topic Convert point XY to layout paper space? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/convert-point-xy-to-layout-paper-space/m-p/202864#M15599 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am using arcpy to export PDFs from my ArcGIS Server application.&nbsp; I want to move a TextElement in my layout view to the centroid of a selected feature.&nbsp; I can get the centroid of the feature, but that's in my projected coordinate system.&nbsp; I need to convert that point into inches in my layout view.&nbsp; How would I go about doing that?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">elements = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mapDoc, "TEXT_ELEMENT") for elem in elements: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if elem.name == "SiteText": &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; elem.elementPositionX = center.X &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; elem.elementPositionY = center.Y</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>center.X and center.Y are in a projected coordinate system, not inches.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:18:32 GMT ShawnHolyoak 2012-03-09T14:18:32Z Convert point XY to layout paper space? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/convert-point-xy-to-layout-paper-space/m-p/202864#M15599 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am using arcpy to export PDFs from my ArcGIS Server application.&nbsp; I want to move a TextElement in my layout view to the centroid of a selected feature.&nbsp; I can get the centroid of the feature, but that's in my projected coordinate system.&nbsp; I need to convert that point into inches in my layout view.&nbsp; How would I go about doing that?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">elements = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mapDoc, "TEXT_ELEMENT") for elem in elements: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if elem.name == "SiteText": &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; elem.elementPositionX = center.X &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; elem.elementPositionY = center.Y</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>center.X and center.Y are in a projected coordinate system, not inches.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:18:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/convert-point-xy-to-layout-paper-space/m-p/202864#M15599 ShawnHolyoak 2012-03-09T14:18:32Z Re: Convert point XY to layout paper space? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/convert-point-xy-to-layout-paper-space/m-p/202865#M15600 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I received my answer at </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/21514/convert-point-xy-to-page-units-xy-using-arcpy/21522#21522" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/21514/convert-point-xy-to-page-units-xy-using-arcpy/21522#21522</A><SPAN>&nbsp; Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:50:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/convert-point-xy-to-layout-paper-space/m-p/202865#M15600 ShawnHolyoak 2012-03-09T19:50:11Z