Subject: Creating multileaders

By default when you create a multileader, the multileader includes an arrow, line seg­ments, and  multiline text at the endpoint. However, you can choose a spline instead of line segments and a block (or nothing) instead of multiline text.

There are more options too. Use the Multileader prompts once you start the Multi­leader command. For more control over format, use multileader styles. For more details, see Working with multileader styles.

To create a multileader that includes multiline text

   1   Do one of the following to choose Multileader ():  

•   On the ribbon, choose Home > Multileader (in Annotation) or Annotate > Multi­leader (in Leaders).

•   On the menu, choose Dimensions > Multileader.

•   On the Multileader toolbar, click the Multileader tool. Or on the Dimensioning toolbar, click the Multileader tool.

•   Type mleader and then press Enter.   

   2   Specify the starting point of the multileader.

   3   Specify the endpoint of the multileader line segment.

   4   Specify additional multileader line segment endpoints, if the maximum number of points is set to greater than two.

   5   After you specify the last endpoint, press Enter.

   6   In the Multiline Text editor, type the annotation.

   7   When finished, click outside the Multiline Text editor.  

To create a multileader that includes a block

   1   Do one of the following to choose Multileader ():   

•   On the ribbon, choose Home > Multileader (in Annotation) or Annotate > Multi­leader (in Leaders).

•   On the menu, choose Dimensions > Multileader.

•   On the Multileader toolbar, click the Multileader tool. Or on the Dimensioning toolbar, click the Multileader tool.

•   Type mleader and then press Enter.  

   2   Choose Options, choose Content Type, then choose Block.

   3   Type the name of the block to include at the end of the multileader, then press Enter.

   4   Choose Exit.

   5   Specify the starting point of the multileader.

   6   Specify the endpoint of the multileader line segment.

   7   Specify additional multileader line segment endpoints, if the maximum number of points is set to greater than two.

   8   After you specify the last endpoint, press Enter.

To create a multileader that does not include multiline text or a block

   1   Do one of the following to choose Multileader ():  

•   On the ribbon, choose Home > Multileader (in Annotation) or Annotate > Multi­leader (in Leaders).

•   On the menu, choose Dimensions > Multileader.

•   On the Multileader toolbar, click the Multileader tool. Or on the Dimensioning toolbar, click the Multileader tool.

•   Type mleader and then press Enter.  

   2   Choose Options, choose Content Type, then choose None.

   3   Choose Exit.

   4   Specify the starting point of the multileader.

   5   Specify the endpoint of the multileader line segment.

   6   Specify additional multileader line segment endpoints, if the maximum number of points is set to greater than two.

   7   After you specify the last endpoint, press Enter.

To specify options for a multileader before creating it

   1   Do one of the following to choose Multileader ():   

•   On the ribbon, choose Home > Multileader (in Annotation) or Annotate > Multi­leader (in Leaders).

•   On the menu, choose Dimensions > Multileader.

•   On the Multileader toolbar, click the Multileader tool. Or on the Dimensioning toolbar, click the Multileader tool.

•   Type mleader and then press Enter.  

   2   Choose Options, then choose from the following:

•   Leader type Select whether the leader line type is straight, a spline, or has no leader line.

•   Leader landing Select whether to place a landing line horizontally between the leader and text or block content.

•   Content type Select whether a multileader with this style contains multiline text, a block, or neither.

•   Maxpoints Select to enter the number of maximum points for the leader line.

•   First angle Select to specify the constraint angle of the first line segment.

•   Second angle Select to specify the constraint angle of the second line segment.

   3   When finished, choose Exit, then continue creating the multileader.

You can specify more multileader options using multileader styles.
For more details, see Working with multileader styles.