Extend Leader to Text

This new feature in AutoCAD LT 2012 is pretty small, as features go, but I bet a lot of you will really enjoy it.

If your CAD standards require left-justified text, even when the text is to the left of the leader, you’ve probably seen a lot of notes that look like this:

If that gap between the end of the leader and the end of the text drives you crazy, good news – you can now eliminate it. Just go to the Content tab and look for “Extend leader to text.”

When you check it, and go back to the drawing, your leader should now look like this:

Pretty cool, right?

Comments

[Ruth Fitzpatrick]

Sweet!

[bert]

But I don't want the leader at the end of the last line of multi-line text, I want it at the end of the first line of text as it should be.

Is that possible?

[Kate Morrical]

Hi Bert,

You bet! On the Content tab, just above "Extend leader to text", set the vertical alignment to "Middle of top line" instead.