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Read geometry of the Pro Annotation's leader line

  • January 23, 2026
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ostoja
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I am trying to read geometry of the leader lines from the Pro Annotation feature class.

In the attributes which I see when loading it in the Data Inspector, I only see geodb_text_leader_line_anchor_point which contains correct coordinate but no geodb_text_leader_line. Does anyone knows if reading of the leader line from Pro Annotation is supported?

I am using FME 2025.1.0.1.

I tried changing reader parameters “Split Multi-Part Annotations” but it makes no difference in the way annotations are red.

Best answer by jamatsafe

Hi ​@ostoja ,

Unfortunately, leader lines in ArcGIS Pro annotations (geodb_pro_annotation) do not output any geometry for FME to read. However, FME can still read the anchor point, annotation placement, and style attributes which are sufficient to round trip the annotation so the leader line renders correctly back in ArcGIS Pro.

If you need build a leader line for visualization purposes only, attached is a simple workspace that a colleague had built to demonstrate. This involves using GeometryCoercer to extract annotation placement point, GeometryReplacer to create anchor point, and LineBuilder to build the leader line. Hope that helps!

(ref: IDEA-1562)

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    • January 27, 2026

    Hi ​@ostoja ,

    Unfortunately, leader lines in ArcGIS Pro annotations (geodb_pro_annotation) do not output any geometry for FME to read. However, FME can still read the anchor point, annotation placement, and style attributes which are sufficient to round trip the annotation so the leader line renders correctly back in ArcGIS Pro.

    If you need build a leader line for visualization purposes only, attached is a simple workspace that a colleague had built to demonstrate. This involves using GeometryCoercer to extract annotation placement point, GeometryReplacer to create anchor point, and LineBuilder to build the leader line. Hope that helps!

    (ref: IDEA-1562)

      ostoja
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      • January 28, 2026

      ​@jamatsafe Thanks for quick reply ​and example.
      I went in the similar direction as your workbench suggest, although yours is much more performant. Thanks for the help.

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