Need to wait for map to draw before changing extent via ArcPy

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10-09-2020 09:35 AM
Lake_Country_GIS
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I have a simple Python script that iterates between map extents:

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")
lyt = aprx.listLayouts("Layout")[0]
mf = lyt.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT", "Map*")[0]

mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(330611.83,5553892.48,330863.45,5554011.54))
mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(330048.80,5553500.43,332061.75,5554452.93))
mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(323271.40,5544979.88,331323.22,5548789.89))
mf.camera.setExtent(arcpy.Extent(326568.38,5548818.46,327071.62,5549056.59))

It appears the map extent changes but does not wait for the map to draw completely before going to the next extent. Any idea how to force the setExtent to wait for the map to draw?

Thanks!

M

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DonShawEsri
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You could import the time module and introduce delays between map extents with time.sleep()