Leader with Text

This command will draw a straight leader between two points, with an arrow at one end and optional text at the other. The options dialog is displayed at the start. To skip this dialog, turn off the Show Options On Startup toggle. Then on the command line, entering O for Options will show the options dialog. To quickly change the label size, enter S for Size at the command line.

In the options dialog, Text Position chooses between automatically placing the label next to the leader end point or picking the label position. For Text Justification, you can set a specific justification or use the Automatic option which uses either Left or Right justification depending on whether the leader end is left or right of the leader start. Text Rotation chooses between having the label horizontal to the current view, prompting for the label angle or at a fixed angle specified in the dialog. The Hide Drawing Under Labels option uses a wipeout to hide drawing entities behind the leader labels. There are settings for the layer and style for the label. The Use MText option chooses between creates MText or regular Text entities. The Leader Horizontal Tick option draws a short horizontal line segment at the end of the leader.

The Text Input can either be entered with prompts after the leader points at the command line or selected from a prepared list. The prepared list is a way to quickly create leaders for common labels. To prepare the label list, use the Add, Edit and Remove buttons. Use the Save and Load buttons to save the preset labels to a .CALL file.

Prompts

Options/Size/Pick Arrow Location: pick a point
Text location: pick a point
Text: Leader With Text
Text: press Enter

Pulldown Menu Location: Draw > Leader
Keyboard Command: LDR
Prerequisite: None