Multileader to text/leader

[Dman2900]

We are working with drawings from a vender that were done in AutoCAD 2008 and we are running AutoCAD 2005. We need to be able to edit the text created w/ multileader. Is there a way to convert the multileader to text/leader that can be used in 2005 rather then exploding it?

 

Please let me know......thanks in advance.......

[chulse]

None that I know of - time to upgrade

Someone here (other than me) may have some code to do that though...?

[alanjt]

i don't have anything older than 09 installed. paste this into autocad, select one of the objects and give us the results.

 

(vl-load-com)
(vlax-dump-object (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entsel))))

 

and

(entget (car (entsel)))

[Tankman]

Ask your vendor to save to '05 and email the drawings to you.

 

Most often I save to 2000 *.dwg by customer request if I'm sending them a drawing. Trusted clients of course.

[alanjt]

Ask your vendor to save to '05 and email the drawings to you.

 

Most often I save to 2000 *.dwg by customer request if I'm sending them a drawing. Trusted clients of course.

does that change them to text & leaders?

[Coosbaylumber]

None that I know of - time to upgrade

Someone here (other than me) may have some code to do that though...?

 

No way I can think of either.

 

But do know later on you get in to trouble if STYLE was selected for a different than normal text font or size.

 

Wm.

[Dman2900]

does that change them to text & leaders?

 

Having the them save down to 2005 just makes them proxy entities and by exploding the proxy entity you explode the text to dingle line text and the leader into 3 parts......nothing so far works.....

[alanjt]

Having the them save down to 2005 just makes them proxy entities and by exploding the proxy entity you explode the text to dingle line text and the leader into 3 parts......nothing so far works.....

 

use the code i posted in post #3 and give us the results.

[Dman2900]

Command: (vl-load-com)

 

Command: (vlax-dump-object (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entsel))))

 

Select object: ; IAcadMLeader: AutoCAD Multi-Leader Interface

; Property values:

; Application (RO) = #

; ArrowheadBlock = ""

; ArrowheadSize = 3.125

; ArrowheadType = 0

; BlockConnectionType = 0

; ContentBlockName = ""

; ContentBlockType = 6

; ContentType = 2

; Document (RO) = #

; DogLegged = -1

; DoglegLength = 1.25

; Handle (RO) = "2DA40"

; HasExtensionDictionary (RO) = 0

; Hyperlinks (RO) = #

; LandingGap = 0.75

; Layer = "TEXT"

; LeaderCount (RO) = 1

; LeaderLineColor = #

; LeaderLineType = "ByLayer"

; LeaderLineWeight = -1

; LeaderType = 1

; Linetype = "ByLayer"

; LinetypeScale = 1.0

; Lineweight = -1

; Material = "ByLayer"

; ObjectID (RO) = 2129930560

; ObjectName (RO) = "AcDbMLeader"

; OwnerID (RO) = 2129698040

; PlotStyleName = "ByLayer"

; ScaleFactor = 1.0

; StyleName = "2.5 IN LTR ARCH"

; TextBackgroundFill = 0

; TextDirection = 5

; TextFrameDisplay = 0

; TextHeight = 2.5

; TextJustify = 1

; TextLeftAttachmentType = 1

; TextLineSpacingDistance = 4.16667

; TextLineSpacingFactor = 1.0

; TextLineSpacingStyle = 1

; TextRightAttachmentType = 1

; TextRotation = 0.0

; TextString = "8\" PVC 90%%D ELBOW\\P(PIVOT)"

; TextStyleName = "Standard"

; TextWidth = 0.0

; TrueColor = #

; Visible = -1

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Command: (entget (car (entsel)))

 

Select object: ((-1 . ) (0 . "MULTILEADER") (330 .

) (5 . "2DA40") (100 . "AcDbEntity") (67 . 0) (410 .

"Model") (8 . "TEXT") (100 . "AcDbMLeader") (300 . "CONTEXT_DATA{") (40 . 1.0)

(10 257.765 -91.6326 0.0) (41 . 2.5) (140 . 3.125) (145 . 0.75) (174 . 1) (175

. 1) (176 . 0) (177 . 0) (290 . 1) (304 . "8\" PVC 90%%D ELBOW\\P(PIVOT)") (11

0.0 0.0 1.0) (340 . ) (12 258.515 -89.966 0.0) (13 1.0

0.0 0.0) (42 . 0.0) (43 . 0.0) (44 . 0.0) (45 . 1.0) (170 . 1) (90 .

-1073741824) (171 . 1) (172 . 5) (91 . -1073741824) (141 . 0.0) (92 . 0) (291 .

0) (292 . 0) (173 . 0) (293 . 0) (142 . 0.0) (143 . 0.0) (294 . 0) (295 . 0)

(296 . 0) (110 247.483 -75.9879 0.0) (111 1.0 0.0 0.0) (112 0.0 1.0 0.0) (297 .

0) (302 . "LEADER{") (290 . 1) (291 . 1) (10 256.515 -91.6326 0.0) (11 1.0 0.0

0.0) (90 . 0) (40 . 1.25) (304 . "LEADER_LINE{") (10 247.483 -75.9879 0.0) (91

. 0) (305 . "}") (303 . "}") (301 . "}") (340 . ) (90 .

279552) (170 . 1) (91 . -1073741824) (341 . ) (171 . -1)

(290 . 1) (291 . 1) (41 . 1.25) (42 . 3.125) (172 . 2) (343 .

7ef09c88>) (173 . 1) (95 . 1) (174 . 1) (175 . 0) (92 . -1073741824) (292 . 0)

(93 . -1056964608) (10 1.0 1.0 1.0) (43 . 0.0) (176 . 0) (293 . 0) (294 . 0)

(178 . 0) (179 . 1) (45 . 1.0))

 

 

Hope this helps......