BMBALLOON command

Creates associative balloon entities for assembly components.

BricsCAD Mechanical

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Description

Creates associative balloon entities for assembly components in Model Space and for their generated views in a Paper Space layout. Each balloon contains an index of the component in the associated BOM-table created by BMBOM command.

Note: Balloons are created as Multileader entities using the current Multileader style. Create a Multileader style with the Content set to Block and adjust the Scale property to control the size of the balloon frame.

Options within the command

select other Table
Allows to select a different BOM-table in case multiple tables exist in the layout. The most recently inserted BOM-table is selected by default.
select balloon Style

Allows to define the shape of the balloon.

Note: Predefined balloon styles from _BalloonStyles.dwg can be used, as well as any custom user-defined styles.
Note: The PROMPTMENU variable allows the selection of the balloon styles.
Auto mode
Allows automatic placement of balloons on all components in a particular drawing view.
placement Mode
Specifies whether multiple balloons with the same values are generated or not.
Unique
Only unique values are generated on one view.
All
All values are generated on one view.
Circle

Aligns leaders along a circle.

Polyline

Aligns leaders along a polyline.

Back
Returns to previous prompt.