Slope/Aspect arrows getting reversed in Layout view

[BrianBulla]

Hi,

I have created a layer to show slope/aspect.  In my Map view, everything looks good.

But when I create a layout (with some map rotation based on an attribute in a Map Series), the slope/aspect arrows all get reversed.  Where have I gone wrong??

These captures are of the same location, just rotated approx 180 degrees in layout.  The correct flow is the first one.

[DanPatterson]

are the arrows rotated by an angle in the attribute table of a featureclass?

if so, they won't change when you rotate the map 180, you would have to calculate another angle or change the arrow head to go the other direction.

[BrianBulla]

Hi Dan,

Yes, the arrows are rotated according to the aspect value (DIRECTION) but the map series page is also being rotated by a attribute in the layer I'm using for the map series.  I'm just wondering if they might be conflicting somehow.  I don't really see where else things could be getting messed up.

I have the rotation on the arrows set to Geographic and the field DIRECTION.  It shows up properly on the map but not on the layout.

[DanPatterson]

I suspect that the arrows have no way of knowing that they should follow what the layout is doing.  This is a pretty obscure case so I really don't have any suggestions beyond ... is the layout rotation a need, or a nice... it it is a need then the secondary column suggestion in your table might be the workaround (eg one rotated normally, one rotated by 180

[BrianBulla]

Well after some testing it does seem to be the rotation of the Layout that is causing the issue.  If I set the rotation field to 0, then all is good.  As soon as I start playing with the rotation value, the direction of the arrows gets thrown off.

Problem is I have many map pages, and each one is rotated differently.  Guess I'll have to figure something out.

Thanks,

[BrianBulla]

Hmmm.....and trying this same thing using ArcMap all seems to be ok using Rotation with Data Driven Pages.

So it must be something with ArcGIS Pro.

[DanPatterson]

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