Legend

Task area Annotations

You can use this tool to create legends for objects and architectural components. These legends will be derived from the selected drawing files or the NDW file and placed in the active document. ALLPLAN considers all drawing files that are open in edit mode and all elements that are on modifiable layers unless you work with the drawing file filter or layer filter.
Depending on the setting, ALLPLAN automatically updates legends when you change the document.

Note: Lengths and weights are stated in metric and imperial values depending on the length unit setting.

Available legends, overview

To create legends

1. Click Legend (How).
   

   Activate Legend in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Task area Annotations

   • Menu bar: Create Bonus Tools Templates: Reports, Legends, Labels

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Templates: Reports, Legends, Labels

   General: Roofs, Planes, Sections

   Basic: Walls, Openings, Components

   Special: Walls, Openings, Components

   Rooms, Surfaces, Stories

2. The Legend Selection dialog box opens. Select the folder, subfolder, and name of the legend.
3. Define the type of the legend:
   • So that the legend immediately adapts to the changes in the document, select the Associative legend of active document option and - before you place the legend - the Update automatically option in the Properties palette. The legend is still associative when you do not select the Update automatically option, but it does not adapt to changes.
   • If the legend is to represent the current status of the document, clear the Associative legend of active document option.
4. You can immediately place associative legends in the document. In doing so, you can define additional settings in the Properties palette.
   Do the following to create a non-associative legend:
   • Select the elements that you want to include.
     Click in the input options to find elements based on advanced criteria (for example, material).
     This works just like the Find Elements tool.
     

     • To select a single element, click it.
     • To select elements in a selection rectangle, hold down the left mouse button and open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select.
     • Some tools allow you to select all elements in the current document by clicking All in the input options or pressing CTRL+A.

     To get detailed information on all selection options provided by ALLPLAN, see Selecting elements, overview.

     When selecting elements, you can use filters, which allow you to filter by element type or property. For more information, see Using filters.

   • Place the legend in the drawing file.
5. You can edit associative legends by using the shortcut menu. You have the following options:
   • You can use the Update Label tool to add changes in the document or drawing files to the legend (for example, when the layer status has changed). This is only possible when the Update automatically option is selected.
   • You can change the page break within the legend by clicking on the workspace or by entering a value in the length unit selected in the dialog line. This is only possible when the Update automatically option is selected.
   • You can resize a legend by clicking in the workspace or entering a factor in the dialog line.
   • You can explode a legend into design entities. All elements get the same group number so that you can quickly and easily select and edit the exploded legend.
6. You can change the additional settings of associative legends later by clicking within the legend and selecting the Properties palette.

Notes:

• The current scale and unit of length will be saved together with the legend when you create it. Consequently, these settings remain unchanged when you update the legend.
• Keep in mind that the legend considers neither elements that are in drawing files open in reference mode (without the drawing file filter) nor elements that are on visible but frozen layers. Therefore, to avoid confusion, use a different color for drawing files open in reference mode and for frozen layers.