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Arrow Rotation For Points

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3 weeks ago
RolandDuhaime
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3 weeks ago

I am trying to symbolize a point in ArcGIS Pro using an arrow and I have a field named Direction that I am using to set the rotation to 225 degrees and the rotation style is set to Geographic. However the arrow points to the northwest instead of the southwest. I can override this error by setting a Custom rotation of $feature.Direction - 90.  However, I am using a standard arrow symbol in Pro (points to the right in the marker gallery), so I wasn't aware that this correction was necessary. Are there arrow symbols that I should be using when working with a rotation field?

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DavidSolari
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3 weeks ago

The rotation takes the orientation of the symbol and rotates it by that many degrees. This means if the symbol is normally facing right, you have to subtract 90 degrees to compensate like you did. If you want a symbol that doesn't need correction, it'll have to be facing directly up already.

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DavidSolari
by MVP Regular Contributor
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3 weeks ago

The rotation takes the orientation of the symbol and rotates it by that many degrees. This means if the symbol is normally facing right, you have to subtract 90 degrees to compensate like you did. If you want a symbol that doesn't need correction, it'll have to be facing directly up already.