topic Re: Setting DataFrame.scale messes up my scale bars in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/setting-dataframe-scale-messes-up-my-scale-bars/m-p/34677#M2696 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is the scale bar wrong or is it just resizing when your new scale is very different than a previous scale?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What is your scalebar "when resizing ..." property set to:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Adjust width</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Adjust division value (default) - that is what I'm seeing for you.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Adjust number of divisions</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Adjust divisions and division values</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you set the scale in the UI, do you get the same scale bar?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:31:29 GMT JeffBarrette 2012-12-20T13:31:29Z Setting DataFrame.scale messes up my scale bars https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/setting-dataframe-scale-messes-up-my-scale-bars/m-p/34676#M2695 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>When I use the regular pan/zoom tools or Data Driven Pages, ArcGIS correctly updates my scale bar according to the way I set it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But when I alter a map layout's extent using the </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">DataFrame.scale</SPAN><SPAN> property, perhaps preceded by </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">DataFrame.zoomToSelectedFeatures()</SPAN><SPAN>, my scale bar gets messed up, see the image below. The top image shows the scale bar correctly resized; the bottom image shows what happens when I alter zoom in Python via the DataFrame class.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]20062[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>So what gives? Is this a bug? Is there some kind of refresh procedure that I can use to ensure that my scale bar is resized properly when using Python to batch export maps? FYI, my scale bar is set to 'Adjust Division Value' when resizing...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:29:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/setting-dataframe-scale-messes-up-my-scale-bars/m-p/34676#M2695 JT2 2012-12-19T08:29:38Z Re: Setting DataFrame.scale messes up my scale bars https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/setting-dataframe-scale-messes-up-my-scale-bars/m-p/34677#M2696 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is the scale bar wrong or is it just resizing when your new scale is very different than a previous scale?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What is your scalebar "when resizing ..." property set to:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Adjust width</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Adjust division value (default) - that is what I'm seeing for you.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Adjust number of divisions</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Adjust divisions and division values</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you set the scale in the UI, do you get the same scale bar?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:31:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/setting-dataframe-scale-messes-up-my-scale-bars/m-p/34677#M2696 JeffBarrette 2012-12-20T13:31:29Z