Plot Legend
A plot legend contains information about the lines, fills, and symbols used in classes, bins, and/or slices in a single plot. Plot legends are only available for the plot types in the table below:
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Type |
Description |
|---|---|
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Bubble legend |
displays information for the bubbles in Plot Page - Bubble Plots plots. |
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Class legend |
displays information for the classes in 2D, XYZ, polar, ternary, and piper class plots. |
|
Chart slice legend |
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|
displays information about fill colors used in the color table. |
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Symbol table legend |
displays information about the symbols used in the symbol table. |
|
Wind chart legend |
displays information about the wind chart speed bins. |
Class plots and wind charts can also be included in graph legends or multi-graph legends, if necessary, but these higher level legends do not describe the plot classes or wind speed bins.
Creating a Plot Legend
To create a bubble, class, chart slice, or wind chart plot legend:
- Select a single bubble, class scatter, pie/doughnut, or wind chart plot.
- Click Graph Tools | Add to Graph | Plot Legend command.
- Edit the legend properties in the Property Manager.
To create a color table legend,
- Select a bar chart that is using a color table for fill colors.
- On the Fill page in the Property Manager, select the Show color table legend option. A Fill Table Legend is added.
- Select the Fill Table Legend in the plot document or Object Manager.
- Edit the legend properties in the Property Manager.
To create a symbol table legend,
- Select a plot that is using a symbol table for setting symbol style and colors.
- On the Symbol page in the Property Manager, select the Show symbol table legend option. A Symbol Table Legend is added.
- Select the Symbol Table Legend in the plot document or Object Manager.
- Edit the legend properties in the Property Manager.
Editing a Plot Legend
To change the features of a plot legend, open the legend properties by selecting the legend and editing the properties in the Property Manager. You can also access legend editing options, such as Properties or Reorder/Select Legend Entries, if you right click on the legend in the plot window to access the context menu.
The legend properties contain the following sections in the Property Manager:
Detaching Legends
If you need to copy, edit, or add additional information to a legend, such as company information, the legend can be detached from the graph. Legends edited in this manner are no longer attached to the graph, so make sure no additional changes are necessary before proceeding with this process. When detaching a bubble, wind, or class legend, the wind or class legend is hidden, and the legend is recreated with drawn objects. When detaching other legends, the original legend is removed.
Creating Graph and Document Legends
Select any part of the graph (axis, plot, fit, or the entire graph), and use the Graph Legend or Multi-Graph Legend commands to add higher level legends to the plot document.