I created my own marker symbols (arrows) for point features. Now I want to rotate them with the Rotation-Tool from the Editor-Toolbar, but the Arrows always snap back to their original horizontal position.
What am I missing?
To rotate the arrow i proceeded as follows:
- start editing session and select the feature layer containing the arrow symbols
- select the arrow-symbol i want to rotate
- select the rotation-tool
- select the arrow and drag it in the wanted position
–> and then it just snaps back to its original position…
News: When I select rotation for onw of the attribute table columns in the layer properties, rotating seems to work but nuw the symbol just disappears!
Best Answer
If I understand it correctly, you are trying to rotate symbols for point features. Rotating the point features themselves won't work. A point is a point, and has no direction. You should be able to perform symbol rotation through the layer's symbology tab, choose advanced and then rotation. You will need a field with rotation values for this in geographic or arithmetic degrees.