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How do I set the map in a layout mapframe with python in Arc Pro?

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08-03-2022 07:08 AM
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jcarlson
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Even if it's the same text, it's a good practice to put your question in both the title and body of your posts here.

What you're looking for is Camera.setExtent(), which you can read up on here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/camera-class.htm

- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
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Hi Josh

 

Thanks for pointer around etiquette.

I have an empty map frame in a layout that I want to set the map view in and then zoom to the extent of one of the layers. I can't seem to get off the ground with this one or find much help on the web. Any assistance would be appreciated. Seems like it a fairly simple standard thing to want to do?

 

Matt

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jcarlson
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I'd start with the Introduction to arcpy.mp article. There are some linked tutorials that can walk you through some of the simpler procedures.

Basically, you'd use something like this:

import arcpy
aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('CURRENT')

# get your layout
lyt = aprx.listLayouts('Your Layout Name')[0]

# get the map frame
mf = lyt.listElements('MAPFRAME_ELEMENT', 'your map frame name')[0] # note that the name of the frame is NOT the name of the map

# get specific layer you want
lyr = mf.map.listLayers('Your Layer Name')[0]

# set frame extent to match layer
mf.camera.setExtent(mf.getLayerExtent(lyr))

 

- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
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Hi Josh

That is what I ran and I receive the following error:

RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
In [74]:
Line 7: mf.camera.setExtent(mf.getLayerExtent(lyr))

File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\_mp.py, in getLayerExtent:
Line 2150: return convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.getLayerExtent(*gp_fixargs((layer, selection_only, symbolized_extent), True)))

RuntimeError:

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jcarlson
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Try running mf.getLayerExtent(lyr) on its own line? Maybe explicitly state the optional parameters, too.

mf.getLayerExtent(lyr, False, False)
- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
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RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
In [88]:
Line 7: mf.getLayerExtent(lyr, False, False)

File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\_mp.py, in getLayerExtent:
Line 2150: return convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.getLayerExtent(*gp_fixargs((layer, selection_only, symbolized_extent), True)))

RuntimeError:

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jcarlson
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Double check the value of the variables, make sure the lyr, lyt, and mf are the objects they're supposed to be.

- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
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aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")

m = aprx.listMaps("Map")[0]
lyt = aprx.listLayouts("Layout1")[0]
mf = lyt.listElements("MAPFRAME_ELEMENT", "Map Frame 1")[0]
lyr = m.listLayers("Osterley")[0]
mf.getLayerExtent(lyr,False, False)

 

RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
In [105]:
Line 7: mf.getLayerExtent(lyr,False, False)

File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\_mp.py, in getLayerExtent:
Line 2150: return convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.getLayerExtent(*gp_fixargs((layer, selection_only, symbolized_extent), True)))

RuntimeError:
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jcarlson
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I mean try running a cell that's just "m" and see what is returned, make sure they're actually layouts, layers, etc.

- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
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