BG Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi Sorry for the simple question but this is driving people in our office crazy. How do you set the default arrow head on the "Leader Line Simple" tool to use marker number 1 style? It keeps defaulting to a solid filled arrow head. We want it to be an open arrow using the dimension thickness. Thanks Brett Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 why use the leader line simple, you can use the polygon tool with an arrowhead that you can set in the Attributes Palette. Quote Link to comment
BG Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Yeah, that's an option, but it takes an extra step to add an arrow head to the polygon. The leader line simple tool is obviously meant for the task but always uses a default closed arrow head & we can't see where this is set? Edited March 25, 2013 by BG Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Are you using the "Leader Line" tool, or an older one? Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yeah, that's an option, but it takes an extra step to add an arrow head to the polygon. not if you set the arrow head first... Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 You should be able to set the default arrow for the Leader Line tool by choosing the preferences button on the mode bar and changing it there (the icon looks like a wrench and pencil). If you have your marker style set to "By Class" in the Attributes palette then that may be overriding the default you are setting with the tool. Kevin Quote Link to comment
BG Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Hi Sorry I thought this was an easy thing to correct, but obviously not. There is no preferences button on the 'Leader Line Simple' tool. We don't like the way the 'Leader Line' tool works with it's fixed shoulder length. Using class settings does force the leader line to use the correct arrow head, but this is a work-around that is clumsy. Even with the correct arrow head selected in the attributes palette the leader line simple tool ignores that as uses it's default solid arrow head. Never mind, we'll use polygons & not use the leader line tools. Thanks Brett Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I didn't even know the Leader Line Simple tool existed. I can see the appeal. It essentially generates a pair of lines. It seems to use whatever marker is active in the Attributes palette. I thought it might be customizable as many older tools are but I couldn't even find it in the Vectorscript Plug In Editor list. Someone else here may know how to find it but may be hard coded into the software. KM Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I find it easier to draw a line or polyline and click the arrow on or off. This allows me to customize the arrowhead. Quote Link to comment
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