Anyone have an idea how I can make a lasso leader with the origin at the center of the circle?

Our bridge designer would like a lasso leader for some of his call outs like I have pictured. I have done this with a cell but the problem is the origin is where I have circled in red, which translates to the end of the leader. I would rather have the origin at the center of the circle, but when doing that I get a line from the leader going to the center of the circle. Can anyone think of a way to make the leader look like I have pictured with the center being the end of the leader and not have a line going to the center of the circle? 

  

  • this issue would occur with any shape that was not filled (IE: Circle, etc...).
    An enhancement has been filed to allow this functionality (#310830).

    Timothy Hickman

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    Answer Verified By: Ryan Mann 

  • Yes, unfortunately since the purpose of the lasso is to go around something in a detail it can't be filled. I was hoping there might have been some kind of hidden leader offset setting or something that might make this work. We'll just have to have the origin in the wrong place and move the note for now.

    Thank you for filing the enhancement request.

  • I havent tried yet but the only  way I think it can be done is to create an actual drawing of what you  want  with a fairly  long  leader  and some text to the size you need it  then drop the  whole lot so its lines and text then turn the  whole thing into a cell, 

    now you should be able to place it as a cell, and edit the  text  if you need to drag it out away from other text  then use the  fence  stretch clip..

    otherwise  make a dim style  with no terminators , make a cell of your typical size lasoo and  just  use  you lasso  cell to place the  lasso first , have your place cell tool with  interactive on and place and rotate to where and  when you need it  you could then step 2 add the  no terminator leader style at  the neck of the lasoo... yep a lot of steps  but  I dont think they can do it acad either... 

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  • Ryan, when this enchantment arrives I bet we can use background fill, and then all the detail will be visible on top.

    Regards

    José

  • I did try some methods of including background fill into the cell for the terminator, but it didn't work out very well and caused more issues than it was worth. Plus it adds the complexity of making sure the note is below the item it circles not to cover it up on top of that the details that it will be used to point to are usually referenced in. In the end it was easier to have the origin point of the cell in the wrong place and just have to move the whole note for now.