Annot Properties - Leader Tab

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Leader lines are attached from the source annotation to another location you determine.

Leader Type

Select one of the following to choose your leader type.

None

You select this button to clear an existing leader, if any, and indicate that no leaders are desired for this annotation.

Locate At

Used to locate the leader’s arrow at a specific end-point on the sheet. Specify the sheet position in the " A=" and " B=" edit boxes. " A=" relates to the horizontal position, " B=" relates to the vertical position.

Use DataSource Feature

Select this button to use the feature selected for the annotation’s DataSource property. The DataSource property must resolve to a single feature or no leader will appear.

Use Feature

You can make the leader line point to a specified feature by selecting Use Feature and entering the name of the feature in the box. Since the same feature can appear in many different View annotation, you must also select a view from the Feature Located in View list.

Attach at

By selecting the check boxes, you can indicate where you would like your leader lines to attach. For example, if you want your leader lines to attach only to the bottom center of an annotation, you would select only Bottom Center.

Stub Length

Stub length refers to the length of leader line attached to the source annotation, before it turns toward its destination. See example below:

Leader Thickness

Enter a numerical value in the leader thickness box to adjust the thickness of the leader line. A value of zero defaults to a thickness of one.

Style

Use this button to edit the style properties for the leader. Leader style properties will affect the leaders line and arrow appearance. See Style Properties for more information.

Terminator

The pointing end of a leader is determined by its terminator.

Edit Leader Tool

You may want to alter the leader line to avoid an object or to change its appearance, by adding kinks to it with the Edit Leader tool.