Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
MLEADERSTYLE:
Multileaders, like text, tables, and dimensions, are formatted ac-
cording to named styles. To display the Multileader Style Manager dialog box
(which looks a lot like a simplified version of the Dimension Style Manager) click
Multileader Style on the Home tab's Annotation slideout.
MLEADERALIGN:
A tedious chore in earlier AutoCAD versions was getting all the
leaders to line up; it usually involved drawing a construction line and then using
object snaps to move common points on the leaders to the construction line. To
line up multileaders, choose Align from the Multileader drop-down list.
MLEADERCOLLECT:
Multileaders can contain blocks as well as text (I cover blocks
in Chapter 17). Choose Collect from the Multileader drop-down list to gather a
group of leaders containing blocks; they'll rearrange themselves as a single mul-
tileader containing the multiple blocks.
For more information on any of these commands, look them up by name in the Com-
mand Reference section of the online help.
Multileaders and multileader styles can be annotative or non-annotative. Mak-
ing them annotative and assigning appropriate annotation scales is a huge
timesaver for creating detail views that you might want to plot at different scales.
