Symbol Legend

This function builds and draws out a legend for symbols in the drawing. Individual elements can be turned on or off in the legend.

MOUS_ICO Menu: Landscape > Layout > Symbol Legend

MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Layout: Symbol Legend

When the function starts the drawing is searched for symbols set out from the symbol library (Water/Sewer, Electrical, Illustration, and Vegetation). A dialog box will appear. Symbols are grouped by symbol name, code, description #1, and description #2. They are presented in a tree list with colored nodes. Select the elements to be included in the legend and click OK. Then select the insertion point of the Symbol Legend.

• Selection - The Nodes in the tree list can be red, yellow or green. You can include or exclude individual elements by clicking the nodes so that the color changes.

  • Red - The Symbol is excluded from the legend.

  • Yellow - Underlying nodes in the tree list are mixed.

  • Green - Symbol is included in the Legend.

• Text - On the right side of the dialog, you can check the boxes to include symbol descriptions from the fields code, description #1, Description #2 in the legend.

• Setup - By selecting the pane Setup on the right side of the dialog you can control how to draw the elements in the legend.

• Layer name - Specify the name of the layer to draw the Legend.

• Symbol - This is where you define the size (length and height) for the 'frames' surrounding each symbol in the legend. You also define the offset distance between each frame. The frame is not drawn but is only used for defining the distances between symbols.

• Font - Define the font end size for text in the legend.

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