Peripherals | Symbol Key
Peripherals
Check this item to activate one or more peripheral layers for your map or diagram.
Click on this tab to establish the layer settings.
- Symbol Key
Check this item to include a key to the names and position of the components being included in Spider Diagram Maps.
Click on this tab to set up the key.
- Plot Title: Check this to include a title above the key. Type the title text into the prompt.
- Font Size: Set the size for the text in the key, as a percent of the project extents. Default = 0.1
- Border: Check this to plot a line border around the symbol key.
- Margin: Enter the margin between the key and the border. Recommended: 0.5
- Symbol Key Position and Dimensions: Use these settings, to the right of the design pane, to define where the symbol legend is to be plotted in relation to the main map or diagram.
! As you click and drag the legend in the Peripherals design pane, the values in these prompts will be updated. Similarly, as you edit the values in these prompts, the legend size and placement will be updated in the design pane.
- X: Click the up/down arrows for this prompt to move the Symbol Key to the left (down arrow) or right (up arrow) as displayed in the preview pane. If you click and drag in the preview pane to change the position of the key, the values in this prompt will be updated accordingly.
- Y: Click the up/down arrows for this prompt to move the Symbol Key downward (down arrow) or upward (up arrow) as displayed in the preview. If you click and drag in the preview pane to change the position of the key, the values in this prompt will be updated accordingly.
- W: Click the up/down arrows for this prompt to increase/decrease the width of the Symbol key, as displayed n the preview pane. If you hold down the Shift key and drag to adjust the dimensions, the values in this prompt will be updated accordingly.
- H: Click the up/down arrows for this promopt to increase/decrease the height of the Symbol Key, as displayed in the preview pane. If you hold down the Shift key and drag to adjust the dimensions, the values in this prompt will be updated accordingly.
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