Compatible with AutoCAD 2000 through 2009
and all related products
LivingLegend creates beautiful, associative BOM's,
schedules and symbol legends in seconds using automatic
balloons and blocks. The first time you build a Bill of
Materials using LivingLegend, you'll realize that you've never
really seen your block collection before.
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Automatic item balloons to identify
non-block parts are numbered or lettered in order and remain
associated to legend entries. Paper space legends can count
balloons and/or blocks in paper and model space simultaneously.
Any number of legends may be created on
a drawing, each directed to count a particular area of the
drawing (or the entire drawing). Legends may be updated at any
time to reflect the current block count for each balloon, block
and block variation.
Export legend data in one-click to a
spreadsheet or as a Legend Library.
Total Columns
LivingLegend can compute and display
the total of any column in a BOM, such as quantity, cost, etc.,
right on your drawing.
Auto Number Blocks
Especially useful for schematics or
power distribution, thousands of components or tags may be
individually numbered and cross-referenced in a BOM, completely
automatically, and in just a few seconds. See our movies page
for a live example.
Block Insert Tools
Legends can be used as on-screen
palettes for dragging-and-dropping blocks using LivingLegend's
pick to insert command, or insert blocks straight from the
Legend Library. Blocks snap to lines and trim underlying lines
- great for P&ID's, schematics, door and windows, etc.
The Legend Library - A Powerful Part,
Component and Block Manager
Take any legend or collection of
legends and publish them in one click to every network user, or
create a legend from your existing spreadsheets.Using the
Legend Library dialog, you can recreate any legend or portion
of a legend, or insert individual blocks or ballooned items as
inserts or Xref's. Just make a selection from the library parts
list and a BOM is created on the drawing of those items.
The Legend Library uses a standard
spreadsheet layout as its data format - to create a new entry,
simply add a row using Excel or a word processor. Add a column
to the spreadsheet, and the part gets a new attribute when
inserted. Block attributes are filled in per the spreadsheet
values when a block is inserted from the library. Attributes
are defined in block definitions on-the-fly as needed,
automatically.
What can you do with it?
• Publish and manage standard
parts, blocks and details to all network users
• Import and Export spreadsheets
• Program block and part balloon
attributes with a spreadsheet
• Manage your block collection
• Setup pre-configured project
title blocks using a single title block design
• Manage a detail library
• Manage a project drawing list -
users can Xref drawings using the Legend Library dialog.
Here's how easy it is to publish a
block or part collection to your network:
1. Select CREATELEGEND, then the blocks
and balloons to publish.
2. Select UPDLEGEND, Export
The Export command can automatically
WBLOCK every block in the legend to a network folder.
Two Types of Legends
LivingLegend generates two formats of
legends, Bill of Materials or Matrix. The first column of the
BOM format contains the block image, an optional automatic item
number or character, and additional attribute columns of your
choice.
The Matrix format is a spreadsheet
style layout with each cell containing a block image, and
optional quantity, block name and user selectable attribute.
LivingLegend is handy for organizing large block collections,
by creating a neat matrix of printable block images with block
names in just a few seconds
LivingLegend can be installed and
learned in a few minutes without the modification of any
AutoCAD support files. We guarantee you'll love it or your
money back.
