Creating Legend for Selected Elements

Shows-step-by-step how to create a legend for selected elements.

Before you begin

You only want to create a legend for selected elements of a floor plan or section view.

Requirement:

You have opened the view in which you want to place a legend.

Navigate to:

Project tab ➤ Discipline ➤ Construction tab

Applies to: Heating, Potable water, Waste water, Ventilation, Cooling, Gas

Construction tab ventilation Linear Revit

Procedure

  1. Select the elements for which you want to create a legend.
  2. Click Legend <.

    The Legend dialog opens.

  3. Specify the headline, number of columns and text styles for the legend.
  4. In the Types section, activate the component types to be listed in the legend.
  5. In the System classes section, activate all system classes whose component types are to be listed in the legend.
  6. Switch to the Arrange and rename tab.
  7. Adjust the order of the elements by selecting the corresponding line and moving it with or in the table.
  8. If necessary, change the description of an element by double-clicking in the Description column.
  9. Switch to the Preview tab to preview the legend.

    Create legend ventilation Linear Revit

  10. Click Refresh to update the legend preview based on the settings.
  11. Click Apply.

Results

The legend is created and can be placed on all relevant sheets from the Project browser.