Is there a way to create a polygon from a map frame extent in ArcGIS Pro?

[MarkBryant · Accepted solution]

You can do it via code.

import arcpy
#Reference the Project document from within PRO
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
#Reference the layout
lyt = aprx.listLayouts("your_layout_name_here")[0]
#Get the Map Frame
mf = lyt.listElements("mapframe_element", "your_mapframe_name")[0]
extent = mf.camera.getExtent()
polygon = extent.polygon

You then have a polygon object that you can work with.

Note that this code just grabs the extent, if the map frame is rotated, the extent doesn't match what you see on screen.

[SterlingL]

Thank you sir! This worked marvelously.

[Katerina1]

Hi Mark,

Can you please indicate how to save the extent as a feature class? I tried InsertCursor but it didn't accept the polygon object, it requires list of floats instead.
Many thanks,

Katerina.

[DanPatterson · Accepted solution]

Using tools in ArcToolbox

Create Fishnet (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

[SterlingL]

Dan this works great as well! Thank you.

[VeraNeroni1]

This worked great! Thank you!