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Creating note leaders

Use the NoteAnnotation placed on a design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup. Notes contain text or symbols that you insert and can be connected to geometry by a note leader. Leader tool to create an arrow from your note.

To create a note leader

1. Click NoteAnnotation placed on a design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup. Notes contain text or symbols that you insert and can be connected to geometry by a note leader. Leader in the AnnotationInformation you can add to a drawing, such as notes, dimensions, geometric tolerances, center marks, and Bills of Materials. group on the Detailing tab.

   Mouse over notes on the active annotation plane to see the possible ways to connect the note leader to the note.

2. Click a note's connection point to draw the first segment of the note leader.

   Mouse over your design to highlight the geometry to which you can attach the end of the note leader. You can also attach leaders to temporary objects.

3. For a segmented line, click to set each point of the note leader line.

4. End the note leader by clicking a vertex, edge, or face to attach the end of the note leader, or double-click to end the note leader at any point.

   The end of the note leader is an arrow unless you attach it to a face.

Snapping a leader to 45° increments

While creating a Leader, hold the Shift key to snap the Leader to the nearest 45° increment.

1. Click to set the start point of the Leader.
2. Start dragging to get near the desired orientation.
3. Press and hold the Shift key.
4. The Leader snaps to the nearest 45° increment.
5. Continue holding Shift down and dragging to set the length.
6. Click to set the endpoint of the Leader.

Underlining note text with a leader

1. Create a NoteAnnotation placed on a design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup. Notes contain text or symbols that you insert and can be connected to geometry by a note leader.
2. Enter the Leader tool
3. Attach a Leader to the underline location
4. Complete the Leader
5. Select the Leader
6. RMB > Underline
7. The text is underlined

When you start the leader, hovering near the note text displays attachment points. The image above shows the underline location highlighted.

Select the leader and use the context menu to select Underlined. This toggles the leader to an underlined leader.

To insert an all-around symbol

Right-click the note leader and select All Around.

To change a note leader's segments

Drag a segment of the note leader line to move it and its surrounding boundary points. Right-click the note leader and select Add Jog PointSingle location in the sketch grid. 2-D object that has no height, width, or length. The origin, an axis, and a vertex are examples of points. Use the Point tool to sketch a point on the sketch grid. Points are useful as a dimensional reference, for splitting, and for creating a point on a line or curve through which you want to draw a three-point circle. to create a new segment.

You can delete note leader line segments by deleting the jog points that border the segment.

To change a note leader's properties

1. Right-click the note leader and select Properties.

2. Modify the Arrow Style, Length, and Width values.

3. Set the All Around value to True to display an all-around symbol. Select False to hide it.

To attach a note leader to a virtual sharp

1. Select the NoteAnnotation placed on a design, drawing sheet, or 3D markup. Notes contain text or symbols that you insert and can be connected to geometry by a note leader. Leader tool from the AnnotationInformation you can add to a drawing, such as notes, dimensions, geometric tolerances, center marks, and Bills of Materials. ribbon group in the Detailing tab.

2. Ctrl+click a line.

3. Ctrl+click a converging line.

   The head of the note leader is attached to the virtual sharp. You can also drag the virtual sharp’s end point, draw another leader to the virtual sharp, create virtual sharps in cross-section, for rounds, and between an angled and straight edge.

Examples

A virtual sharp

Attaching to the bottom connection point of a note to create a leader with a jog or shoulder.

Attaching to the center connection point of a note to create a straight leader.

Use the center connection point to create circle flag notes or BOM balloon notes according to the JISJapanese Standards Association standards for technical drawings. You can customize the style of your annotations to conform to JIS standards. JIS defaults are the same as ISO, except that JIS uses third-angle views while ISO uses first-angle views. See ASME, ISO. standard, without a jog or shoulder.