GstarCAD 2027 · Command Reference
Commands > L Command > LEADER
Function Description:
This command is used to create a line to connect annotation and a feature.
Command Access:
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Command: LEADER
Alias: LEAD
Command Prompts:
Specify leader start point:
Specify next point:
Specify next point or [Annotation/Format/Undo] \<Annotation>:
Draws a leader line to a specified point and prompts you for the next point and options.
Inserts an annotation at the end of the leader line. The annotation can be a single
or multiple lines of text, a feature control frame containing geometric
tolerances, or a block.
Pressing Enter at the Annotation prompt before
entering text, the following options are displayed:
- Copy:
Copies text, a multiple text, and geometric tolerances of a feature control
frame or a block and connects copies to the end point of the leader line.
Moving the copied objects, the end of the leader line is moved together. The
current gap of text (see the DIMSTYLE or the DIMGAP system variables) determines the insertion position of
the text and multiple texts. Any feature control frames or blocks with geometric tolerances
are attached to the end of the leader line.
- Block:
Inserts a block to the end of the leader line. The prompt is the same as the
INSERT command. The block reference is inserted to a certain position offset
from the end of the leader line and is associated to the leader line. As the block moving, the end of
the leader line moves together.
- None:
Ends the command without inserting any annotations to the leader line.
- Mtext:
Specifies the insertion point of multiple texts and uses the Text Formatting to create multiple texts.
Users can insert prefixes and suffixes of characters strings in angle brackets
(\<>) and alternate units in square brackets ([]). The units settings and the current text style determine the display of
the text. The multiple texts are aligned by vertical center and horizontal
in the X axis direction of the last two vertices of the leader line.
Multiple texts can offset a distance from the base line; it is specified in Text
tab of the New, Modify and Override Dimension Style Manager dialog box. If
specifying a negative offset distance, the multiple text is regard as a basic dimension.
This option is used to control the leader pattern and whether it has an arrowhead or not.
- Arrow: Creates an arrowhead at the
beginning of the leader line.
- None: Creates leader lines without arrowheads.
Undoes the last vertex point of the leader line and displays the previous prompt.
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Article ID: 3781
Created: September 26, 2026
Last Updated: September 25, 2026
Author: kbadmin
Online URL: https://kb.gstarcad.com.my/article/leader-command-gstarcad-2027-3781.html