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Controlling the size of 2D symbols in electrical legends

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LCDesign    0

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How do you get the 2D symbols in the electrical legend to show up at the same size that they are in the plan (or a size that is desired)?  Is there a way to control the size of the 2D symbols in electrical legends?  The 2D symbols come in so large that they blow the legends right off the page.  If I scale the legend down, the text becomes illegible.

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RodCole    25

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Expand or Contract the Column width for the column that contains the image and it will expand and contract the image size.

 

One thing that can make this more difficult is if the text in the column heading is long.  The text you have should not be a problem.

 

Let us know if this works for you. 

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Alaskan_Son    2531

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Schedule Specification>General>Object Preview Options>Scale Images and Use Plan View Scale.

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OMG!  Michael, I have spent years looking for this solution.  It fixed it.  I am so thrilled.  Woohoo!!!!  Thank you.

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