Setting the chart lead properties (Aeronautical Solution)

Before creating the chart leads, properties such as Layer Name, From Field, and To Field need to be set on the Chart Leads dialog box, which can be opened from the Aeronautical Properties pane on the Production Properties or Chart Leads dialog box.

The Feature Class Settings and Field Settings allow you to define which feature class and fields are going to be used to populate the text on the chart leads element. The properties in the Orientation Settings group manage the direction in which the text on all sides of the data frame is displayed. When the properties in this group are set to True, the text faces toward the data frame. When the properties are set to False, the text faces away from the data frame. The properties in the Symbol settings group allow you to customize the text that appears on all sides of the chart lead.

As changes are made to the orientation and symbol settings for the text, you can preview the modifications on the Chart Leads properties dialog box. This provides a way for you to see how the text around the chart element is going to look once the chart leads are added.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap.
2. On the main menu, click Customize > Production > Production Properties.

   The Production Properties dialog box appears.

3. Click Aeronautical Properties in the list on the left side of the Production Properties dialog box.
4. Ensure the Production Workspace property is set under Aeronautical Production Database.
5. Click the cell next to Chart Leads and click the ellipsis button (...) that appears.

   The Chart Leads dialog box appears.
6. Click the cell next to Line Feature Class Name, click the drop-down arrow that appears, and choose the layer in the map for which you want to create chart leads.

   The default feature class is ATSRoute.

   Note:

   To create chart leads for multiple data frames, the layer selected in this dialog box must exist in the other data frames and have the same name.

7. Click the cell next to From Field, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then choose the field that contains the text for the from attribute.

   The default value is DistVertLower_Val.

8. Click the cell next to To Field, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then choose the field that contains the text for the to attribute.

   The default value is DisVertUpper_Val.

9. Optionally click the cell next to Flip Top Text, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then click True to flip the top text so it displays away from the data frame.

   The default value is False.

10. Optionally click the cell next to Flip Bottom Text, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then click False to flip the bottom text so it displays toward the data frame.

    The default value is True.

11. Click the cell next to Flip Left Text, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then click True to flip the text on the left so it displays away from the data frame.

    The default value is False.

12. Click the cell next to Flip Right Text, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then click True to flip the text on the right so it displays away from the data frame.

    The default value is False.

13. Click the cell next to Offset Distance and type a value to offset the lead from the edge of the data frame.

    The default value is 2.

14. Click the cell next to Offset Units, click the drop-down arrow that appears, then choose the unit of measure.

    The default value is Millimeters.

15. Click the cell next to Text Symbol, click the ellipsis button (...) that appears, then modify the symbol properties.
16. Click OK.