GetAutoCamera Method

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Gets the auto camera associated with the map frame

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public CIMAutoCamera GetAutoCamera()

Public Function GetAutoCamera() As CIMAutoCamera

Return Value

CIMAutoCamera

Remarks

The auto camera is used to set map frame display constraints

Example

SetAutoCameraNone

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.None;
if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraFixedExtent

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.Fixed;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Extent;

var mf_extent = mf.GetViewExtent();

var extent = EnvelopeBuilderEx.CreateEnvelope(
  400748.62, 800296.4, 1310669.05, 1424520.74, mf.Map.SpatialReference);
autoCamera.Extent = extent;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraFixedCenter

//Note: run within the QueuedTask
var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.Fixed;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Center;

var camera = mf.GetMapView(LayoutView.Active).Camera;
var center = mf.GetViewCenter();

//var extent = EnvelopeBuilderEx.CreateEnvelope(
//    400748.62, 800296.4, 1310669.05, 1424520.74, mf.Map.SpatialReference);
//autoCamera.Extent = extent;

var camera2 = new CIMViewCamera()
{
  Heading = 0,
  Pitch = -90,
  Roll = 0,
  Scale = 21169571,
  X = 855708,
  Y = 1112409,
  Z = double.NaN
};
autoCamera.Camera = camera2;
var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraFixedCenterAndScale

//Note: run within the QueuedTask
var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.Fixed;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.CenterAndScale;

var camera = mf.GetMapView(LayoutView.Active).Camera;
var center = mf.GetViewCenter();

//var extent = EnvelopeBuilderEx.CreateEnvelope(
//    400748.62, 800296.4, 1310669.05, 1424520.74, mf.Map.SpatialReference);
//autoCamera.Extent = extent;

var camera2 = new CIMViewCamera()
{
  Heading = 0,
  Pitch = -90,
  Roll = 0,
  Scale = 21169571,
  X = 1310669.0 + ((400748.5 - 1310669.0) / 2.0),
  Y = 800296.4 + ((1424520.74 - 800296.4) / 2.0),
  Z = double.NaN
};
autoCamera.Camera = camera2;
var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
//autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;


if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraFixedScale

//Note: run within the QueuedTask
var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.Fixed;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Scale;

var camera = mf.GetMapView(LayoutView.Active).Camera;
var center = mf.GetViewCenter();

//var extent = EnvelopeBuilderEx.CreateEnvelope(
//    400748.62, 800296.4, 1310669.05, 1424520.74, mf.Map.SpatialReference);
//autoCamera.Extent = extent;

var camera2 = new CIMViewCamera()
{
  Heading = 0,
  Pitch = -90,
  Roll = 0,
  Scale = 20000571,
  X = 1310669.0 + ((400748.5 - 1310669.0) / 2.0),
  Y = 800296.4 + ((1424520.74 - 800296.4) / 2.0),
  Z = double.NaN
};
autoCamera.Camera = camera2;
var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
//autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraLinkedExtent

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.MapFrameLink;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Extent;
autoCamera.MapFrameLinkName = mapFrameLink;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraLinkedCenter

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.MapFrameLink;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Center;
autoCamera.MapFrameLinkName = mapFrameLink;
var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraLinkedCenterAndScale

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.MapFrameLink;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.CenterAndScale;
autoCamera.MapFrameLinkName = mapFrameLink;
var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraLinkedScale

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.MapFrameLink;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Scale;
autoCamera.MapFrameLinkName = mapFrameLink;
var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraLinkedMapSeriesShape

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.MapSeriesLink;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Extent;
//autoCamera.MapFrameLinkName = mapFrameLink;
var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

SetAutoCameraLinkedMapSeriesCenter

var layout = LayoutView.Active.Layout;
var mf = layout.GetElementsAsFlattenedList().OfType<MapFrame>()
  .First(mf => mf.Name == mapFrame);
var autoCamera = mf.GetAutoCamera();
autoCamera.Source = AutoCameraSource.MapSeriesLink;
autoCamera.AutoCameraType = AutoCameraType.Center;

var states = mf.Map.GetLayersAsFlattenedList().First(l => l.Name == "State_Polygons");
autoCamera.IntersectLayerPath = states.URI;

if (mf.ValidateAutoCamera(autoCamera) &&
  !mf.IsMapSeriesMapFrame())
  mf.SetAutoCamera(autoCamera);

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10

ArcGIS Pro version: 3 or higher.

Reference

MapFrame Class
MapFrame Members

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