A leader object is a line or a spline with an arrowhead at one end and a multiline text object or block at the other.

In some cases, a short horizontal line, called a landing, connects text or blocks and feature control frames to the leader line.

The landing and leader line are associated with the multiline text object or block, so when the landing is relocated, the content and leader line move along with it.

When associative dimensioning is turned on and object snaps are used to locate the leader arrowhead, the leader is associated with the object to which the arrowhead is attached. If the object is relocated, the arrowhead is relocated, and the landing stretches accordingly.

Procedure

To create a leader with straight lines

1. Click Home tabAnnotation panelMultileader. Enter mleader at the Command prompt.
2. At the Command prompt, enter o to select options.
3. Enter l to specify leaders.
4. Enter t to specify the leader type.
5. Enter s to specify straight leaders.
6. In the drawing, click a start point for the leader head.
7. Click an end point for the leader.
8. Enter your MTEXT content.
9. On the Text Formatting toolbar, click OK.

Quick Reference

Commands

LEADER

Creates a line that connects annotation to a feature.

MLEADER

Creates a multileader object.

QLEADER

Creates a leader and leader annotation.

System Variables

DIMASSOC

Controls the associativity of dimension objects and whether dimensions are exploded.

DIMGAP

Sets the distance around the dimension text when the dimension line breaks to accommodate dimension text.

DIMLDRBLK

Specifies the arrow type for leaders.

MLEADERSCALE

Sets the overall scale factor applied to multileader objects.