Latest Contributions by JeffBarrette

Timothy, thanks for posting this question. I'm on the arcpy.mp and Layout teams and your inquiry forced me to look into a couple of things. First, my initial thoughts would be to automate with Python without using a MapSeries but picture attachments on a layout are only available with a map series. So you would need a map series simply to iterate through your point locations - so you can iterate through your pictures for each point location. The layout team is looking the possibility of making attachments available without a map series enabled. Second - arcpy.mp does NOT allow you to change the attachment photo. Picture.sourceImage returns the filter string but changing it an applying it back does not update the layout. This is a bug and we will fix it. A work-around for now is to use Python CIM access instead of the managed API for setting sourceImage. p = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject('current') lyt = p.listLayouts()[0] lyt_cim = lyt.getDefinition('V2') for elm in lyt_cim.elements: if elm.name == "Picture": pic.graphic.sourceURL = '<dyn filter="12"/>' lyt.setDefinition(lyt_cim) Finally, you are on the right track and this logic will require python automation. Take a look at the following sample. It is very similar to your scenario but rather than there being 0-many pages or 0-many pictures on a page, it deals with the idea of there needed to be 0-many inset maps per layout. This application persists all the settings in a database table and simply recreates each layout on demand. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=82b99b5593e54e57b740e3898fb14c5f I hope this helps! Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout teams

Accessing a Layer's display properties are not directly accessible via the curated arcpy.mp API but is accessible via Python CIM Access: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/mapping/python-cim-access.htm Here is a downloadable set of CIM script examples and one of them changes a layer's display properties. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8772f61319584882bb697ba003030636 Jeff - Layout and arcpy.mp teams

Jeremy, We also have future plans to introduce a "fitting strategy" with polygon text (similar to legends). The easiest and minimum ship optoin is:"Adjust font size" (with a minimum font size property). We could also consider things like "adjust polygon width / height / or both" and growth would be based on anchor position. Jeff - Layout and arcpy.mp teams

Jeremy, have you tried Element.DoesFitFrame? string text = "Some Text String that is really long and is forced to wrap to other lines so that we can see the effects. Some Text String that is really long and is forced to wrap to other lines so that we can see the effects." as String; GraphicElement recTxtElm = LayoutElementFactory.Instance.CreateRectangleParagraphGraphicElement(layout, env, text, sym); recTxtElm.SetName("New Rectangle Text"); TextElement txtElm = recTxtElm as TextElement; while (!txtElm.DoesFitFrame) { var txtProp = txtElm.TextProperties; txtProp.FontSize = txtProp.FontSize - 1; txtElm.SetTextProperties(txtProp); System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(txtProp.FontSize.ToString()); };

An enabled map series puts a Map Frame constraint on the Map associated with it to preserve the map series extent options. Have your tried temporarily disabling the map series before creating your export? You can disable a map series in the map series setting dialog. Is this for a one-off map you want to produce or are you trying to automate the process to set extents that go beyond the feature in the map series index layer? Jeff - Layout and arcpy.mp teams

Thank you for reporting this. This is a known issue and will be addressed in the 2.8.2 patch. Jeff - Layout and arcpy.mp teams

In arcpy.mapping (ArcMap) we had a Legend.isOverFlowing property. We have plans to add this to Pro as well. Hopefully in 2.9 or the next release. Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout Teams

This is going to be addressed in the 2.8.2 patch. Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout teams

‎06-30-2021

Would the experience we currently have with Table Frames be helpful? Instead, Add Layer might have a pull-right that lists all the layers not in the legend. Your idea to also have a context menu on a layer to add it to a legend is different but may be possible. I understand that dragging can be difficult especially if you have many maps / layers. Jeff - Layout and arcpy.mp teams

‎06-29-2021

Sandy, Thank you for reporting this! I could reproduce by setting the scale ranges via the Scale tab in the symbology pane. Setting scale ranges on the layer works as expected. Can you confirm that, please? I will create and issue and hopefully we will be able to address it soon. Jeff - Layout and arcpy.mp team

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Latest Contributions by JeffBarrette

Re: Multiple Page Layout with Logic

Re: Adding Display Expression as a arcpy.mapping layer property - Status changed to: Already Offered

Re: Is there a way to programmatically tell if a CIMParagraphTextGraphic word wrap the text outside of the boundaries of the polygon?

Re: Is there a way to programmatically tell if a CIMParagraphTextGraphic word wrap the text outside of the boundaries of the polygon?

Re: Map Series Export Custom Extent

Re: exportToJPEG() freezes on ArcGIS Pro 2.8 but not 2.7.

Re: Legend dropping items

Re: exportToPDF hangs in arcgis pro 2.8 running from toolbox .tbx

Re: "Add to Legend" option in context-menu of Table of Contents

Re: -all other values- Label should disappear in legend when not in scale range