Leader Line Tool

[Archiphreak]

When I click the leader line tool and place it in a drawing it has no arrow head. It appears as just a line. I've run into this problem before early on a project and just copied everything into a new drawing, which seemed to work, but I am way too far into the file to do that.

Can anyone help?

NO matter what arrow head type I choose, nothing happens.

Thanks.

[CipesDesign]

Probably (but not guaranteed) the default size of the arrow head is too small...

[Archiphreak]

Peter, wouldn't that also affect the callout tool leader as well? The default arrow head is set to the program default. It's never been changed in this file.

Thanks!

[CipesDesign]

Yes you're most likely correct. I do vaguely recall having this issue (a long time ago), but I cannot recall what fixed it.

Question: if you open a new file, does the same behavior persist? What about if you quit and restart VW's? What about if you do a full system restart?

[Archiphreak]

If I open a new file it will do it only if I change the callout leader type to something other than default, which sucks because I hate the default and it is not our office standard.

I've done the quit/restart and system restart many times. I quit out of vector works everyday when I leave. I shut down completely every couple of weeks.

Question, is there another way to draw a leader line without text other than the leader line tool?

Thanks, Peter!

[CipesDesign]

Well, you could draw the funky small-head leader lines then use the eyedropper tool to change each one to the arrow head you like? Depending on how many there are it might be tine consuming, or worthwhile?

[Kizza]

Question, is there another way to draw a leader line without text other than the leader line tool?

You could create an annotation class with the appropriate marker set for the class. I often use lines instead of leaders - just place the lines in your annotion class and turn on the marker.