multileader underline landing spacing problems

[CAD cowboy]

I am looking for help with setting the spacing for the spacing of mtext above the landing line when using a style where the landing underlines the top line of text. No matter what I do, I cannot get the offset distance to change. I know that it is not controlled by the landing or landing distance. I have tried different text styles, paragraph spacing, changing the offset in dimension styles, etc., and nothing seems to work. Is there a system variable or something else I am missing? I know that the multileader can be exploded, but I do not want to have to do this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Note: I have also posted this under AutoCAD 2008 annotation.

[dzatto]

Mine is controlled by the Landing Distance. You have to have Horizontal Landing set to YES. Once you do that, you can also edit it manually by using the stretch grips on the mleader itself.

[CAD cowboy]

Thank you for your reply. However, I am not sure that this addresses the aspect of multileaders that I am concerned with.

The solution that you posted, as I understand it, and best that I can tell, allows the landing to be adjusted vertically (left and right). What I am wondering is, is there a way to adjust the text horizontally (up and down) relative to the landing line. For example, assume that the mtext height is set to 0.18 inches, and the Line Spacing is set to Exactly, giving a seperation between text lines of 0.12 inches. With these settings, the multileader landing line is spaced 0.036 inches pelow the first (top) text line. What I would like to be able to do is change the position of the landling line between the text lines; for example, to exactly half way, or 0.06 inches. Is this possible, and if so, how do I go about it?

[dzatto]

OOhhhh, I totally read that wrong. :Oops: I don't think it can be done. The reason I say that is if you choose "underline all text", it will underline the text just like it would if you did that in Mtext, then it just adds the leader to the top underlined text. Just like you can't tell it how far to put it when you underline text, you can't tell a leader where to underline it. That's how I see it anyway.

Maybe a wish list item?

[CAD cowboy]

I think that you have hit the nail on the head; that the "landing" in the mtext is really the underline feature of mtext, with the landing "attached" to it.

I definately agree that this would make a good wish list item!

[Hammer.John.J]

i know this was a while ago, but is there a solution to this, there's no link to op's original post... thanks.