Draw leaders

Annotate tab > Leaders group > Leader, LEADER

Draw a leader with text.

Do the following:

• Enter the text first:

  1. Enter TEXT or MTEXT on the command line.

  2. Enter the text on the command line or on the Mtext dialog.

  3. Indicate the start point of the leader.

  4. Indicate as many points as you want.

  5. If you want to remove the arrow at the start of the line, enter ARROW and OFF on the command line.

  6. If you want to change the type of the line, enter TYPE and the keyword for the type that you want to use on the command line.

  7. If you want to undo the previous point, enter UNDO on the command line.

  8. Stop drawing and place the leader text by pressing Enter.

• Enter the text last:

  1. Indicate the start point of the leader.

  2. Indicate as many points as you want.

  3. If you want to remove the arrow at the start of the line, enter ARROW and OFF on the command line.

  4. If you want to change the type of the line, enter TYPE and the keyword for the type that you want to use on the command line.

  5. If you want to undo the previous point, enter UNDO on the command line.

  6. If you want to insert the geometric tolerances on the leader, enter TOLERANCE on the command line and enter the tolerances in the opening dialog.

  7. If you want to insert the leader text as formatted text, enter MTEXT on the command line and edit the text in the opening dialog.

  8. Stop drawing by pressing Enter.

  9. Enter the leader text on the command line.

The program draws the leader and the text on the drawing.

You can edit the properties of the leader in the dimension settings or during drawing. For more information, see Manage dimension overrides.

Related Topics

• Draw leader with frames

• Draw text blocks