DataCAD now supports the ability to draw curved leaders. Select Arrows from the Text menu and pick the first point of the arrow. [F1]2PtArc and [F2]3PtArc menu buttons appear. After selecting a second point, [F3] Tangent is available. These buttons enable you to add curved segments to your leaders. You can toggle At Tail on to draw arrows by selecting the tail end first, or toggle At Head on to draw them by selecting the arrow head first.
A new style of arrow head has also been added. Select Symbol from the Style sub-menu to select a symbol to act as the arrow head. When creating the symbol, you must draw it pointing to the right, and define the insertion point at the tip of the arrow head. The figure you draw must fit inside a square, as the square extents of the symbol are used when calculating the position of the arrow head relative to the leader. The leader will stop at the square extents of the symbol, so make sure to include any portion of the leader that would be inside the square extents of the symbol.
If you plan to use the arrow with Text Scale on, draw the symbol at the real-world printed size. If you typically have Text Scale off, draw the symbol scaled to the size at which it will be printed (for example, a 1/8” high printed arrow at 1/4"=1’ would be drawn in a 6” square).
Since arrows support Text Scale and the new Lock Size option in the Text menu, you can create the custom arrow head at the real-world printed size (i.e. 1/8" high). Toggle Text Scale on to draw the arrow head and have DataCAD automatically scale it to the current plot scale. Toggle Lock Size on to keep the arrow head scaled correctly even if you change your plot scale.
In addition, arrow heads have been enhanced so that when you stretch one end, the arrow head rotates automatically to match the orientation of the leader line.
The Entity Properties Editor for Arrows has been enhanced to provide access to the Text Size, Arrow Size, Arrow Aspect, Arrow Weight, Arrow Color, Lock Size and Arrow Style settings.
When you change the Arrow Style from an open style (i.e. Open, Bridge or Tick) to a closed style (i.e. Closed or Dot), clicking "Apply" will activate a "Filled" field with the options "Yes" and "No." Setting the style to "Symbol" will prompt you to select a symbol. You may subsequently select a different symbol by clicking the [...] button to the right of the Arrow Style field.
New options for changing Arrows have been added to the Change menu. Select Change/Text/Arrows to access these options: Text Size, Style, Aspect, Weight, Color and Lock Size status. Match is also supported.
Arrows may now be displayed outside the boundary of an active Clip Cube, similar to Text. [Ctrl]+[right-click] on an arrow and mouse over Clipping to change the Obeys Clip Cubes or Ignores Clip Cubes status.
The Arrows sub-menu of the Text menu includes a new 1st Ortho toggle, whose status is remembered on a per-drawing basis. When enabled, the first segment of the leader line is restricted to the ortho grid, even if Orthomode is turned off. The Snap Angle setting in the Grids menu determines the number of divisions.
A new style of arrow head has also been added. Select Symbol from the Style sub-menu to select a symbol to act as the arrow head. When creating the symbol, you must draw it pointing to the right, and define the insertion point at the tip of the arrow head. The figure you draw must fit inside a square, as the square extents of the symbol are used when calculating the position of the arrow head relative to the leader. The leader will stop at the square extents of the symbol, so make sure to include any portion of the leader that would be inside the square extents of the symbol.
If you plan to use the arrow with Text Scale on, draw the symbol at the real-world printed size. If you typically have Text Scale off, draw the symbol scaled to the size at which it will be printed (for example, a 1/8” high printed arrow at 1/4"=1’ would be drawn in a 6” square).
Since arrows support Text Scale and the new Lock Size option in the Text menu, you can create the custom arrow head at the real-world printed size (i.e. 1/8" high). Toggle Text Scale on to draw the arrow head and have DataCAD automatically scale it to the current plot scale. Toggle Lock Size on to keep the arrow head scaled correctly even if you change your plot scale.
In addition, arrow heads have been enhanced so that when you stretch one end, the arrow head rotates automatically to match the orientation of the leader line.
The Entity Properties Editor for Arrows has been enhanced to provide access to the Text Size, Arrow Size, Arrow Aspect, Arrow Weight, Arrow Color, Lock Size and Arrow Style settings.
When you change the Arrow Style from an open style (i.e. Open, Bridge or Tick) to a closed style (i.e. Closed or Dot), clicking "Apply" will activate a "Filled" field with the options "Yes" and "No." Setting the style to "Symbol" will prompt you to select a symbol. You may subsequently select a different symbol by clicking the [...] button to the right of the Arrow Style field.
New options for changing Arrows have been added to the Change menu. Select Change/Text/Arrows to access these options: Text Size, Style, Aspect, Weight, Color and Lock Size status. Match is also supported.
Arrows may now be displayed outside the boundary of an active Clip Cube, similar to Text. [Ctrl]+[right-click] on an arrow and mouse over Clipping to change the Obeys Clip Cubes or Ignores Clip Cubes status.
The Arrows sub-menu of the Text menu includes a new 1st Ortho toggle, whose status is remembered on a per-drawing basis. When enabled, the first segment of the leader line is restricted to the ortho grid, even if Orthomode is turned off. The Snap Angle setting in the Grids menu determines the number of divisions.
