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Leader Object


Description

The Leader object represents a leader associated with a drawing annotation.

Methods

Name Description
AddLeader Method that adds a leader branch with the input points. This is the equivalent of the 'Add Leader' command in the user interface. This method will succeed only if the HasRootNode property returns False (i.e. there are no existing leader segments). If there are existing leader segments, this method will fail you should use the LeaderNode.AddLeader method instead.
GetReferenceKey Method that generates and returns the reference key for this entity.

Properties

Name Description
AllLeafNodes Property that returns a flat collection of all the leaf nodes in the leader tree. This property will return Nothing if the HasRootNode property returns False.
AllNodes Property that returns a flat collection of all the nodes in the leader tree. This property will return Nothing if the HasRootNode property returns False.
Application Returns the top-level parent application object. When used the context of Inventor, an Application object is returned. When used in the context of Apprentice, an ApprenticeServer object is returned.
ArrowheadType Gets and sets the arrowhead type of the leader.
AttributeSets Property that returns the AttributeSets collection object associated with this object.
HasRootNode Property that returns if a root node exists for this leader. If False, there are no leader segments associated with this leader and the RootNode property will return Nothing.
Parent Property that returns the parent of this leader object.
RootNode Property that returns the root node of this leader. This property will return Nothing if the HasRootNode property returns False.
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

Balloon.Leader, BendNote.Leader, ChamferNote.Leader, DrawingWeldingSymbol.Leader, FeatureControlFrame.Leader, HoleTag.Leader, LeaderNote.Leader, PunchNote.Leader, SketchedSymbol.Leader, SurfaceTextureSymbol.Leader, TransitionSymbol.Leader

Version

Introduced in version 11

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