Legend Box Properties

To access this screen:

This screen is used to set the formatting of a symbol plot item. Changes are applied automatically to the target plot item when changed.

Note: Some of the formatting options below are also available on the Legend Box ribbon, and the Legend Box screen.

General
Legend	Choose a system, project or user legend to display on your plot sheet.
Fixed Size	Not used.
X	The distance, in mm, from the left side of the plot item to the left side of the plot sheet.
Y	The vertical distance from the top of the plot sheet to the top of the plot item.
Width	The overall width of the plot item.
Height	The overall height of the plot item.
Rotation	The orientation of the legnd box in degrees, by default, 0.
Appearance
Border	Check to draw a border around the displayed legend box.
Grid	Choose if the legend box is arranged within a visible table grid.
Outside Width	The width of the border surrounding the legend box.
Inside Width	The width of the boundaries of internal cell borders.
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.
Font
Font	The font face, for example, Arial.
Height	The height of the font in points.
Bold	Make text elements bold.
Underline	Make text elements underlined.
Italic	Make text elements italicized.
Minimum Height	The minimum height permitted for the legend box when resizing.

For more information on the following settings, see Locatable Plot Items.

Location
Has Location	Is this a locatable plot item or not?
Location Type	Only displayed if Has Location = Yes, set if the location is represented by a fixed point in 3D space (Point) or as a 3D line intersecting with other projections in 3D space (Line).
Plot Position	Determines how the plot item is positioned in relation to its associated location, either as a Fixed or Relative position.
Show Connector	If the plot item is located, and this is set to "Yes", an arrow connects the plot item to the associated position on the current plot. If set to "No" the arrow is not displayed.
Line Width	If a connector is displayed, this is the width of the arrow.
Arrow Size	If a connector is displayed, this is the width of the arrow head.
Line Colour	The colour of a connector line, if one is displayed.
Location Point 1 (if Has Location = Yes)
X/Y/Z	The absolute position of the locator point in 3D space, or the first point of the line if the Location Type = Line.
Location Point 2
X/Y/Z	If Location Type = Line, the world coordinates of the end point of the location line in 3D space.