TechDraw LeaderLine

Description
The LeaderLine tool adds a line to a View. Other annotation objects (such as Rich Text Annotations) can be connected to the leaderline to form complex annotations.



Usage

 * 1) Select a view.
 * 2) Press the  button. A dialog will open allowing to draw the leader line and assigning end symbols to the line.
 * 3) Press  and then click into the page to define the starting point of the line.
 * 4) Move the mouse and click on another point to create a line.
 * 5) Now you can either
 * 6) finish the line drawing by double-clicking or pressing.
 * 7) add further points to define more line segments.
 * 8) To finish the creation, press  to close the dialog.

After the line is created, it can be edited by double clicking the LeaderLine in the tree.

Note: If you did not define any points when creating the leader line, a short line will be placed at the center of the view. You can later not add further points.

Properties

 * : The point at which the leader line is connected to the View.
 * : The View to which the leader is attached.
 * : The line end symbol (arrowhead) at the View end.
 * : The line end symbol at the other end.
 * : Nodes on the leader line.
 * : Leader scales with Leader Parent.
 * : Pen colour for the leader line.
 * : 0 - No Line, 1 - Continuous, ...
 * : Weight of leader line.

Scripting
TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The LeaderLine tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions: