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Place multileaders using multiple styles

Place multileaders using a newly defined style and the Standard multileader style.


00:04

On the annotate ribbon. In the leaders panel, you can see that the new

00:09

call out style is the current style.

00:12

Start the multi leader tool,

00:15

select the leader arrowhead location

00:18

and then the leader landing location.

00:21

The program then opens the edit attributes dialogue so

00:24

that you can enter the view number and sheet number

00:27

for the view number type three

00:30

and for the sheet number type A dash four,

00:33

then click OK to close the dialogue.

00:37

Since you created this multi leader using the new call out style,

00:42

it includes the block as the multi leader content.

00:46

Repeat these steps to place another multi leader

00:50

for the view number type four and for the sheet number type A dash four

00:58

on the ribbon,

00:59

expand the multi leader style drop down and choose the standard multi leader style.

01:05

Then start the multi leader tool again,

01:09

specify the leader arrowhead location

01:12

and then the leader landing location.

01:15

Since this leader uses a style that includes m text as the content.

01:20

The ribbon changes to the text editor, contextual ribbon

01:23

so that you can enter the text

01:26

when you are finished typing, click close text editor

01:30

to end the command

01:32

as you have seen

01:34

if you need to create different types of multi leaders,

01:37

it makes sense to create several multi leader styles and then simply

01:41

select the style you want to use before placing the multi leader.

Video transcript

00:04

On the annotate ribbon. In the leaders panel, you can see that the new

00:09

call out style is the current style.

00:12

Start the multi leader tool,

00:15

select the leader arrowhead location

00:18

and then the leader landing location.

00:21

The program then opens the edit attributes dialogue so

00:24

that you can enter the view number and sheet number

00:27

for the view number type three

00:30

and for the sheet number type A dash four,

00:33

then click OK to close the dialogue.

00:37

Since you created this multi leader using the new call out style,

00:42

it includes the block as the multi leader content.

00:46

Repeat these steps to place another multi leader

00:50

for the view number type four and for the sheet number type A dash four

00:58

on the ribbon,

00:59

expand the multi leader style drop down and choose the standard multi leader style.

01:05

Then start the multi leader tool again,

01:09

specify the leader arrowhead location

01:12

and then the leader landing location.

01:15

Since this leader uses a style that includes m text as the content.

01:20

The ribbon changes to the text editor, contextual ribbon

01:23

so that you can enter the text

01:26

when you are finished typing, click close text editor

01:30

to end the command

01:32

as you have seen

01:34

if you need to create different types of multi leaders,

01:37

it makes sense to create several multi leader styles and then simply

01:41

select the style you want to use before placing the multi leader.

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