Draw Leaders To Be Straight

RAYMOND · June 4th, 2008

its hard to draw leaders straight like in ortho mode also they will not snap or trim or extend to anything ... guess I am used to the luxury of ADT

in drafting view to do detail dwgs...

how do you get leaders to align with anything...

r

kris McIsaac · June 4th, 2008

Do you mean the leaders attached to text? if so these should always snap to horiz and vert. and your text will align with other text which will then make your leaders align but you cant use the align tool on leaders.

RAYMOND · June 5th, 2008

sorry, but i don't see this happening..

when i pick the start place for the leader (the arrow point) the leader will not go into an ortho mode even with the shift down and it will not go perpendiculat to a line.

right now i just eyeball the thing but this is sorta sloppy..

r

kris McIsaac · June 5th, 2008

do you have angular snaps turned on

settings - snaps - tick the box for angular snap and add/delete set angles as required (works like the polar settings in Autocad) To add angles use a colon ;

RAYMOND · June 5th, 2008

i think so, but let me ck tommorro...
it is lines and others snap ok but leaders don't

must be some special knob to twist somewhere

r

RAYMOND · June 6th, 2008

well one way to do this do the text first
then pick add a leader... then it comes in straight

r

kris McIsaac · June 8th, 2008

There is always more than one way to do things. Also if you draw them first you can use the grips to straighten them up after and then they will snap.

June 4th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
RAYMOND Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Honolulu Age: 64 Posts: 375 Name: Raymond Salmon	Draw Leaders To Be Straight its hard to draw leaders straight like in ortho mode also they will not snap or trim or extend to anything ... guess I am used to the luxury of ADT in drafting view to do detail dwgs... how do you get leaders to align with anything... r

June 4th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
kris McIsaac Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 51 Name: Kris McIsaac	Re: Draw Leaders To Be Straight Do you mean the leaders attached to text? if so these should always snap to horiz and vert. and your text will align with other text which will then make your leaders align but you cant use the align tool on leaders.

June 5th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
RAYMOND Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Honolulu Age: 64 Posts: 375 Name: Raymond Salmon	Re: Draw Leaders To Be Straight sorry, but i don't see this happening.. when i pick the start place for the leader (the arrow point) the leader will not go into an ortho mode even with the shift down and it will not go perpendiculat to a line. right now i just eyeball the thing but this is sorta sloppy.. r

June 5th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
kris McIsaac Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 51 Name: Kris McIsaac	Re: Draw Leaders To Be Straight do you have angular snaps turned on settings - snaps - tick the box for angular snap and add/delete set angles as required (works like the polar settings in Autocad) To add angles use a colon ;

June 5th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
RAYMOND Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Honolulu Age: 64 Posts: 375 Name: Raymond Salmon	Re: Draw Leaders To Be Straight i think so, but let me ck tommorro... it is lines and others snap ok but leaders don't must be some special knob to twist somewhere r

June 6th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
RAYMOND Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Honolulu Age: 64 Posts: 375 Name: Raymond Salmon	Re: Draw Leaders To Be Straight well one way to do this do the text first then pick add a leader... then it comes in straight r

June 8th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
kris McIsaac Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 51 Name: Kris McIsaac	Re: Draw Leaders To Be Straight There is always more than one way to do things. Also if you draw them first you can use the grips to straighten them up after and then they will snap.

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