Latest Contributions by NathanShephard

Thanks for submitting this Idea! Good news - it is in our Product Plan for Pro and we're working to get this done in the next 1-2 releases. You will have the option to use the Map's time zone applied as the display time zone for all time-aware content in the map.  There are a lot of places where Time Zone display needs to be honored (eg: tables, labels, attribute editor pane, etc) so we need to look after all those. Thanks! -Nathan. ... View more

Thanks for being interested in animation, and for submitting this idea, Kevin!    🙂  There's an existing / related idea that we're using to gather these general requirements together --> that is, to include more advanced dynamic overlays (like legends and scale bars and north arrows) inside animation exports.  Can you please add your comments and use-cases to this one? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/layout-view-for-animations-in-arcgis-pro/idi-p/922327 As you mention, the current workaround is to use one or more image overlays instead.  If the image of the legend is high-res (and clipped to just the legend area itself), you should be able to grow/shrink the size of the element in the video to ensure it is readable and a close-ish match to other text. A low-brow method to consider might be to zoom in on the legend in Layout view, screengrab it, and save that to an image that you then scale as a displayed element in the animation. Meanwhile, adding your use-cases to the existing Idea will help us prioritize it in the future. Note that we currently do not have plans for dynamic legend overlays in Animations for the next release (Pro 3.6). Hope this helps! -Nathan. ... View more

Thanks for this excellent and detailed explanation, Ethan. We'll start by looking at connecting the installed page-step ("arrow") commands to other view types - maps, scenes, reports, presentations. That would get you part of the way there, and we're hopeful we could get that into a very-near-future dev cycle. For the "partial page-step size" option, I'd recommend you create a new user Idea for that. It would help give us an idea of how useful it would be (and how many users are interested in it). Thanks! -Nathan. ... View more

Thanks both!  Will see what we can do.  🙂 ... View more

Thanks all. Sorry we missed connecting those arrow commands to the map view - we're looking at it again now. We really appreciate the persistence and feedback on this forum. I do have one technical discussion item for the group --> the PgUp / PgDn / Home / End navigation hotkeys were implemented to do page-navigations that exactly "seam" with the previous extent.  We did this several releases ago based on multiple user requests that they needed to know that each 'step' was guaranteed to include only new / unprocessed features (compared to the previous extent). The page-step / arrow-button commands exposed in Pro 3.5 for Layout views also uses this design (albeit with some extra protection to ensure edge-of-paper doesn't disappear). In the notes above, however, EthanJerome is asking for partially-overlapping step distances "to provide overlap with the previous page to ensure thorough review".  This is what ArcMap did - some of the features on the edge of the view would still be in view after using the page-step buttons. We changed this on purpose in Pro to more accurately/precisely page-step across the map. The discussion item: How important is a partially-overlapping page-step distance? Something to keep in mind --> connecting the existing "full-step" commands to work with map views is a relatively small item for a near-future release... while adding a new option for configuring a partially-overlapping page-step-distance would need to be evaluated against other new dev tasks. Thanks, Nathan. ... View more

Thanks Michele!  My apologies, my note wasn't clear. Pro does NOT currently remember which Select tool you used last - it resets to Rectangle every time.   However, IF it did remember it, would that meet your need? (IE: rather than requiring a setting). Thanks!  Nathan. ... View more

Thanks for submitting this idea. Rather than yet-another backstage configuration setting, how would you feel about having the active Select tool remembered over multiple Pro sessions?  So if you close Pro with Select by Lasso active, it would be the default select tool in your next Pro session. Thanks, -Nathan. ... View more

Option included in ArcGIS Pro 3.5. Project > Options > User Interface (tab) > checkbox for "Use animated flashing effects for interactive tools".  Ensure it is unchecked to avoid animated effects. Thanks for submitting and voting for this issue! -Nathan.   ... View more

Thanks for submitting the idea. We've been thinking about this one for a while, so am linking this to our backlog item for consideration in a near-future release. The focus will be on using clearly labeled items in the Contents pane for quick selections of entire classes of features, with the potential supported renderers including Unique Value, Class Breaks, Graduated Color, Graduated Symbols, and Single Symbol. -Nathan. ... View more

This tool is included in Pro 3.5!  It has been added into the Exploratory 3D Analysis drop down gallery list on the Analysis ribbon tab for 3D views.  🙂 There will be more detail in the Help, but figured I'd mention that we took this opportunity to allow you to set the sampled resolution of the ground surface, as well as an optional Maximum Rise property, to help you get the steepest path result to get past small blockages in its path - example below (with the path able to get past an up-to-5m-rise).  Run 1 - path goes 3km   Run 2 - path goes 11km We also let you see the profile graph for the result, export the line to a feature, and so on. Hope this helps with your work! -Nathan.   ... View more

Coming in ArcGIS Pro 3.5.   😁 ... View more

Hi mwrona, There is public API for most of the animation creation and editing as well as playback and exporting.  It could be used to make multiple animations on a single map, as well as on multiple maps. Below are some key parts for you to investigate, and a link to a sample / intro tutorial. https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/arcgis-pro-sdk/tutorials/create-animation-keyframes/   Map.Animation  // Provides access to the animation api for creation and editing animation. Map.Animation.CurrentAnimationName // Shows the name of the current animation and allows switching between the other animations on this map. Map.Animation.AnimationNames // Returns the names of all existing animations on this map. Map.Animation.Tracks[0].AnimationName // Get or update the animation name.   Map.Animation.Tracks  // Holds the following types of tracks in this order, which you would need to cast to for creating keyframes. CameraTrack, LayerTrack, TimeTrack, RangeTrack CreateKeyframe // Only available after casting the track to the appropriate type. Can create a new keyframe or override an existing one. DeleteKeyframe // Available for any track. // Individual Keyframes can be edited as well, but would need cast for the type specific properties. MapView.Animation // Provides access to api for animation playback and export.   Hope this helps! Thanks, Nathan. ... View more

Hi JohnEsch2, For these kinds of cases, we recommend using the Range Slider (instead of the Time Slider).  It uses a pure numeric field for the filtering UX, and supports the majority of workflows commonly used with time - eg: support in Bookmarks, inclusion in Animation videos, etc). https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/mapping/range/get-started-with-the-range-slider.htm Hope this helps! Thanks, -Nathan. ... View more

Hi qdras, All your animations (one or more) are saved with the map/scene, and you can choose to have "none active" to get back to a "doing other regular work" state for the app.  Choose "None" from the list on the Animation ribbon. Hope this helps! Thanks, -Nathan. ... View more