idea Custom Scales for Symbology in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Custom Scales for Symbology

ChristopherBertrand — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:44:30 GMT

It would be really nice if custom scales could be set for symbology. We can set custom scales for our zoom and our labels but not our symbology. The default scales [1:1000, 1:5000, 1:24000, etc.] works great until we've customized the scales of everything else.

For illustration:

Re: Custom Scales for Symbology

KoryKramer — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:09:53 GMT

The scales available are derived from the map scales. So you can set up your map scales however you want through the customize option:

and that is what will be available when setting ranges for symbol classes:

Scale-based symbol classes—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Does that help?

Symbology - Custom Scale Range

KassieKM — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:26:13 GMT

When in Symbology, on the Scales tab (see image below), it would be helpful if we could put in custom scale settings. I am finding the jump from 1:100,000 to 1:500,000 to be troublesome. Particularly in this instance with roads (or other line datasets) where things are looking cluttered. Even a stop in between at 250,000 or 300,000 would be better. Some of these jumps in scale are just too large and make this feature difficult to use.

Re: Symbology - Custom Scale Range

KassieKM — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:31:56 GMT

So, after I posted this I found another post: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/custom-scales-for-symbology/idi-p/922806

That post has a solution, just sharing for others that may come along.