Video: Create a Legend View

Communicate graphic conventions in a model by creating a legend view.

This video demonstrates the following:

  1. Understand the information legends provide and how legends are used.
  2. Create a legend view.
  3. Add symbols and model families to the legend view.
  4. Add annotations to the legend.
  5. Place the legend view on sheets.
Note: This video was recorded using Revit 2016. When performing the procedures using Revit LT, you may notice minor differences in functionality and user interface.

Transcript

Legends provide a graphic listing of elements and symbols used in your project. Legends are created by placing legend components into a special legend view. The elements used in a legend are not counted in quantities and schedules. A legend view can be placed on more than one sheet in your project. ​

Start by creating a legend view. On the View tab, select Legend. Choose a scale for the legend view. In this case, the legend is for the whole project, so we'll name it Project Legend. A new legend opens, and is added to the Project Browser. ​

On the Annotate tab, select Legend Component to add a symbol to the legend view. On the Options Bar, select the family, and then select the view representation of the family you need. The Host Length sets how big the legend component will be. In this example, we'll add a number of walls, doors, and windows.

Use the Legend Component tool to add model families to the legend. ​Elements in a legend can't be tagged directly. To add an annotation symbol (like a wall tag) to the legend, on the Annotate tab, click Symbol. In the Type Selector, use the drop-down list to select the symbol to add. You can add lines, text, and dimensions to the legend using the tools on the Annotate tab.​

With the legend view complete, now place it on the sheets. Open a sheet view from the Project Browser. Click and drag the legend view to place it on a sheet. Unlike other project views, a legend view can be placed on multiple sheets in the project. ​

Use legend views in your projects to communicate the graphic conventions, and help maintain consistency throughout your project.