I have a detail view with these parameters: Style With Leader & Profile. The leader length is longer than I would like. The questions is, can it be edited or modified?
I'm a long time SolidWorks user and don't get stumped much anymore but I can't find a setting or a forum discussion on changing the leader length. See screen grab below.
Thanks,
Steve
Rick, perhaps your SolidWorks behaves differently than mine (SW2015) but grabbing and dragging the letter only rotates around the center. I am able to make it longer but there's a minimum, as in the screen grab I show, that you can't go past. So, are you saying that you can make the leader as short as you want because that is what I would like to do. However, the length shown in my screen grab is the shortest it will go. Rotating it helps some but even then sometimes gets in the way of other dimensions.
Thanks for your reply,
Steve
Stephen,
My bad. I didn't get that you were talking about the Leader of a Detail View (as I don't use them).
Try this...
Style: No Leader
Delete the letter in the Label box.
After you place the detail, add a note with a leader...
PITA as is usual for SW, however, you can get the exact look you need by jumping thru hoops.
Rick,
Yes that's a good work around. Often, we have to do that in SolidWorks and other Cad programs as well. In my opinion SolidWorks is more user friendly than the Cad I'm acquainted with (AutoCad, Creo), but that's just my opinion.
Thanks for your help,
Steve
Stephen,
I've seen the same thing. The leader seems to maintain a minimum length from the center of the profile. So in your case you should be able to drag it closer to a corner of your profile to shorten it, or drag it longer, but I don't think there's any way to shorten it past a certain point without changing where the leader intersects the profile.
Glenn
Glenn, you are correct. I can grab the letter and make it longer but past the minimum, it will only rotate. I was hoping there was a way to change that but have about decided it isn't changeable. It's not a big issue but our company likes everything on letter size drawings so sometime they can get pretty busy. When that happens, space is at a premium.
Thanks for your input,
Steve
Stephen Reed wrote:
It's not a big issue but our company likes everything on letter size drawings so sometime they can get pretty busy. When that happens, space is at a premium.
All 8-1/2" x 11" here too, so I understand what you're saying.
Stephen, the closest I can come up with is editing the "leader length" under the options menu (Document Properties -> Drafting Standard -> Annotations -> Notes)
Unfortunately it only seems to affect the elbow portion, and the leader style doesn't seem to be able to change. I did notice however that the main leader length seems to be proportional to the font size, so if you choose a smaller font size for your label, you may be able to squeeze it a bit closer to your view.
Steven,
Thanks for the help. That is something I hadn't thought about (it being proportional to the font). Unfortunately, company standards won't allow a different font size. Still, it's always good to learn something new; you never know when it may come in handy.
Thanks,
Steve
Stephen,
By the way, if you use the style "with Leader" often, feel free to vote for this Idea when voting is open in a few days: Have a Setting in Document Properties for Detail View Display Style (and yes, this is a shameless plug for one of my Ideas).
Voting Starts Tomorrow - 16th
And Glenn, you will have my vote!
Hi Stephen
Go to setting option / Document properties / Annotations, then reduce the leader length on that page.
Stephen,
I must be missing something. Just grab the text and move it. The arrow moves and changes length automatically.
Or, grab the handle on the arrow and move it's location.