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It would be great to be able to change the leader landing length because at times the minimum is still to long. Possible solutions would be to add a minimum length setting in the style and standard editor to the leader style or just make it completely adjustable when placing the leader in a drawing. I would prefer a minimum setting so that all of my lengths could be the same.
It would be nice to have the ability to create a leader without an extension line (for Inventor dwg or idw). Another option would be to simply create a leader & have the option to remove the extension line.
Perhaps the term "extension line" is the problem. Maybe I should call it the "tail" of the leader?
Anyway, I'm referring to the tiny line between the two dots on the far right in the image you posted. You can't see that little line when a leader is horizontal because it's parallel with the leader. When you "move this dot" as you describe, the extension line remains horizontal & becomes clearly visible again.
As far as I am aware, there's no simple way to remove that. If this is still completely unclear I'll try to post another image.
jletcher: Let me try to answer your questions in the hopes that our "discussion" may benefit someone.
"Why does it have to be removed?"
Because there are certain instances when I don't want it to be visible
"It does what you want so why does it have to be removed?"
It's interesting that you claim to somehow know what I want. What I want is this: in certain situations I do not want the extension line to be visible.
"This was an option but they took it out and it is funny how you ask for it to be put back in when it does what you want without it"
I'm happy that you're amused, & I again find it interesting that you seemingly know what I want more than I do.
"I understand perfectly what you are saying."
I respectfully disagree. Either you're not listening, you don't want to understand, or I'm not explaining myself clearly. I'll put it on me & assume it's the 3rd option.
"What I don't understand is what is wrong with the way it works."
I am not complaining about the functionality of the leader tail/extension line. I agree with you that it works just fine - it does exactly what I would expect it to do in the instances where I would like it to be visible.
So, in an attempt to explain this again, here is another image a colleague made for me:
Again you'll notice that when the leader is vertical or horizontal you cannot see the tail/extension line. When the leader is set to any angle the tail/extension line is visible again. Yes, this is as designed. And, yes, this is generally a good thing. There are certain specific situations, though, when I need a leader that is both set to an angle & has no visible tail/extension line.
An example of where this would be useful is on an isometric piping diagram. A flow direction indication arrow could quickly & easily be made using a leader without a visible extension line. I hope this image will make things more clear. I apologize because I should have posted it first:
Now that I've extraordinarily complicated things, please, in summary, just read the title of this idea: "Leader With No Extension Line." That would be a nice OPTION to have - that of creating a leader with no visible extension line.
Generally speaking I would like to have the text at the same angle as the leader. Ideally the text could be positioned before the leader, after the leader, above the leader, or below the leader.
As far as I understand, these various things could be accomplished a number of ways. I would imagine that using symbols as you suggest is one way. To create the "TO TANK" arrow shown in my image above I used the method described here:
That's why these things can be difficult to explain. If I would have said "align text with leader," perhaps someone would have mentioned that this is possible by right-clicking a leader & selecting the "Attach Text to Leader" option. By doing so, you do in fact get text that is always aligned with the leader. This doesn't get rid of the tail, though.
So, I guess you should probably just go ahead & kudo this idea.
We’re archiving this Idea because it's been on the board for well over a year and hasn't received many votes from the community. If you want to raise it again and try to gain more support, you're welcome to do so.
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