MLeaderStyle

New

Creates a new multileader style.

Displays a dialog box:

1. Type a name in the Name field.
2. (option) Select an existing style to create the new style as a copy of the existing style.
3. Click the Create button.

Delete

Deletes the selected multileader style.

You cannot delete the Standard style or a style that is used in the drawing.

Leader Properties

Type

The leader type can be either Straight, Spline or None.

Color

Sets the leader and arrowhead color.

Linetype

Sets the leader linetype

Lineweight

Sets the leader lineweight.

Break Size

Sets the break size used for the DIMBREAK command when the multileader is selected.
(Not implemented yet)

Arrowhead

Determines the appearance of the leader arrowhead:

• Symbol: select an arrowhead symbol from the list button.

• Size: type a value to define arrowhead size in drawing units.

Landing Settings

Controls the creation and size of the leader landing:

• Always include: Check the option to create a horizontal landing segment.

• Size: Defines the landing length.

Constraints

Defines the constraints of the mleader entity.

• First segment angle: Constrains the first leader segment.
  The angle of the first leader segment is constrained to of this value or a multiple of this.

• Second segment angle: Constrains the second leader segment.
  The angle of the second leader segment is constrained to of this value or a multiple of this.

• Maximum leader points: Specifies the maximum number of leader vertices.

Scale

Controls the scaling of the multileader entity.

• Annotative: Sets the Annotative property of the multileader entity on.

• Scale to layout: Applies a scaling factor with respect to the scaling in model space and paper space viewports.

• Specify scale: Specifies the multileader scale.

Content

Content type

Mtext

Text options

Determines the appearance of the Mtext:

• Default text: Specifies the default text.
  Click the button to launch the Mtext editor and type the default text.

• Text style: Click the field to select a text style.

• Text color: Choose a color.

• Text angle: Sets the rotation angle of the Mtext.

• Text height: Sets the text height.

• Left justify: Forces the Mtext to always be left justified.

• Frame text: Adds a box around the Mtext.

Leader connection

Specifies how the leader and the Mtext are connected.

• Attachment type: Choose either Horizontal or Vertical.

• Horizontal:

• Left attachment: Specifies the attachment of the landing line when the Mtext is to the right of the leader.
  Choose an option in the list.

• Right attachment: Specifies the attachment of the landing line when the Mtext is to the left of the leader.
  Choose an option in the list.

• Vertical:

• Top attachment: Specifies the attachment of the leader if the Mtext is below the leader.

• Bottom attachment: Specifies the attachment of the leader if the Mtext is above the leader.

• Landing gap: Defines the distance between the landing line and the Mtext or the space between the Mtext and the text frame.

• Extend leader to text: If checked, extends the landing line to end at the edge of the text line where the leader is attached, not at the edge of the multiline text box. The length of the multiline text box is determined by the length of the longest line of text, not the length of the bounding box.
  Leader extension applies to horizontal leader attachment only.

Block

Source block:

Specifies the block to be used.

Attachment:

Sets the attachment of the block to the leader.

The options are:

• Center Extents

• Insertion point

Color:

Specifies te color of the block, if the entity color of the entities in the block is set to ByBlock.

Scale:

Sets the scaling of the source block.