topic Layout - Custom North Arrow in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Layout - Custom North Arrow

szhan165 — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:16:16 GMT

Hi all,

I am trying to add a custom north arrow to my layout. As for now I am just insert the north arrow png and manually apply a rotation angle that agrees with the map frame. It is going to be painful when I need to mass produce figures.

Is there a better way to do this?

Appreciate any help.

Re: Layout - Custom North Arrow

ABishop — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:18:57 GMT

Hello szhan165,

I looked for threads related to custom north arrows and found this: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/build-your-own-declination-diagram-arcgis-pro-2-3/

Re: Layout - Custom North Arrow

szhan165 — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:27:50 GMT

Hi Amanda,

Thanks for the response. Yep I saw that one too but that is a different problem.

I have a specific north arrow style that I want to be on the layout. I have it in PNG and want to find away to add it as a north arrow symbol, instead of a picture.

Re: Layout - Custom North Arrow

ABishop — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:01:25 GMT

OK... So I tried doing another method to create the new style with a picture symbol. See if this works for you:

1. Open a project.

2. Insert a layout.

3. Insert a north arrow (it doesn't matter which one).

4. Right-click on the north arrow graphic in the layout and choose "Properties".

5. In the "Properties" window, click on the north arrow symbol (see pic below)

6. In the North Arrow point symbol window, click on the "layers" icon then the "Shape marker" drop-down and choose "Picture marker" and then click on "File" and browse to the north arrow graphic you saved on your PC, select it and then click "Apply" (see pic below)

7. To save it as a style for later use, right-click on the North Arrow in the layout list by drawing order pane to the left and then choose "Save to Style" (see pic below)

Re: Layout - Custom North Arrow

szhan165 — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:07:59 GMT

Amanda,

Thanks for the suggestion. I added a new SVG north arrow mentioned in that post, turned off the text and the star, and inserted my north arrow (converted from PNG to SVG) as the line symbol. It worked perfectly.

Re: Layout - Custom North Arrow

szhan165 — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:12:02 GMT

Just tried this method. It works too and I can use the PNG file directly. Thank you so much!

Re: Layout - Custom North Arrow

ABishop — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:12:11 GMT

You're welcome! Glad to help!

Re: Layout - Custom North Arrow

graharg_AllSource — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:54:34 GMT

Thanks for instructions on adding a custom north arrow. Does anyone here subscribed have a collection of north arrows to share?