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BillRullan1-Visitor
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July 13, 2010
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creating repetitive BOM balloons

  • July 13, 2010
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I have an assembly on page 1 of my drawing, with BOM balloons called out for each component. On pages 2 and 3 I need to show sub-assemblies with balloons called out again, but I cannot figure out how to do this. I've tried to create balloons by all the options: SHOW ALL, VIEW, COMP, and COMP & VIEW. No luck.

You would think I could create an infinite number of balloons, anywhere / anytime I need one.

Anybody have advice on this?


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Kevin1-Visitor
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July 13, 2010

Accepted practice for identifying an item that has already been identified with a balloon on a drawing is to use a reference (REF) balloon.

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BillRullan1-VisitorAuthor
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July 13, 2010

Tell THAT to my boss, who insists on regular BOM balloons on every page. I cannot get through to him about this issue. What I wind up doing is creating balloon notes with index numbers (dumb text). Dangerous practice, I know, because they are not parametrically driven.......a topic the boss-man doesn't understand because he's an older guy with old habits.

I was hoping for a way to maybe create my own "reference" balloon that has the parametric index quality of a real reference balloon, but WITHOUT the word "REF" in the balloon.

Can this be done?

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chris51-Visitor
1-Visitor
July 13, 2010

Hi

You select the ballon you want to move to the other sheet.

Then you right click and select: "move item to view".

Open the other sheet and select the view where you want the balloon.

Done.

It works in Pro-e wildfire 5 when you are on the tab "Table"

Hope this helps you.

Chris

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BillRullan1-VisitorAuthor
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July 13, 2010

That would work great if I didn't have to show all the balloons for the complete assembly on page 1. It comes down to how my boss wants the drawings done. He wants page 1 to show the entire assembly with all the balloons called out, then additional sheets with sub-assemblies (weldments, etc.). He wants regular balloons called out for those sub-assemblies, too. I keep telling him we need to use REF balloons, but he's stubborn.

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chris51-Visitor
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July 13, 2010

Hi

A real subassembly can have its own table and its own balloons. Jus t make sure the correct drawing model is selected.

Good luck

Chris

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