Since we are here, do you have any suggestions for forcing the leader to start somewhere other than the middle of the stack of text? I have also turned off the leader visibility because of this placement.
Does get over it count as a suggestion? You're fighting the software for no real reason. Leader location is an aesthetic concern and has really little to do with communicating design intent. I'm pretty unsympathetic to those sorts of things as John can attest.
You've used up a lot of billable time fighting it, and then time redoing leaders, all for some holdover drafting convention that probably didn't make much sense to begin with. Let it go....
" John can attest"--- Attest.
The real impediment to progress is ,in my opinion, the reviewing agencies.
Back in the hand drafted days most of the rules of plan drafting were set in stone, or granite, with a bow to Dana, and we have been bending around the software in order to comply with things, while based on reason when first written, no longer apply.
But, if I may play Devil's advocate
for a moment, the reviewing agencies can't change their standards as often as Autodesk or Bentley releases product. And as long as no one shows the reviewing agencies that they are indeed costing themselves money, they will continue what they have always required.
And until Civil 3D drives a bigger install base than currently exists, then I think we are stuck complying with the rules.
But I have been wrong before.
Ya just can't let it go if it doesn't get approved, no matter how noble the argument.
We are going to give it a shot however.