topic Cloning PictureElement in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/cloning-pictureelement/m-p/655884#M51066 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My question is about ArcPy.</P><P>It seems that PictureElement does not have a clone method. How can I clone a PictureElement then?</P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:42:04 GMT NaserTamimi 2019-08-12T21:42:04Z Cloning PictureElement https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/cloning-pictureelement/m-p/655884#M51066 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My question is about ArcPy.</P><P>It seems that PictureElement does not have a clone method. How can I clone a PictureElement then?</P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:42:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/cloning-pictureelement/m-p/655884#M51066 NaserTamimi 2019-08-12T21:42:04Z Re: Cloning PictureElement https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/cloning-pictureelement/m-p/655885#M51067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As you discovered, I think that you cant using basic arcpy functions, but there are workarounds, such as:</P><P></P><UL><LI>you can replace its source</LI><LI>have image elements, that are located 'off the page', then in the code you can move them into the right location as required and away again when not needed.</LI><LI>Maybe others?</LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:07:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/cloning-pictureelement/m-p/655885#M51067 LukeWebb 2019-08-13T15:07:32Z Re: Cloning PictureElement https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/cloning-pictureelement/m-p/655886#M51068 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Suggest you look at this <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/181792-is-it-possible-to-copy-any-type-of-element-from-mxd-at-specific-destination-to-current-mxd">page</A> on geonet, I guess you did not find it?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:10:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/cloning-pictureelement/m-p/655886#M51068 DuncanHornby 2019-08-22T13:10:27Z