topic Re: swapping X and Y cordinates signs in ArcMap Questions

swapping X and Y cordinates signs

LutendoNetshipale — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:02:09 GMT

Good day

I have imported dxf file to Arcgis. I realised that the x and y value have the wrong signs.

How do i changes the x and y signs,

Current

+x , -y

Required

-x, +y

Thanks

Lutendo

Re: swapping X and Y cordinates signs

JesseCloutier — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:54:24 GMT

Hi @LutendoNetshipale,

I’m sending this brief message to let you know I’ve moved this post from our Community Feedback area to the ArcGIS Pro Questions board where it’s more likely to be seen and responded to by members who can help. If I've misidentified which ArcGIS tool you're using, please respond to let me know what that is and I'll be happy to help get it in the right place.

All the best!

Re: swapping X and Y cordinates signs

AyanPalit — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:24:24 GMT

@LutendoNetshipale You have multiple options depending on the application being used.

In ArcGIS Pro, refer to Field Calculations. In particular, you may use Find and Replace OR Calculate Field code samples for strings.

Some users prefer to do this string manipulation in Excel.

Re: swapping X and Y cordinates signs

LutendoNetshipale — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:22:39 GMT

Good day, thank you for the responses.

It there a step by step process for a beginner?

I want to do this calculation

x=x*-1 and y=y*-1

Re: swapping X and Y cordinates signs

LutendoNetshipale — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:23:03 GMT

I am still using Arcmap

Re: swapping X and Y cordinates signs

AyanPalit — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:25:21 GMT

Similar operations are in ArcMap as well.

https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/tables/calculate-field-examples.htm