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You can customize leader caption for the current graphic document in the section Leader caption of setting dialog box.

To access the section, call the command Settings — Parameters... and in the dialog box that appears, select Current document — Symbols for civil engineering — Leader caption.

The dialog allows you to configure general parameters, font parameters and its location on the leader of the leader caption, arrow and serif parameters. Using the arrow filter, you can specify which arrows will be available when creating the leader caption, set their sequence in the list and select the default option.

Controls of the leader caption settings section

Element

Setting description

№ subgroup

Arrows

The drop-down list allows you to select the option of drawing the arrows of the leader caption. The following options are available:

• To fill with black,

• Do not black out.

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Serifs

The drop-down list allows you to select the option of drawing the serifs of the leader caption. The following options are available:

• A thin line,

• A normal line.

1.1

Form type

The drop-down list allows you to select the shape of the leader caption. The following options are available:

Type 1 — top landing is displayed with an additional vertical segment,

Type 2 — the top landing is displayed without an additional segment.

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Align landings

The drop-down list allows you to select the option that determines the length of the landings.

•If the Equal length option is selected, the length of all landings is aligned to the longest landing.

•If the By the length of the text option is selected, the length of each landing is aligned to the length of the text on it.

 

Arrow length, mm

Arrow angle, deg

Serif length, mm

Distance from the beginning of the landing to the text, mm

Landing overhang, mm

Distance from the text to the landing above it, mm

Distance from landing to text, mm

A group of fields for setting parameters of arrows and serifs, as well as parameters that determine the location of the text on the landings of the leader caption. The value of the parameter is entered in the field. Click on the icon allows you to select a value from the drop-down list.

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Arrow filter

 

Arrow filter

The list contains names and samples of arrow types for mark/reference leaders.

To the left of the arrow names are options that allow you to enable/disable the display of the corresponding arrow types in the Arrow list in the Parameter panel when working with stamps/position markers with indentation lines. Those arrows with enabled options next to their names are available in the document: they are included in the list from which the arrow type is selected when creating an object.

The No arrow option does not have an option. It cannot be disabled, it is always available when creating dimensions in documents.

The option in the list header allows you to enable or disable the display of all arrow types in the list at once. The option can be in one of three states:

•enabled  — all options in the list are enabled (all types of arrows present in the list are available in the Parameter panel),

•undefined  — the list contains both enabled and disabled options (arrow views with enabled options are shown in the Parameter panel, and those with disabled options are not shown in the Parameter panel)),

•disabled  — all options in the list are disabled (only the No arrow view is available in the Parameter panel, other arrows from the list are unavailable).

If the state of an option is not defined, clicking on the option will disable it, the next click will enable it.

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Move up

Move down

The buttons allow you to set the order of arrows in the list.

To change the position of an arrow, select it and press the desired button. The selected arrow will move one position in the specified direction.The arrow

order set in this dialog box is passed to the list from which the arrow type is selected when creating the object.

If the first arrow or the first arrows in the list are disabled, the first enabled arrow is the default one.

To speed up the creation of objects in the document, it is recommended to put the arrow type that is used most often on the first position, followed by the other arrow types in descending order of their frequency of use.

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Having completed the settings, click the dialog box Apply and close. To exit the dialog without changing the settings, click the Cancel button.

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