Leaders and multileader are used to add call outs to your drawings. You can create annotative leaders through an annotative dimension style and multileaders through an annotative multileader style.

When you create a leader, you create two separate objects: the leader and the text, block, or tolerance associated with the leader. When you create a multileader, you create a single object.

If the multileader style is annotative, the associated text or tolerance will be annotative as well, regardless of the annotative setting of the text style or tolerance.

Blocks used in leaders and multileaders must be non-annotative.

You can change the Annotative property of leaders and multileaders in the Properties palette.

Procedure

To create a new annotative multileader style

1. Click Annotate tabMultileaders panelMultileader Style. At the command prompt, enter mleaderstyle.
2. In the Multileader Style Manager dialog box, click New.
3. In the Create New Multileader Style dialog box, enter a new style name, and select Annotative.
4. Click Continue.
5. In the Modify Multileader Style dialog box, select the appropriate tab and make changes to define the multileader style.
6. Click OK.
7. (Optional) Click Set Current to set this style as the multileader style.
8. Click Close.

To change an existing multileader style to annotative

1. Click Annotate tabMultileaders panelMultileader Style. At the command prompt, enter mleaderstyle.
2. In the Multileader Style Manager dialog box, Styles list, select a style.
   NoteA icon next to a multileader style name indicates that the style is already annotative.
3. Click Modify.
4. In the Modify Multileader Style dialog box, Leader Structure tab, under Scale, select Annotative.
5. Click OK.
6. (Optional) Click Set Current to set this style as the multileader style.
7. Click Close.

To create an annotative multileader

1. Click Annotate tabMultileaders panelMultileader Style. At the command prompt, enter mleaderstyle.
2. In the Multileader Style Manager dialog box, Styles list, select an annotative multileader style.
   NoteA icon next to a multileader style name indicates that the style is annotative.
3. Click Set Current.
4. Click Close.
5. Click Annotate tabMultileaders panelMultileader. At the command prompt, enter mleader.
6. Choose a point for the leader head.
7. Choose the last point for the leader.
8. Specify the text width.
9. Enter text.
10. On the Text Formatting toolbar, click OK.

To change an existing leader or multileader to annotative or nonannotative

1. Select a leader or multileader in a drawing.
2. Click View tab Palettes panel Properties.
3. In the Properties palette, under Misc, click Annotative.
4. On the drop-down list, select Yes or No.

Quick Reference

Commands

MLEADERSTYLE

Creates and modifies multileader styles.

STYLE

Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles.