Inserting a legend

1. On the toolbar, click the Edit legend icon .

Tip: Alternatively, insert the legend via menu Network editor > Legend.

The Legend parameters window opens.

2. Click Draw legend.

Note: When you click the Preview button, the legend is displayed with the current settings, without the Legend parameters window being closed.

3. In the Legend items tab, make the settings of your choice.

Element	Description
Available items	Click this button to view the list of available legend items. To select the items, click the and buttons. To add multiple elements at the same time, press the Ctrl key. You can automatically define the list of the displayed items via the icon. Notes When you click the symbol, a window opens that allows you to either display all items active in the graphics parameters, or only those items that are active and have corresponding network objects in the network. If a classification exists for the display of the edge courses in the schematic line diagram on both levels (headway and line), you can specify different settings for the inner and the outer level. In the legend, they are listed separately.
Items displayed in the legend	Click this button to view the items displayed in the legend and the respective headings they are grouped by.
	In the Items displayed in the legend list, click the item of your choice and use the symbols to move it to the top or bottom. This is how you specify the sequence in which the items are displayed.
Number of columns	Number of columns the legend items are displayed in.
Schematic preview	Preview showing in which columns the items are organized Note In the Items displayed in the legend list, the items selected are highlighted in the preview.
Parameters<legend item>	In the Items displayed in the legend section, select an item to edit its display settings. The settings available depend on the item type selected. The following settings can be made for different types of objects: Header Into the box, enter a heading for the respective legend item. Restrict width You can limit the legend to a maximum width. If the option is selected, you can set a maximum width in mm for the selected legend item. A line break occurs after the set width. A minimum width is maintained. Tip You can also adjust the width of the individual legend components interactively. To do this, hover the mouse over the desired item in the legend and move the mouse to the right edge of the item until a double arrow appears. Now use the mouse to drag it to the desired width. Show passive objects Select this option to also show passive objects. Use layer order Select this option to use the layer order specified for classical (= conventional) display of graphic parameters to draw objects. Show no chart Select this option to not show a chart. Show only chart fill Select this option to show chart fills for the selected object in the legend. Show fill style and scaling Select this object to show the chart fills and scaling of the selected object in the legend. Symbol width/symbol height Dimensions for the display in the legend in mm Note For objects that can be point or polygon objects, this entry refers to polygon objects only, as point objects have a fixed size. Line symbol/Area symbol In the list box, click the symbol of your choice to show lines/areas of the selected object. Show bar fill/bar scaling Select this option to show the bar fill and scaling of the selected object in the legend. Draw point symbol/area symbol only - Show point symbol/area symbol Here you can specify whether objects that can be both point and area symbols are shown as point symbols, area symbols or both in the legend. Display only objects with classes If the option is selected, in classification cases, all classes are hidden for which no object exists in one of the subordinate inner classes. Note This option is only provided for edge courses (outer level) of the schematic line diagram.

4. In the Layout tab, make the settings of your choice.

Element	Description
Border	In a separate window, you can specify a line style for the legend border (Setting parameters for the line style).
Background color	Here you choose a background color for the legend.
Alignment	Use the symbols to specify the alignment of the legend in your view or print page layout: Bottom right Bottom left Top right Top left
Margins	Specifies the width of margins in mm
Spacing between	Specifies the spacing between legend items in mm Note The currently edited spacing is highlighted in color in the preview.
Preview	Shows a preview with all specified spacings. Note The preview is exemplary and does not reflect the settings made in other tabs. It contains the example of a footer and a scale.

5. In the Text layout tab, make the settings of your choice.

Section	Description
Title	Here you enter the title of the legend.
Alignment	Using the symbols, you can specify the alignment of the title: Left aligned Centered Right aligned
Which placeholders can I use?	Use the link to open a window with all available auto values. Note The entries in squared brackets are pre-defined by the program (auto values). They are replaced with the current values when drawing the print frame. Auto values are language-dependent and can also be utilized as user-defined entries. If you want to display a [graphics], you need to enter a comma and the path of the graphics. Example: [graphics, „D:\logo.bmp”]
Font settings	In this section, you can specify a font, a size in mm, and a color for the elements selected.
Preview	Shows a preview of the text layout

6. In the Footer tab, make the settings of your choice.

Section	Description
Show footer texts	Select this option to show footer text in the legend. Note If this option is not selected, the following options in the Legend parameters window are grayed out.
Footer columns 1-3	Here you can make settings for the section below the legend. Column width Column format for the texts below the legend You can regulate the width of each column by entering a percentage. Notes The total need not amount to 100 %. The width will be calculated proportionately. You can position the column contents left aligned, centered or right aligned by clicking the respective icon below. Line 1/Line 2 Via the drop-down lists you can select auto texts, user-defined texts or graphics, which are inserted in two rows in up to three columns below the legend. user-defined In the field, you can enter a user-defined text. empty If this entry is selected, the respective field is displayed empty.
Which placeholders can I use?	Use the link to open a window with all available auto values. Note The entries in squared brackets are pre-defined by the program (auto values). They are replaced with the current values when drawing the print frame. Auto values are language-dependent and can also be utilized as user-defined entries. If you want to display a [graphics], you need to enter a comma and the path of the graphics. Example: [graphics, „D:\logo.bmp”]
Height of graphics in the footer	Here you can enter the desired height of an image you want to insert into the legend. Note In the list box, click [Graphics], in order to insert an image into the legend. In the list box, click the path to the image of your choice.
Show graphical scale	Select this option to show a scale. Notes You can specify whether the scale is shown Above footer texts or Below footer texts. You can further align the scale left, right or center it.

7. Confirm with OK.

The legend is inserted according to your settings.

Note: You can edit an existing legend later directly in the window (Editing the legend directly).