2 Keynote Legends on a sheet

[Rosebud Studios]

On simple residential remodels I usually set up a sheet for all the framing info i.e. floor framing and roof framing. I use callouts with a Keynote Legend for each detail.

Now with the use of viewports it's easier to crop into the part of the house being modified and place them onto a framing sheet, but it appears that I can have only one Keynote Legend per layer and the sheets only have one layer active. I'm looking for a way that I can have more than one Legend on a sheet so my callouts for flr frmg don't have to be shared with the rf frmg callouts.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Ed Rose

Residential Designer

The Sea Ranch

[Guest]

You're right -- you can only have one Keynote Legend on each layer, and only one sheet layer active at a time, so if you're placing keynotes on a sheet layer, you can only have one legend.

Try this:

1. Place callouts at the appropriate places on the sheet layer, but instead of typing the text that should appear in the legend, just type a number.

2. Type the text for each keynote into a General Notes object.

3. Coordinate the numbering in the General Notes object with the numbers you use in the Callouts.

So essentially, you're manually creating your own legend (as a General Notes object), and handling the numbering yourself. It's not quite as automatic as the Keynote Legend, but it allows you to do anything that you want.