Short description
📐 Text2Multileader_2 is an AutoCAD and Civil 3D AutoLISP utility for converting selected TEXT or MTEXT into one MLeader using a selected LINE or POLYLINE as the leader geometry guide.
📝 The routine reads source text, derives the arrowhead and landing points from the guide object, creates the MLeader, and removes the original guide and text objects.
Command:
🚀 Main command: AM2
📝 Step 1: Select TEXT or MTEXT source objects.
📐 Step 2: Select a LINE, LWPOLYLINE, or POLYLINE to provide MLeader arrowhead and landing points.
Description:
📐 Text2Multileader_2 is an SEO-friendly AutoCAD text-to-MLeader conversion routine that uses a line or polyline as a leader placement template.
🔤 It collects selected TEXT and MTEXT objects, sorts their text content by insertion point, concatenates the strings, and calculates the widest text bounding box for MLeader width.
📍 Instead of asking the user to pick two leader points manually, the tool reads the start and end points from a selected LINE or from the first and last coordinates of a selected polyline.
🧹 After creating the MLeader, it deletes the selected guide entity and the source text objects, leaving a clean MLeader annotation in the drawing.
📌 This is useful when users sketch or already have leader guide geometry and want to convert that geometry plus text into proper AutoCAD MLeader annotations.
Helper function: (if any)
🧩 rjp-getbbwdth calculates source text width from the object bounding box.
🧩 ssget with filter *TEXT collects the source TEXT and MTEXT objects.
🧩 entsel asks for the guide LINE, LWPOLYLINE, or POLYLINE object.
🧩 vlax-get reads StartPoint and EndPoint for LINE entities.
🧩 Coordinates extraction reads the first and last coordinate pair from LWPOLYLINE or POLYLINE entities.
🧩 entdel and vla-delete remove the guide object and source text objects after MLeader creation.
Functionalities:
✅ Convert selected TEXT and MTEXT objects into one MLeader annotation.
✅ Use a selected LINE as the exact leader arrowhead and landing-point guide.
✅ Use the first and last points of a selected LWPOLYLINE or POLYLINE as MLeader points.
✅ Sort text by insertion point to preserve a readable annotation order.
✅ Apply the widest selected text bounding-box width to the new MLeader.
✅ Create the MLeader with non-osnap point input using _non for more predictable placement.
✅ Delete the source guide geometry and original text objects after the conversion.
Result:
🎯 The result is a guide-based MLeader conversion workflow where existing linework or temporary polylines become accurate annotation leader geometry.
✅ Text2Multileader_2 is useful for CAD annotation cleanup, conversion of drafted leader sketches, and fast Civil 3D plan-note standardization.
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<Bold>Function Syntax: am2</Bold>
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<Bold>Version: 1.1 Date: 20.06.2026 6:38:51PM</Bold>
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<Hyperlink>AI+https://autocadtips1.com/2012/09/28/text-to-multileader/</Hyperlink>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Description</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">📐 Text2Multileader_2 is an AutoCAD and Civil 3D AutoLISP utility for converting selected TEXT or MTEXT into one MLeader using a selected LINE or POLYLINE as the leader geometry guide.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="LimeGreen">📝 The routine reads source text, derives the arrowhead and landing points from the guide object, creates the MLeader, and removes the original guide and text objects.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Function Syntax</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🚀 Main command: AM2</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">📝 Step 1: Select TEXT or MTEXT source objects.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">📐 Step 2: Select a LINE, LWPOLYLINE, or POLYLINE to provide MLeader arrowhead and landing points.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">SEO Optimized Overview</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">📐 Text2Multileader_2 is an SEO-friendly AutoCAD text-to-MLeader conversion routine that uses a line or polyline as a leader placement template.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🔤 It collects selected TEXT and MTEXT objects, sorts their text content by insertion point, concatenates the strings, and calculates the widest text bounding box for MLeader width.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">📍 Instead of asking the user to pick two leader points manually, the tool reads the start and end points from a selected LINE or from the first and last coordinates of a selected polyline.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧹 After creating the MLeader, it deletes the selected guide entity and the source text objects, leaving a clean MLeader annotation in the drawing.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">📌 This is useful when users sketch or already have leader guide geometry and want to convert that geometry plus text into proper AutoCAD MLeader annotations.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Primary Workflow</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">1️⃣ Run AM2 in the AutoCAD command line.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">2️⃣ Select the source TEXT or MTEXT objects.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">3️⃣ Select a LINE, LWPOLYLINE, or POLYLINE that defines the leader arrowhead and landing geometry.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">4️⃣ The routine creates the MLeader using the guide geometry points.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">5️⃣ The selected guide object and source text objects are deleted after conversion.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="LimeGreen">Functionalities</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ Convert selected TEXT and MTEXT objects into one MLeader annotation.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ Use a selected LINE as the exact leader arrowhead and landing-point guide.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ Use the first and last points of a selected LWPOLYLINE or POLYLINE as MLeader points.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ Sort text by insertion point to preserve a readable annotation order.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ Apply the widest selected text bounding-box width to the new MLeader.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ Create the MLeader with non-osnap point input using _non for more predictable placement.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">✅ Delete the source guide geometry and original text objects after the conversion.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Key Commands and Helper Functions</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 rjp-getbbwdth calculates source text width from the object bounding box.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 ssget with filter *TEXT collects the source TEXT and MTEXT objects.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 entsel asks for the guide LINE, LWPOLYLINE, or POLYLINE object.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 vlax-get reads StartPoint and EndPoint for LINE entities.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 Coordinates extraction reads the first and last coordinate pair from LWPOLYLINE or POLYLINE entities.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🧩 entdel and vla-delete remove the guide object and source text objects after MLeader creation.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DodgerBlue">Practical Result</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">🎯 The result is a guide-based MLeader conversion workflow where existing linework or temporary polylines become accurate annotation leader geometry.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="LimeGreen">✅ Text2Multileader_2 is useful for CAD annotation cleanup, conversion of drafted leader sketches, and fast Civil 3D plan-note standardization.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="DarkRed">Important Notes</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ The command name in the uploaded file is AM2.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ The selected LINE or POLYLINE guide is deleted after the MLeader is created.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ The source TEXT and MTEXT objects are also deleted after conversion.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ The selected polyline must contain at least two coordinate points to define a valid leader direction.</Run><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="White">⚠️ Rich MTEXT formatting may not be fully preserved because the script assigns the combined TextString to the MLeader.</Run><LineBreak/>
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<Bold><Run Foreground="Yellow">Tags</Run></Bold><LineBreak/>
<Run Foreground="Yellow">🏷️ AutoCAD, 🏷️ Civil 3D, 🏷️ AutoLISP, 🏷️ Visual LISP, 🏷️ MLeader, 🏷️ Multileader, 🏷️ TEXT to MLeader, 🏷️ MTEXT to MLeader, 🏷️ Line to MLeader, 🏷️ Polyline to MLeader, 🏷️ Leader guide, 🏷️ Annotation cleanup, 🏷️ CAD annotation, 🏷️ TextString, 🏷️ Bounding box, 🏷️ LWPOLYLINE, 🏷️ POLYLINE, 🏷️ LINE, 🏷️ CAD productivity</Run><LineBreak/>
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