Option 8.1 Legend Tab in the Trend Control Properties Dialog Box

Select the Legend tab in the CIMPLICITY Trend Control Properties dialog box.

Legend options are as follows.

1

Show legend

2

Show legend title

3

Display format

4

Display height

5

Line attributes

6

Show status line

7

Status line attributes

8

Font

 

1

Show legend

Show legend options are:

Check

Display the legend on the chart.

Clear

Do not display the legend on the chart.

Important: If you clear the check box, you have completed configuration of this tab.

2

Show legend title

Check  to display a title line for the legend.

3

Display format

Select one of the following.

Single column

All lines will display in a single column.

Double column

If you have two or more lines half of the lines will display in one column in the Legend; the other half will appear in the second column.

For an odd number of lines the first column will display the extra line.

Examples

Single column

Double column

4

Display height

The number of legend lines to display.

This number refers to the number of line ID's that will be displayed (with line attributes).

If you have more lines than can be displayed in the legend area, you can use the vertical scroll bar to the right of the legend area to display the additional information.

5

Line attributes

Check the items that will display for each line on the chart.

Tip: Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow buttons to create the order in which you want the items displayed.

6

Show status line

Check to display the status line.

7

Status line attributes

Check the attributes to display on the status line.

8

Font

Click to open the Font dialog box, to select the font, font style, size and script for the legend and status bar.

Note: The Point Description option is available for Point lines or Expression lines where the expression is only a Point ID.  It enables an operator to view the point's description that was entered in the Point Properties dialog box.

You enable the 2nd Slider option on the Chart tab in the CIMPLICITY Trend Control Chart Properties dialog box.

More information

About Trend chart sliders.

Step 8. Configure Legend properties.