Legend

Module(s): Thermal Insulation

You can use the Legend tool to create a legend. Depending on the criteria you specify, various legends are available.

Please note that the scope of the elements in an associative legend does not depend on the layout elements placed. It is the saved state of the document that is decisive. Showing or hiding drawing files that are open in edit mode and contain envelope surfaces or changing the visibility settings of layers has an immediate and direct effect on the associative legend placed in the layout.
Before sending a layout with an associative legend to the printer, check that the contents of the legend meet your requirements. If necessary, explode the associative legend in design entities in document edit mode after you have entered all the envelope surfaces.

To create a legend

1. Click Legend (How).
   

   Activate Legend in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Energy Thermal Insulation

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

   Thermal Insulation

2. Select the folder, subfolder and name of the legend.
   Subfolder: 31 Heat Requirement
3. Define the type of the legend:
   • When you enable the Associative legend of active document option, any changes in the document are automatically displayed in the legend.
   • Disable this option if you want the legend to reflect the current status of the document.
   • You can use Precision of calculation to switch the precision setting for drawing files from earlier versions that were drawn with standard precision (+ = real*4).
4. Associative legends can immediately be placed in the document.
   In the case of non-associative legends, do the following:
   • Click in the input options to find surfaces based on advanced criteria (Orientation, for example).
     How to use the search tool.
     

     Criterion: orientation

     The orientation attribute is saved as an angle and not as text by the system.
     The following angles are assigned to the cardinal points:

     South	0.00 degrees
     West	90.00 degrees
     North	180.00 degrees
     East	270.00 degrees
     None	360.00 degrees

   • Select the surfaces by clicking them, enclosing them in a selection rectangle, or using the bracket tool
     or
     double-click with the right mouse button or click All in the Input options to select all the surfaces.
     

     • To select a single element, click it.
     • To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
     • To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.

     For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

     When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.

   • Place the legend in the workspace.
5. Associative legends can be edited using the shortcut menu. You have the following options:
   • Use the Update Label tool to include any changes you have made to the document or drawing file, which are not reflected immediately (e.g. changes to the layer status), in the legend.
   • You can change the page break within a legend by clicking in the workspace or entering a value in the dialog line.
   • You can resize a legend by clicking in the workspace or entering a factor in the dialog line.
   • You can explode a legend into individual elements.

Note: Bear in mind that elements in drawing files open in reference mode or on visible but frozen layers are not included in the legend. You should therefore use a different color for drawing files open in reference mode and for frozen layers as an aid to orientation.