LEADER command

Draws leaders.

Alias: LE, LEAD

Description

Draws leaders by specifying several points.

  1. Start point
  2. Next point
  3. To point
  4. Annotation
Note: After you begin creating a leader, options regarding the annotation may be available.

Options

Format
Specifies the leader style.
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 a straight-line segment (default).
Undo
Undoes the last leader style.
Annotation
Starts adding text to the end of the leader line.
Note: The annotation is created as an MTEXT entity.
Note: The annotation is independent of the leader line; when moving a leader, be sure to include the annotation in the selection set.
Block
Select a block in the drawing or upload a block file from the computer.
Copy
Select a Mtext, text, block reference or tolerance object from the drawing to use as annotation of the leader.
None
The leader command closes without annotation.
Tolerance
Enter the annotation as a tolerance notation trough the geometric tolerance dialog box.
Mtext
Enter annotation as Mtext trough a text formatting toolbar.