{"id":3903,"date":"2015-12-03T09:33:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T09:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2015-12-03T09:33:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T09:33:56","slug":"whats-new-in-solidworks-2016-and-2015-2014-and-2013-leader-attachment-and-alignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/whats-new-in-solidworks-2016-and-2015-2014-and-2013-leader-attachment-and-alignment\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in SOLIDWORKS 2016 (and 2015, 2014 and 2013): Leader attachment and alignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, SOLIDWORKS has made substantial quality improvements to\u00a0annotations in drawings. \u00a0One of the areas of improvement focuses on\u00a0leader attachment to callouts and notes.<\/p>\n<p>In SOLIDWORKS 2013, bent leader attachment of radius, diameter, chamfer and hole callouts were updated\u00a0to line up to callout text, rather than set positions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9812 size-medium colorbox-9811\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/11-5-2015-10-38-09-AM-300x242.png\" alt=\"Bent leader alignment\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2013 is the ability to extend the bend leader to the end of text in a callout. \u00a0This was previously only available for notes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9813 size-medium colorbox-9811\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/11-5-2015-10-45-29-AM-294x300.png\" alt=\"Leader extended\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many other similar\u00a0improvements in SOLIDWORKS 2013. \u00a0Overall, these improvements allow for the creation of drawings with a more professional appearance.<\/p>\n<p>In SOLIDWORKS 2014, we focused on improving leader attachment to notes. \u00a0Bent leaders now respect justification of the note by\u00a0attaching to the center of rows of text. \u00a0\u201cTo bounding box\u201d option was also added in the note\u2019s PropertyManger for use when you need to take manual control of leader attachment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9816 colorbox-9811\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/11-5-2015-11-02-23-AM.png\" alt=\"Note leader attachment\" width=\"525\" height=\"478\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SOLIDWORKS 2015\u00a0allows you to attach the arrow end of a leader to centerlines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9821 size-medium colorbox-9811\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/11-5-2015-11-29-13-AM-300x182.png\" alt=\"Attached to centerline\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s new in SOLIDWORKS 2016? \u00a0Alignment of hole callouts with dual dimensions was updated to point to the center of the row of text rather than a fixed location on the callout. \u00a0This is really a completion of the work started in SOLIDWORKS 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9824 colorbox-9811\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/leaderatta1.jpg\" alt=\"Leader attachment on hole callouts\" width=\"455\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not every enhancement for leader attachment is listed here, of course. \u00a0However, if you think there is an area that needs further improvement, don\u2019t hesitate to ask. \u00a0While the <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.solidworks.com\/community\/general\/solidworks-world-2016-top-ten-list\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/solidworks-world-2016-top-ten-list-now-open-for-idea-submission\" target=\"_blank\">SOLIDWORKS World Top Ten list<\/a> is open, you can submit your enhancement ideas for everyone to vote upon. \u00a0Any time of the year, you can also file your <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2012\/03\/need-solidworks-to-do-more.html\" target=\"_blank\">enhancement requests directly via your Customer Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted by Matt Lorono in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2015\/12\/whats-new-solidworks-2016-2015-2014-2013-leader-attachment-alignment.html\" target=\"_blank\">SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, SOLIDWORKS has made substantial quality improvements to\u00a0annotations in drawings. \u00a0One of the areas of improvement focuses on\u00a0leader attachment to callouts and notes. 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