Leader

Draws leaders.

Accessing the Command

command bar: leader

aliases: le, lead

: leader

Prompts you in the command bar:

Start of leader: (Pick a point.)

Next point: (Pick a point.)

To point [Format/Undo/Annotation] <Annotation>: (Pick a point, or enter an option.)

Leaders consist of the following parts:

Command Options

Option	Description
To point	Specifies the next vertex. Pick a point or press Enter to stop adding vertices and start the Annotation option.
Format	Specifies the leader style; prompts you: [Arrow/None/SPline/STraight/Exit] <Exit> - enter an option. Arrow - Draws an arrowhead at the leader's start point (default). None - Draws no arrowhead. Spline - Draws the leader as a spline. Straight - Draws the leader as straight line segments (default). Exit - Returns to the previous prompt.
Undo	Undoes the last leader line segment.
Annotation	Starts adding text to the end of the leader line. The annotation is created as an Mtext entity; prompts you: First line of annotation text <options> - Press Enter to choose Options or type the first line of text, then press Enter. Next line of annotation text - Press Enter to stop adding text or type the next line, then press Enter. Caution: the annotation is independent of the leader line; when moving a leader, be sure to include the annotation in the selection set.
Options	Specifies the type of annotation; prompts you: Dimension text options [Block/Copy/None/Tolerance/Mtext] <Mtext> - enter an option. Block - Uses a block as the annotation; displays prompts identical to that of the -Insert command: Copy - Uses any other text entity in the drawing as the annotation; prompts you: Select an entity - select a Text or Mtext entity. Text entities are converted to Mtext. None - Creates a leader without annotation. Tolerance - Uses tolerance notation for the annotation; displays the Geometric Tolerance dialog box. Mtext - Displays a Text Formatting toolbar and the Mtext entry field.

Related Commands

DimLeader - 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.