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Legend Editor : Basic Appearance
Open the Legend Editor Basic Appearance
- from menu : Datasets > Legend Editors… > Basic Appearance
- right-click menu in the Dataset List : right-click dataset > Legend Editor… > Basic Appearance
Choose the Model for which you want to edit the Legend. The displayed graphic parameters are in correspondence with the Spatial Type of the chosen Model.
Points
When the Spatial Type is a Point, a symbol is used as graphic appearance. Symbols can be vector, text or image-based.
In Orbit, symbols are chosen from a Symbol Library and specifications such as color and size are set. To define symbols, check out the chapter about Symbol Libraries. Colors are irrelevant for image-based symbols.
| Parameter | Use to |
|---|---|
| Symbol Library | Select a symbol library |
| Name | Select a Symbol from the symbol library |
| Symbol Size | Enter a symbol size and select a size unit (point on screen, mm on paper, meter on scale) |
| Symbol Fill Color | Choose a fill color for filled symbols |
| Symbol Outline Color | Choose an outline color for the symbol outline |
| Transparency | Set the transparency percentage of the symbol from opaque to completely transparent |
Click on the “Edit All Parameters” button to edit All Symbol Parameters.
Lines
| Parameter | Use to |
|---|---|
| Line Visibility | Tick to activate the line visibility and show lines in the map view |
| Line Color | Choose a line color |
| Line Width | Enter a line width and select a size unit (point on screen, mm on paper, meter on scale) |
| Line Style | Select a Line Style |
| Style Length | Enter a style_length and select a size unit (point on screen, mm on paper, meter on scale) |
Click on the “Edit All Parameters” button to edit All Line Parameters.
Areas
| Parameter | Use to |
|---|---|
| Fill Area | Tick to activate the area fill visibility and show filled areas in the map view |
| Fill Color | Choose a fill color for areas |
| Fill Transparency | Set the transparency percentage of the fill color from opaque to completely transparent |
| Outline settings | Identical settings as for a Line |
Click on the “Edit All Parameters” button to edit All Area Parameters.
Color and Grayscale Image
For Color and Greyscale images :
| Parameter | Comment |
|---|---|
| Image Transparency | Set the transparency percentage of the whole image from opaque to completely transparent |
| Transparent Color Use | Tick to activate the use of a transparent color in the image |
| Transparent Color | Choose a transparent color |
| Transparent Color Margin | Enter the acceptable deviation of the transparent color (0-255) |
| Sharpen Image | See Wikipedia Unsharp masking |
| Grayscale | Set the color image to grayscale |
Image Adjustment :
| Parameter | Comment |
|---|---|
| Brightness | Set the image brightness. See Wikipedia Brightness |
| Contrast | Set the image contrast. See Wikipedia Contrast |
| Saturation | Set the image saturation. See Wikipedia Saturation |
| Compare | Click to see the image in default values, click again to view the image in chosen specifications |
| Reset | Reset the image adjustment specification to the default values |
The “Edit All Parameters” button is disabled since these are the only parameters to set for image data.
Black and White Image
For Black & White images : the 'black' and 'white' pixels are considered 'foreground' and 'background'
| Parameter | Comment |
|---|---|
| Background Transparency | Set the transparency percentage of the background color from opaque to completely transparent |
| Background Color | Choose a color for the image background |
| Foreground Transparency | Set the transparency percentage of the foreground color from opaque to completely transparent |
| Foreground Color | Choose a color for the image foreground |
The “Edit All Parameters” button is disabled since these are the only parameters to set for image data.