Hi Larry,

re:
> With regard to the leaders, I wonder if it would make sense to have a gap that is similar to
> the extension gap, but used to offset the arrow tip from the object? Being able to have a
> controllable gap there would serve the same purpose as the extension gap: to visually
> separate the annotation from the object it refers to. As I've been working with the leaders,
> I've often wished that I could have a little gap between the object and the leader's arrow tip.

There is actually an "Arrow gap" setting for that which doesn't have an entry in the UI yet because I have been waiting to see if anyone needed it or whether I could get rid of it. The reason why I wanted to get rid of it is that it will make some other future options like spline curve leaders a lot more difficult with the spline needing to be clipped.

You can turn it on by script right now though, if you select a leader and run this script it will set it:

For annotations with "Scaling: By screen size":

script: moi.geometryDatabase.getSelectedObjects().getAnnotations().setProperty( 'arrowGap', 7.0 );

For annotations with "Scaling: By model units":

script: moi.geometryDatabase.getSelectedObjects().getAnnotations().setProperty( 'arrowGapModelUnits', 0.2 );

It works on all annotation types that have arrows: linear dims, radial dims, angular dims, and leaders.

If you're generating some PDF output with leaders and/or dims I'd love to see some example PDF files!

Maybe instead of clipping a spline curve leader I could shove the end control point of the spline over to the base of the arrowhead that might be easier to have those co-exist in v5.

- Michael