The ‘avi’ Layout Designer is accessible from the ‘AVI’ tab of the Record .AVI track properties dialog box and enables you to organise the look of the recorded video. Here you can change, resize, and reposition the model view, caption, clock, and logo.

To customise the AVI Layout:

1. On the AVI tab of the ‘Record .AVI Track Properties’ dialog, click the Layout button. The Layout Designer is displayed and already contains a view of your model, the LEGION logo, and a clock.
   
2. To add any of the customizable items in the ‘Video components’ toolbar, click and hold the relevant icon and drag into the Layout Designer. Position and resize the items according to preference.
3. To change the properties of a label, clock, logo, legend, or graph, click on the item to select it and change the properties in the left-hand panel of the dialog box. Change properties in the ‘Value’ column by entering text directly, browsing for files or selecting values from drop-down lists.
   • – Label: Insert text Label into the Layout.
     • change font; text colour; contour line values; background colours.
   • – Clock: Add a simulation clock display to the Layout.
     • change time format; font; text colour; contour line values; background colours.
   • – Logo: Browse to select an alternative logo image.
     • change logo colour, contour line values, background colour; transparency.
   • – Legend: Adds a legend for the Map being recorded by this event.
     • Legend – depending on which maps were selected for this event, and how many legends they have, you can choose 'All' or specific legends from this drop-down list.
     • Title – enter a 'Title'; choose 'Text Colour' and 'Font'
     • Units – enter 'Units'; choose 'Text Colour' and 'Font'
     • Labels – choose 'Text Colour' and 'Font'
     • Contour – select 'yes' or 'no' to show or hide contour lines; choose 'Contour Line Colour'
     • Background – choose a 'Background' colour and add a value for 'Background transparency' (0 is opaque)
   • – Graph: Select a graph from the drop-down list labelled 'Value' in the 'Graph name' row.
4. To change the background colour of the video, select a colour from the drop-down palette labelled Background Colour.
5. You can also align the components in relation to each other; see Aligning AVI components for details.
   • – Align left: Select at least two items and click to align their left sides.
   • – Align right: Select at least two items and click to align their right sides.
   • – Align top: Select at least two items and click to align their top sides.
   • – Align bottom: Select at least two items and click to align their bottom sides.
   • – Equal widths: Select at least two items and click to make them the same width.
   • – Equal heights: Select at least two items and click to make them the same height.
   • – Centre: horizontally
     • Select one or more items and click to centre them horizontally (vertical positions will be unchanged).
6. To delete a removable item, click to select it and press <Delete>.
7. Click OK to save Layout settings.