GGU-STRATIG: "Soil types and consistencies" legend

If you have created stratigraphic logs a legend explaining the soil types and consistencies can be displayed. The "Show legend" check box must be activated in the dialog box shown below.

A legend heading can be given, and the font size altered. To define the legend position on the output sheet it is sufficient to specify the upper left corner of the legend frame. If the "Automatic" check box is activated the width and height are determined by the program. Input is in [mm] in the header data coordinate system because the size and position of the legend should not move in line with any scale changes made to the log data.

The fastest way to modify the position of the legend is to press the [F11] function key and then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed.

By clicking on the "Consistency" button the following dialog box opens:

It is possible to display either all consistencies, relative densities and weathering grades in the legend by activating the corresponding check boxes, or only those that actually occur in the current logs. The signature heights can also be defined here.

By clicking on the "Soil types" button the following dialog box opens:

You can define the soil types to appear in the legend or have them defined automatically by the program. For automatic definition, the "Use present soil types" check box is activated, and all currently displayed soil types will be described. The requirement for this is that the check boxes "Main soil types" and/or "Acc. soil types" are activated, otherwise the soil types will not be included in the legend.

The "Long text"and "Short text" check boxes determine with which text the legend entries are to be labelled. The sequence for the automatic legend is given by the code numbers allocated to the individual soil types (see Section "Preferences/Abbreviations (SEP)") menu item and may be in ascending or descending order. The column design can be defined in the column type group box at the bottom of the dialog box. The size of the legend is controlled using "No. of columns above one another"; where necessary, several columns are used.

If you would like to use the same legend for several logs, even when not all soil types are present in each individual log you can, after deactivating the "Use present soil types" check box, click on the "Define soil types" button. You will then see a dialog box, in which you can define your own soil type list, which will then appear in the legend.

The required soil types are moved to the right-hand "Soil type legend" box by double-clicking the name. The required soil type can also be pulled to the box by holding the left mouse button, or the sequence of selected soil types in the right-hand box can be modified in the same way. Each combination can be saved in a file with the ".boa" suffix and then be loaded into any other log.