Expert: J. B. Borge - 3/3/2008

Question
How do I insert a leader that has a pentagon shape around the text?  I have drawn boxes around 20 different areas in my drawing and I want to have a leader pointing to each box that has a number (text) at the end of the leader that is located within a pentagon shape.  I am using AutoCad LT 2006.

Thanks,

Greg

Answer
Greg,

Autocad doesn't have this feature but can be done manually. Create block from the pentagon w/ the text attribute inside. Invoke, QL (quick leader w/ settings Annotation Type = None), indicate Pt1 at the box & Pt2 at the pentagon.
Autocad LT unfortunately doesn't support any custom programming routines such as VBA or Lisp which would enable you to automate this process effortlessly. Hope this helps!

JB