https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-convert-a-scaled-point-symbol-into-a/m-p/1162512#M53824 <P>I have created tree shadows for tree points that scale in real world unit sizes according to the height of the tree:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="David_Brooks_0-1649423799580.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38438i90F026D2A29B2AA2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="David_Brooks_0-1649423799580.png" alt="David_Brooks_0-1649423799580.png" /></span></P><P>So if the tree height is increased in the attributes, the shadow size increases to match. The shadow is an SVG symbol assigned to a point feature class.</P><P>I would like to export this to CAD, so will need to convert these symbols to features so that they draw in CAD.</P><P>I had planned to use "Features to Graphics" and then reverse this using "Graphics to Features", thinking that the first step would create polygon graphics and I could then capture these as polygon feature classes in the second step. But the graphic is simply a point symbol again.</P><P>Is there a way to capture the exact shape of the point symbols as polygon features?</P> Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:20:17 GMT David_Brooks 2022-04-08T13:20:17Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-convert-a-scaled-point-symbol-into-a/m-p/1162512#M53824 <P>I have created tree shadows for tree points that scale in real world unit sizes according to the height of the tree:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="David_Brooks_0-1649423799580.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38438i90F026D2A29B2AA2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="David_Brooks_0-1649423799580.png" alt="David_Brooks_0-1649423799580.png" /></span></P><P>So if the tree height is increased in the attributes, the shadow size increases to match. The shadow is an SVG symbol assigned to a point feature class.</P><P>I would like to export this to CAD, so will need to convert these symbols to features so that they draw in CAD.</P><P>I had planned to use "Features to Graphics" and then reverse this using "Graphics to Features", thinking that the first step would create polygon graphics and I could then capture these as polygon feature classes in the second step. But the graphic is simply a point symbol again.</P><P>Is there a way to capture the exact shape of the point symbols as polygon features?</P> Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:20:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-convert-a-scaled-point-symbol-into-a/m-p/1162512#M53824 David_Brooks 2022-04-08T13:20:17Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-convert-a-scaled-point-symbol-into-a/m-p/1162591#M53834 <P>Not sure if it will work or not.&nbsp; But, have you tried publishing it as a web layer from Pro, then load the hosted feature layer back into pro?</P><P>Some times, depending on the symbology, they automatically get converted to picture elements when published to AGOL.&nbsp; You might then be able to get them out of Pro that way.</P><P>Just a thought.&nbsp; I don't have capability to test at moment.</P><P>R_</P> Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:45:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/how-to-convert-a-scaled-point-symbol-into-a/m-p/1162591#M53834 RhettZufelt 2022-04-08T15:45:12Z