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Dragged Labels leaders not pointing to point ctrs.

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Anonymous
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Dragged Labels leaders not pointing to point ctrs.

I have some points labeled with elevation only. If I drag the labels away
from the point leaders are created but the arrows do not point to the
centers of the points. I looked in the label style>dragged state>leaders but
I don't see anyway to tell the leaders where to point.
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Message 2 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

On my computer, the leaders point to the insertion point, but they do not
get very close. It was explained by Mr. Funk on an earlier post. (I.E.
several months ago.)

Bill

"Robert" wrote in message
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I have some points labeled with elevation only. If I drag the labels away
from the point leaders are created but the arrows do not point to the
centers of the points. I looked in the label style>dragged state>leaders but
I don't see anyway to tell the leaders where to point.
Message 3 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Oh. Yes it's weird if I drag the label all around the point the leader will
remain outside what appears to be a force field about the size of the point
symbol, in my case an X.

"wfb" wrote in message
news:5391123@discussion.autodesk.com...
On my computer, the leaders point to the insertion point, but they do not
get very close. It was explained by Mr. Funk on an earlier post. (I.E.
several months ago.)

Bill

"Robert" wrote in message
news:5391112@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have some points labeled with elevation only. If I drag the labels away
from the point leaders are created but the arrows do not point to the
centers of the points. I looked in the label style>dragged state>leaders but
I don't see anyway to tell the leaders where to point.
Message 4 of 13
sduffin
in reply to: Anonymous

Has anyone come up with a solution for allowing the leader to point to the center of the marker of a point object when it is in dragged state? I am not sure that an answer was given other than referring back to Peter Funk's post -- which I can't find.

Thanks!
Message 5 of 13
bhammond
in reply to: Anonymous

It appears as if the leader's attachment point is to the "extents" of the point marker. If you change your point style to a "Use Custom Marker" and pick the dot, the leader arrow will be attached to the node.
Message 6 of 13
mmccall
in reply to: Anonymous

I wonder if you could use a different arrow head, like something user defined, that had it's insertion point at maybe it's mid-point, instead of the tip. That way it would project ahead of the end of the leader line.
Message 7 of 13
sduffin
in reply to: Anonymous

Thanks!
Message 8 of 13
noryb96
in reply to: Anonymous

Perhaps this has already been addressed, but here's the solution in Civil 3D 2009. In the Point Style editor, click on the Summary tab, expand the Marker heading, and change the Leader stops at marker setting to No.
Presto!
Message 9 of 13
stevenh0616
in reply to: Anonymous

Had a collegue of mine help me figure this out... I was having the same issue.

 

The leader connection to the point is not set in the style. It's per point. Select a point, go to properties, Under Annotation heading, Leader Attachment Option, Select Point - instead of Marker Extents or From Marker Style.

 

This will force the leader to the point coordinate. To do a mass selection of points, click a point, right click, hit select similar, then change in properties as stated above.

 

NOTE: I believe that the Leader Attachment Option from above called From Maker Style is confusing, because points do not use a Marker Style, which is an actual style in Civil 3D. They use a point style for their 'marker', in which to add more confusion does not have any settings for leader attachment. I believe that both Leader Attachement Options (From Marker Style and Marker Extents) use the extents of the marker object to calculate the end of the leader.



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Please select the Accept this solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Message 10 of 13
Jeff_M
in reply to: stevenh0616

Steve, you do know you responded to a 5 year old thread? Second, as the post just prior to your points out, this setting CAN be controlled in the Point Style...no need to change each point.
Jeff_M, also a frequent Swamper
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Message 11 of 13
stevenh0616
in reply to: Jeff_M

This is my fault. Yes, I did realize that it was a 5 year old thread - but in looking for the solution I neglected to fully read the last post as I was looking for a solution.

 

After I posted, and before you commented on my post, I had realized what I had done and went to revise my post or remove it - the forums were then shut down to switch to this new theme - go figure, right when I make a mistake.

 

Now it cannot be removed from the thread... Oh well, my post is not entirely wrong as you can do individually if you want, or you can do for all by style.

 

My apologies.

 

 



Steve Hill
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Please select the Accept this solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Message 12 of 13
AllenJessup
in reply to: stevenh0616

No real problem. And since we're necro-posting anyway. Here's where to change if in the Marker Style.

 

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Just change Leader stop at marker to No.

 

Allen Jessup



Allen Jessup
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Message 13 of 13
Lucchini15
in reply to: AllenJessup

First of all I want to thank ... for posting the solution. 7 years later I still had the same problem to confirm it by default.
I knew how to do it from properties, but this was very annoying.

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Best regards

 

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