PROBLEM
Cartographic representations do not display correctly when applying a field based rotation
Description
Cartographic representations do not display correctly when applying a field based rotation.
Cause
Representations rotate with the graphic method (counter-clockwise with 0 at due north) while standard symbology rotates with either the geographic (clockwise with 0 at due north) method or arithmetic (counter-clockwise with 0 at due east) method.
Solution or Workaround
Change the values in the field with angles to be negative values or add 180° to each value.- Open the attribute table, right-click on the rotation field, and select Field Calculator. Set type as Number and use the following calculation (where <Field> is the rotation field name):
-[<Field>]
- Open the attribute table, right-click on the rotation field, and select Field Calculator. Set type as String and use the following calculation (where <Field> is the rotation field name):
[<Field>] + 180
Article ID:000010860
Software:
- ArcMap
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