Layer of mleader changes when adding leader head

[Brandon_AEG]

Hi all,

I am on AutoCAD 2025 MEP as AutoCAD and recently notes that when I add a leader head via the right click menu of the leader grip or with the "aimleadereditadd" command the layer of the mleader object will change from the layer it is on (the "TEXT" layer) to the current layer".

Previously this layer change would not happen and the layer of the mleader object would stay on "TEXT" regardless of the currently drawing layer. 

any help would be appreciated.

many thanks, 

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

Hi,

no help, but I like to confirm this issue (core AutoCAD issue, started with the new 2025.1 feature of MleaderLayer [F1])

I wrote to @Sridhar-Autodesk  (Autodesk) and I am hoping they will change this behavior.

[Brandon_AEG]

Yes it does appear that is behavior is linked to the "MLEADERLAYER" variable. the mleader was on on the layer "layer 1",  the "MLEADERLAYER" variable was set to "layer 2", and my current layer was set to "0" after using the "AIMLEADEREDITADD" command to added a new leader head the mleader had changed to "layer 2". 

[cadffm]

As I said.

I hope it will be changed with one of the next updates/versions,

but you won't know until it's changed - you won't get any information about it beforehand.

[Carla.Creek]

so it's a "feature" eh? ugh 🙄

[pendean]

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@Carla.Creek wrote:

so it's a "feature" eh? ugh 🙄

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You'll have to add your voice to the many of us that don't like this behavior: You can ask Autodesk for a change to to the program at a different website, never an option in these forum. The more colleagues and AutoCAD users that you can convince to ask for this exact need as you do the more likely it will get noticed.

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Feedback-to-Autode...

Best wishes.

[Carla.Creek]

I'll do it right now... thanks for the link

[cadffm]

Yes, for Mleader it is a good and welcome new feature, 

for MleaderEdit, it's a bug (my opinion).

[rhansenYNPV2]

It happened right after I installed the update 2025.1

[cadffm]

Sure,

if you read the help/documentation, the mleaderlayer feature added with update 2025.1

[F1] update 2025.1

[cadffm]

Solved with update Autocad 2025.1.1

[rgrainer]

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/new-features-in-autocad-2025-update-1/td-p/12956396 

in this thread I write that in one way they fixed the editing of mleaders, but one still has to have a layer to force their leaders to go on when inserting / adding a new leader from a tool palette for example.

In other words it's still not really fixed.
This should be an option or toggle for MLEADERLAYER;

Want to use a specific layer to put mleaders on, Enter 1. enter layer

Want to have mleaders come in on the current layer or any other layer (like in a lisp routine), in other words the old mleader behavior, Enter 0.

[CADmgrMike]

The 2025.1.1 update solved it for me.

[Kempostudent3]

The 2025.1.1 Autocad Update fixed this bad behavior for me also.   Thanks to everyone who confirmed that I was not loosing my mind.  I had noticed multileaders changing layers a few times before I looked for a solution and just thought something had glitched or I had accidentally scrolled while hovering over a layer pulldown.

I hate it when they "fix" what wasn't broken.  That they admitted to this inane behavior in the documentation in the prior update baffles the mind.  How on earth did someone think this was a better behavior than before or that anyone would want this as the default behavior.  You would think someone typing the documentation might question why they were changing it.

I wish their programmers and beta testers had an ounce of common sense and actually tried using their program in real life before pushing out updates like this.  I think that almost any inexperienced drafter would realize that this was not good behavior.  Thankfully they unwound their foolish "fix" already.

[rcook]

I am on version 2025.1.2 and it still changes the layer when adding a leader to an existing mleader.  It get pretty annoying.

[Brandon_AEG]

Our office uses a single layer for all text so we set the "MLEADERLAYER" system variable in the System Variable Monitor to the text layer. This makes all new mleaders to the specificized layer rather than the current layer so the adding of leader heads to the existing mleaders will maintain there layer so long as they are the same layer as the MLEADERLAYER" system variable.

[pendean]

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@rcook wrote:

I am on version 2025.1.2 and it still changes the layer when adding a leader to an existing mleader.  It get pretty annoying.

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From HELP

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-764DA12B-1280-4D1A-8673-F9F8A136CB83

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-1A3337E5-3C1E-446C-9EED-91B3931EE2B0 

[skantar4WMGF · Accepted solution]

Got this (below) from the Support Desk. Using the right click selection instead of the ribbon selection keeps it form from shifting to the current layer.

Issue:

Users reported that mleaders shift to the current layer in AutoCAD products when trying to add new leader arrowhead to them.

Solution:

The issue has been partially resolved with AutoCAD 2025 Update 2025.2. The right-click menu > Add Leader workflow is fixed, but the problem behavior is still reproducible when using 'Add Leader' from the ribbon controls.

The issue does not occur in AutoCAD 2026 and newer.

[rcook]

Figured this out but thanks
Robert