These three commands draw a pair of leaders (crow's feet) at the
ends of the line or polyline segment. The segment can be selected
from a line, polyline or pair of points. The leaders are drawn
above or below the line or polyline, or you can pick a side,
depending on which Endpoint Leader command is run. The Pick Side
command gives you the ability to place the crow’s feet on a
selected side of the line or polyline. Controls to customize the
look of the endpoint leaders are accessed through the Annotate
Defaults command in the Annotate menu. The Leader Size Scaler
determines the maximum length of the leader. If the line segment is
too short, the leader is shortened to fit. The actual length of the
leader in drawing units is calculated by multiplying the leader
scaler by the drawing horizontal scale (i.e.. 0.5*40=20). The
Offset Scaler sets the distance that the leader head is off the
line endpoint. There are four leader styles to choose from: Arc
with Arrow, Arc Only, Dash-Dot-Dash and Dashed. Endpoint leaders
can be drawn together with bearing/distance annotation by having
the Draw Leaders to Endpoints option on under Annotate
Defaults. This Draw End Point Leaders command allows you to add
the leaders as another step.
Define line by [Points/<select line or polyline>]:
Select a line or polyline.
If you wish to define by points, enter "P" at this prompt and pick
points on the screen, or type in point numbers. If a coordinate
(.CRD) file has not been previously loaded, a dialog will open to
allow you to select a coordinate (.CRD) file to process. While
using the Point selection method, the last point picked in the
selection is stored in default brackets. So if you are working
around a boundary, simply press enter to accept the defaults for
the first point and move ahead to the next point.
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Arc with Arrow Endpoint Leader |
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Dashed Endpoint Leader |
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate
Keyboard Command: crowft
Prerequisite: None