Reference Scale (Environment setting)

Tools that honor the Reference Scale environment will consider the graphical size and extent of symbolized features as they appear at the reference scale.

Usage notes

Dialog syntax

Reference Scale—The denominator of the scale fraction corresponding to the intended display scale of input data.

Scripting syntax

arcpy.env.referenceScale = double

Parameters

Explanation

double

The denominator of the scale fraction corresponding to the intended display scale of input data

referenceScale syntax

Script example

import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set the reference scale to 1:25,000
arcpy.env.referenceScale = "25000"

Related Topics

3/3/2014