Thoughts on how to break up a Graphic Legend to publish on separate sheets.

[hollister design Studio]

I started making a Graphic Legend with plant info for clients and I had a first thought I would have each cell on a separate sheet.

I already do something similar in In-Design, but it would be great to take advantage of VW in house tools.

 

But I'm struggling to figure out how to do this without either:

• moving the graphic legend each time I publish form one sheet
• create multiple sheets and place copies of the Graphic Legend centered (and blocked out so neighboring cells are not visible) on each sheet.
• creating a separate Graphic Legend for each plant (yikes)

 

Any thoughts on how to do this with limited steps?

 

Preliminary Graphic Legend Layout:

 

[Tom W.]

1 hour ago, hollister design Studio said:

create multiple sheets and place copies of the Graphic Legend centered (and blocked out so neighboring cells are not visible) on each sheet.

 

If I understand the intent properly I'd use a version of this method but use the Cell Visibility + Sorting settings to turn off all the cells but one each time.

[hollister design Studio]

Just now, Tom W. said:

...use the Cell Visibility + Sorting settings to turn off all the cells but one each time.

Interesting, will have to look into this.

[Kevin Allen]

20 hours ago, hollister design Studio said:

20 hours ago, Tom W. said:

...use the Cell Visibility + Sorting settings to turn off all the cells but one each time.

 

that will still not give you enough control over cell sizes.

[Tom W.]

2 minutes ago, Kevin Allen said:

that will still not give you enough control over cell sizes.

 

Won't a combination of editing the Image Scale + the Frame size in the Cell Layout do that...?

[Kevin Allen]

51 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

Won't a combination of editing the Image Scale + the Frame size in the Cell Layout do that...?

no

 

I have had the occasion to create GLs referencing multiple SLVPs and I am currently unable to get to a uniform width, even if the objects are of a similar size.

[Tom W.]

30 minutes ago, Kevin Allen said:

no

 

I have had the occasion to create GLs referencing multiple SLVPs and I am currently unable to get to a uniform width, even if the objects are of a similar size.

 

Ah yes I can imagine this. Because the cell size is based on the image size plus a margin. But does enabling 'Fixed Cell Width' at least make the widths all the same...?

[bcd]

Place the GL on a multi-page Sheet

[Kevin Allen]

11 minutes ago, Tom W. said:

'Fixed Cell Width'

seems like it should, but no.

[hollister design Studio]

On 10/5/2024 at 11:31 AM, bcd said:

Place the GL on a multi-page Sheet

Just tried this, a bit of a pain to set up.

• I made a multi page with 2 columns and 10 rows
• I made rectangle at the outlined "page size" and added it to the GL cell layout.
• This actually worked with a bit of finagling...

But when I Published to PDF it just exported as ONE very large page, not as 20 individual pages.

Any ideas how to print multiple pages and multiple pages?

 

HYere is a screenshot with the GL offset so you can see the page divisions:

 

 

 

[hollister design Studio]

On 10/5/2024 at 9:53 AM, Kevin Allen said:

hat will still not give you enough control over cell sizes.

I've had some luck adding a rectangle to the cell layout that is the size you want the cells and is larger than the defined photo size plus all the text.

Then setting the "frame in graphic legend" margin size to a minimal width. 

      Note - in this example I set the margin to 0 and now I can't select it and adjust... so this GL is a waste.

      I would not recommend setting to zero, just something near zero

Then all the cells will be set to the rectangle size plus margin.

[Kevin Allen]

16 minutes ago, hollister design Studio said:

a bit of a pain to set up

The point is, it shouldn't be.

I may have a symbol that actually shows several configurations depending on the visible classes. I will then need the GL to reference several SLVPs in order to 'inventory' the project. so that is several GLs on one sheet. I would like the frames to be the same size.

Should be simple.

 

 

 

[JMR]

Multi-page legends would be very much needed in architecture as well. Door, window and room schedules are typically a stack of portrait A4's. If I recall correctly, I saw this capability (for worksheets and legends to span multiple pages)  mentioned somewhere in the road map...can't find it now though or then my memory doesn't serve well.

 

I think Archicad can do this, at least with doors and windows.

[bcd]

1 hour ago, hollister design Studio said:

Any ideas how to print multiple pages and multiple pages?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 7 by bcd