Leader

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic and Pro, Bricscad (Linux) Classic

Draw 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 another point.)

To point: Format/Undo/<Annotation>: (Enter an option, or pick another point.)

First line of annotation text <options>: (Enter text, or type O.)

Next line of annotation text: (Press Enter to exit command.)

Leaders consist of the following parts:

Command Options

Option	Description
Start of leader	Specifies the starting point of the leader line. Pick a point or enter x,y coordinates. To place the leader accurately, use entity snaps. An arrowhead is placed at the starting point automatically.
Next point	Specifies the first vertex of the leader line.
To point	Specifies the next vertex, or the endpoint of the leader line.
Format	Specifies the leader style; prompts you: Arrow/None/SPline/STraight/<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 leader can have one or more lines of text. Caution: the annotation is independent of the leader line; when moving a leader, be sure to include the annotation in the selection set.
First line of annotation text	Specifies the first line of text. For no text, press Enter instead of entering text.
Next line of annotation text	Specifies the second line of text.

Options	Specifies the type of annotation. Do not enter "O" to access this option; press Enter only; prompts you: Dimension text options: Block/Copy/None/Tolerance/<Mtext> - enter an option.
Block	Uses a block as the annotation; displays prompts identical to that of the -Insert command: ? to list blocks in drawing/~ to open the file dialog/<Block to insert> - enter an option. See -Insert command for details on these options.
Copy	Uses any other entity in the drawing as the annotation; prompts you: Select an entity - choose an entity, other than the leader itself.
None	The annotation is kept blank.
Tolerance	Uses tolerance notation for the annotation; displays the Geometric Tolerance dialog box. See Tolerance command.
Mtext	Uses mtext (multi-line text) for the annotation; displays the Multiline Text dialog box. See MText command.