Legend Box

To access this screen:

  • Double click a legend box plot item on a plot sheet.

  • Right click a legend box plot item and select Legend Box Properties.

The Legend Box screen is used to define the contents, layout and style properties for a legend box plot item. Typically, a legend box outlines the visual display legend for data within a projection, although it can also be useful to denote the structure of an evaluation legend for the purposes of reporting reserves.

The following tabs are shown:

  • Legend Box Contents—Choose a legend and configure its appearance. See below.
  • Drawing Order—Used to determine at which point in the screen drawing process the current item is drawn to the screen. See Drawing Order.

Note: Whilst legend boxes can be inserted into a plot sheet or projection, they aren't linked to 3D data, as their context is the legend, which can be created using the Legends Manager's array of tools.

Legend Box Properties

The following settings can be applied to legend boxes using the Legend Box screen:

Legend Box Contents Tab
Legend Choose a system, project or user legend to display on your plot sheet.
Columns Define the number of columns to be displayed in the legend box.
Rows

Choose which intervals of the legend to display. By default, Rows is equal to the number of legend intervals for the selected legend.

Reducing this number means later legend item intervals are not displayed.

Show
  • Fill—Check to display the fill colour for each legend interval, as defined using the Legends Manager.

  • Linestyles—Check to display the linestyle associated with each legend interval.

  • Symbols—Check to display the symbol of each legend interval.

Grid
  • Spacing—Define the spacing (pts) between adjacent legend items.

  • Draw Lines—Check to include grid lines between the displayed legend items.

Include Title Row Check to include a legend box title row (the default is the selected legend's name).
Opaque Check to prevent 'lower' plot items appearing through unfilled parts of the legend box (if the legend box is drawn after them - see Drawing Order.
Border Check to draw a border around the displayed legend box.
Colour Choose the legend box border colour.
Font Choose the font used for text elements of the legend box.

Note: These and other properties can be adjusted using the Properties control bar.

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