and apply the output to the dataframe. This same logic would then be applied to other parts of the code that do the same thing. I think I'm getting hung up on how I get both the existing scale and the output of your code snippet as a variable to use as the final input.  import arcpy from arcpy import env, mapping from bisect import bisect #input parameters; Plantation = arcpy.GetParameter(0) ForestID = arcpy.GetParameter(1) CommonName = arcpy.GetParameter(2) PYear = arcpy.GetParameter(3) #variables; title1 = Plantation + " PLANTATION" title2 = Plantation + "\r\nPLANTATION" title3 = Plantation + " (" + CommonName + ")" title4 = Plantation + " P" + PYear + " AREA STATEMENT" mxd = mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") elements = mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd) layers = mapping.ListLayers(mxd) dflist = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "") new_exp = "PLANTATION = '" + Plantation + "'" new_sur_exp = "PLANTATION <> '" + Plantation + "'" as_new_exp = "EnteredInGeoMaster IS NOT NULL AND Plantation = '" + Plantation + "'" scalelist = [5000, 7500, 10000, 12500, 20000, 25000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000, 70000, 75000, 80000, 90000, 100000] ...              elif lyr.name == "PlantationsHarvestPlan_OperationsPlanner_WA":           lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp           arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")           ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Harvest Plan           dflist[0].extent = ext #applies the Harvest Plan extent to the dataframe           oldscale = dflist[0].getScale # Get Scale here           scalelist[bisect(scalelist, oldscale)]# Run bisect here           dflist[0].scale = ????? # Use output of bisect to set new scale ...‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Original code in full (works in this format but doesn't round/increment scales); import arcpy from arcpy import env, mapping #input parameters; Plantation = arcpy.GetParameter(0) ForestID = arcpy.GetParameter(1) CommonName = arcpy.GetParameter(2) PYear = arcpy.GetParameter(3) #variables; title1 = Plantation + " PLANTATION" title2 = Plantation + "\r\nPLANTATION" title3 = Plantation + " (" + CommonName + ")" title4 = Plantation + " P" + PYear + " AREA STATEMENT" mxd = mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") elements = mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd) layers = mapping.ListLayers(mxd) dflist = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "") new_exp = "PLANTATION = '" + Plantation + "'" new_sur_exp = "PLANTATION <> '" + Plantation + "'" as_new_exp = "EnteredInGeoMaster IS NOT NULL AND Plantation = '" + Plantation + "'" def ChangeTextElement(mxd,textElementName,newText):     textToChange = mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd,"TEXT_ELEMENT",textElementName)[0]     textToChange.text = newText for elm in elements:     if elm.name == "PTNID":         ChangeTextElement(mxd,"PTNID",ForestID.upper())     elif elm.name == "Plantation Name 1 line":         ChangeTextElement(mxd,"Plantation Name 1 line",title1.upper())     elif elm.name == "Plantation Name 2 lines":         ChangeTextElement(mxd,"Plantation Name 2 lines",title2.upper())     elif elm.name == "SF Plantation Name":         ChangeTextElement(mxd,"SF Plantation Name",title3.upper())             elif elm.name == "Area Statement Title":         ChangeTextElement(mxd,"Area Statement Title",title4.upper())     for lyr in layers:     if lyr.name == "OpCode Boundaries":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")             elif lyr.name == "PlantationsHarvestPlan_OperationsPlanner_WA":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")         ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Harvest Plan         dflist[0].extent = ext #applies the Harvest Plan extent to the dataframe     elif lyr.name == "Mapping Patch":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")         ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Fertilser Plan         dflist[0].extent = ext #applies the Fertiliser Plan extent to the dataframe     elif lyr.name == "Mapping Patch Surround":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_sur_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")             elif lyr.name == "Planned Establishment Areas":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")         ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Fertilser Plan         dflist[0].extent = ext #applies the Fertiliser Plan extent to the dataframe     elif lyr.name == "Target Fertiliser Areas":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")         ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Fertilser Plan         dflist[0].extent = ext #applies the Fertiliser Plan extent to the dataframe     elif lyr.name == "Captured Establishment Areas":         lyr.definitionQuery = as_new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")         ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Captured Establishment Areas layer         dflist[0].extent = ext #applies the Captured Establishment Areas layer extent to the dataframe     elif lyr.name == "Mapping Focus Locality":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")         ext = lyr.getExtent() #gets the new extent of the Mapping Focus Locality         dflist[1].extent = ext #applies the Mapping Focus Locality extent to the dataframe         dflist[2].extent = ext #applies the Mapping Focus Locality extent to the dataframe         dflist[1].scale = 500000 # sets the scale to 1:500,000         dflist[2].scale = 1500000 # sets the scale to 1:1,500,000     elif lyr.name == "Mapping Surround Locality":         lyr.definitionQuery = new_sur_exp         arcpy.AddMessage(lyr.name + " definition query updated")       ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... 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Hi Dan. Thanks for the tip - trying to integrate it now. Is there a typo in the last line though?  Is - Out[21]: 20000  # 'rounded up' to the next scale Should be? - Out[1]: 20000  # 'rounded up' to the next scale ... View more

I too am interested in this. We have a number of people who do numerous boundary edits per day and with future changes to our work process, the amount of digitizing we do will increase dramatically. I'm wondering if a drawing tablet is a good option to consider for this sort of work instead of using the standard mouse and risking RSI issues.  ... View more