topic Are graphic elements within data frames accessible using ArcPy? in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/are-graphic-elements-within-data-frames-accessible/m-p/608393#M47488 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are graphic elements <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">within</SPAN> data frames accessible using ArcPy?</P><P></P><P>I'm attempting to adjust a graphic element that I have in a MXD using ArcPy.&nbsp; However, it is not an element from the page layout (layout view), it is within a data frame (data view).&nbsp; I can't use the ListLayoutElements function because: "<SPAN class="">ListLayoutElements</SPAN> only returns elements from a page layout and not map annotation elements that may exist within a data frame."</P><P></P><P>There's no way to accomplish this task manually - my script needs to export many images and the extent of the data frame changes for every image.&nbsp; Big picture: I'm trying to work around label overprints of an inset data frame just like the "Don't ignore data frames" problem in this thread:</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/183362">How do I force Maplex to ignore transparent polygons, not ignore Data Frames?</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:06:47 GMT ZoeZaloudek 2019-07-24T17:06:47Z Are graphic elements within data frames accessible using ArcPy? https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/are-graphic-elements-within-data-frames-accessible/m-p/608393#M47488 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are graphic elements <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">within</SPAN> data frames accessible using ArcPy?</P><P></P><P>I'm attempting to adjust a graphic element that I have in a MXD using ArcPy.&nbsp; However, it is not an element from the page layout (layout view), it is within a data frame (data view).&nbsp; I can't use the ListLayoutElements function because: "<SPAN class="">ListLayoutElements</SPAN> only returns elements from a page layout and not map annotation elements that may exist within a data frame."</P><P></P><P>There's no way to accomplish this task manually - my script needs to export many images and the extent of the data frame changes for every image.&nbsp; Big picture: I'm trying to work around label overprints of an inset data frame just like the "Don't ignore data frames" problem in this thread:</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/183362">How do I force Maplex to ignore transparent polygons, not ignore Data Frames?</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:06:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/are-graphic-elements-within-data-frames-accessible/m-p/608393#M47488 ZoeZaloudek 2019-07-24T17:06:47Z