topic Re: Need to wait for map to draw before changing extent via ArcPy in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-wait-for-map-to-draw-before-changing/m-p/672506#M29805 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You could import the time module and introduce delays between map extents with time.sleep()</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:04:53 GMT DonShawEsri 2020-10-09T17:04:53Z Need to wait for map to draw before changing extent via ArcPy https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-wait-for-map-to-draw-before-changing/m-p/672505#M29804 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a simple Python script that iterates between map extents:</P><P></P><P>aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")<BR />lyt = aprx.listLayouts("Layout")[0]<BR />mf = lyt.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT", "Map*")[0]</P><P>mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(330611.83,5553892.48,330863.45,5554011.54))<BR />mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(330048.80,5553500.43,332061.75,5554452.93))<BR />mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(323271.40,5544979.88,331323.22,5548789.89))<BR />mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(326568.38,5548818.46,327071.62,5549056.59))</P><P></P><P>It appears the map extent changes but does not wait for the map to draw completely before going to the next extent. Any idea how to force the setExtent to wait for the map to draw?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P>M</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:35:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-wait-for-map-to-draw-before-changing/m-p/672505#M29804 Lake_Country_GIS 2020-10-09T16:35:20Z Re: Need to wait for map to draw before changing extent via ArcPy https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-wait-for-map-to-draw-before-changing/m-p/672506#M29805 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You could import the time module and introduce delays between map extents with time.sleep()</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:04:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-wait-for-map-to-draw-before-changing/m-p/672506#M29805 DonShawEsri 2020-10-09T17:04:53Z