DimLeader

Draws leaders.

Accessing the Command

command bar: dimleader

aliases: lead, leader

menu bar: Dimension | Leader

toolbar: Dimensions |

: dimleader

Prompts you in the command bar:

Start of leader: (Choose the starting point of the leader.)

Next point: (Choose the location of the first vertex.)

To point [Format/Undo/Annotation] <Annotation>: (Choose another vertex, enter an option, or press Enter to enter text.)

First line of annotation text <options>: (Enter text, or press Enter for annotation options.)

Next line of annotation text: (Enter additional text, or press Enter to exit the command.)

Leader drawn with arrowhead, straight line segments, and text annotation.

Leader drawn without arrowhead but with a spline segment, and tolerance annotation.

Command Options

Option	Description
Start of Leader	Locates the leader's arrowhead, and starts the leader line.
Next Point	Locates the first end point of the leader, or vertex.
To Point	Locates the next end point.
Format	Formats the leader line. Prompts you: [Arrow/None/SPline/STraight/Exit] <Exit> - choose an option or press Enter to exit the Format options. Arrow: Draws the arrowhead. None: Does not draw the arrowhead. Spline: Draws the leader line as a spline. Straight: Draws the leader line as straight segments. Exit: Exits the Format options.
Undo	Undoes the last segment.
Annotation	Adds the leader's annotation. Prompts you: First line of annotation text <options> - Type the annotation text at the command prompt or press Enter to specify the annotation options. Next line of annotation text - Type the next line of the annotation text or press Enter to exit the command.
Options	Specifies the type of annotation. Prompts you: Dimension text options [Block/Copy/None/Tolerance/Mtext] <Mtext>: Select an option or press Enter to create an Mtext entity. Block: Uses a block as the annotation; prompts you: ? to list blocks in drawing/~ to open the file dialog/<Block to insert>: type the name of a block in the drawing or type ? or ~ ? : List the blocks in the current drawing. ~ : Displays a file dialog box, then choose a .dwg file to use as a block for the annotation. Copy: Uses any other entity as the annotation; prompts you: Select an entity - Select an mtext, text, block reference or tolerance entity. None: Leaves out the annotation. Tolerance: Uses tolerance specification as the annotation; displays the Geometric Tolerance dialog box. See Tolerance command. Mtext: Uses MText as the annotation; displays the Multiline Text dialog box. See MText command.

Procedures

To create a leader and an annotation

To create a leader only

Grips Editing

Leaders can be edited directly through grips:

Select the leader. Notice the grips.
Drag the grips to perform the following actions:
- Drag a grip on a vertex of the leader line to stretch the line segments on either side of the vertex.
- Drag the grip at the arrowhead to move the leader anywhere in the drawing. (The text is independent of the leader line.)

Related Commands

Leader - places leaders with text, blocks, entities, or tolerances.

QLeader - draws leaders. Lets you specify the properties of the leader through a dialog box and reuse them for a series of leaders.

MLeader - creates multileader entities using the current multileader style.

DimLinear - places linear dimensions in drawings: horizontal, vertical, and rotated.

DimAligned - places aligned dimensions.

DimBaseline - places additional dimensions from a common baseline.

DimContinue - continues dimensions.

DimDiameter - places diameter dimensions.

DimRadius - places radius dimensions.

DimCenter - places center marks.

DimAngular - places angular dimensions.

DimOrdinate - places x and y ordinate dimensions.

Tolerance - places tolerance tags in drawings.

Dim - places and edits dimensions at the 'Dimensioning command:' prompt.

Dim1 - places and edits a single dimension at the 'Dimensioning command:' prompt.

DimEdit - changes the wording and angle of dimension text; changes the angle of extension lines.

DimTEdit - changes the position of dimension text.

DdEdit - edits dimension text.

Properties - edits the properties of dimensions through a palette.

DimStyle - creates and edits dimension styles through the Drawing Explorer.

-DimStyle - saves and applies dimensions styles at the command line.

Style - sets the text style used by dimensions.

DimOverride - overrides the values of the current dimension style.