Magnetic North not auto-calculating in Arc Pro

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01-02-2020 10:25 AM
IngridMans
Occasional Contributor II

My magnetic north arrows in ArcGIS Pro appear to have stopped auto-calculating. I previously had produced a layout that included a declimation diagram (referencing this blog post), and upon adding a magnetic north arrow to a layout, it already set itself to an angle of about 8 degrees to the west. Now, however, all magnetic or grid north arrows I add are just set to 0. The are referencing a map frame in a projected state plane coordinate system, and I have tested in other new Pro projects. Am I mistaken to assuming the magnetic north is supposed to be auto-calculated by ArcGIS Pro? I'm using 2.4.3

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TomBole
Esri Regular Contributor

Hi Ingrid, 

Your assumption is correct. The angle should be auto-calculated for magnetic north arrow elements.  Unfortunately, you have run into a bug. I've confirmed that this is working correctly with version 2.5, which should be available in the next few months.

Tom

IngridMans
Occasional Contributor II

Thank you so much for the clarification that I am indeed not crazy! I look forward to the next release. 

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