Creating an animated thematic map

Step-by-step:

To help view extended period simulation results, you can create an animation of a color-coded map. For example, you can configure the map display options to create an animated map of pressure for junctions and velocity for the pipes in a network.

1. Open the appropriate .aprx file in ArcGIS Pro.
2. From the ribbon, InfoWater Pro tab, Project panel, click Initialize.
3. On the ribbon, InfoWater Pro tab, View panel, click Map Display.
   

4. In the Map Display dialog box, set Element Type to Junction.
5. Set Data Source to Active Output.
6. Set Data Field to Pressure.
7. Set Classes to 4.
8. Select Set Breaks.
9. In the table, set Row 1: Color Red, Size 7, Break 20.
10. Set Row 2: Color Blue, Size 5, Break 60.
11. Set Row 3: Color Green, Size 5, Break 120.
12. Set Row 4: Color Yellow, Size 7, Break 171.31.
13. Click Apply.
    

14. Set Element Type to Pipe.
15. Set Data Source to Active Output.
16. Set Data Field to Velocity.
17. Set Classes to 3.
18. Select Set Breaks.
19. In the table, set Row 1: Color Yellow, Size 2, Break 0.5.
20. Set Row 2: Color Green, Size 1, Break 1.5.
21. Set Row 3: Color Red, Size 2, Break 10.
22. Click Apply.
    

23. Close the Map Display dialog box.
24. In the model, view the pressure and velocity display you set.
    

25. In the Model Explorer, Attribute tab, slide the output timebar; in the map, the color-coding updates to reflect the current output value.
    

Be aware that, in large models, dragging the timebar may cause the map to freeze as it loads in the new data corresponding to the timestep. You can disable Refresh Output to prevent this, but then you would need to re-enable it to update the map at your desired timestep.

26. To set up an animation, set the timebar to 00:00hrs.
    

27. On the ArcGIS Pro ribbon, Map tab, Navigate panel, click Full Extent.
    

28. In the Model Explorer, Command Center tab, expand Tool.
29. Double-click Animation Editor.
    

30. In the Animation Editor dialog box, select Save Animation to File.
31. Enter, “PV”, for Pressure Velocity.
32. Click Create.
    

A progress bar appears as a screenshot is taken of the thematic map at each output timestep. This takes a few minutes to complete.

33. In Model Explorer, under Tools, double-click Animation Viewer.

In the Animation Viewer, click Delay Setting.

34. In the Display Delay dialog box, set Delay Time to 250 milliseconds.
35. Click OK.
    

36. In the Animation Viewer, click Fast Forward.
37. Watch the animation.
    

For optimal results, the viewer should be the same size and dimensions as the map area when the animation was created.

Map Display provides a dynamic and powerful way of categorizing your project visually based on defined criteria. It can also be used for other data elements such as Pumps, Valves, Tanks, and Reservoirs.

38. Close the Animation Viewer.
39. To reset the Map Display controls back to the default, on the InfoWater Pro ribbon, View panel, click Reset Display.