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12-Amethyst
March 28, 2023
Question

lock balloon leaders to specific feature id

  • March 28, 2023
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i have a big assembly with a lot of fasterners. many fasteners are the same. those share 1 bom balloon number.

some fasteners are only used in specific configurations of the model.

 

in this 1 view i have 1 (nut 1 = N1) lock nut that is always used . and 1 (nut 2 = N2) that is only used in configuration X

when in configuration X i need this view to have the balloon on N2. 

the balloon with the same number for N1 is already in a different view

 

when i have it all set up correctly in configuration X and save it it is fine when i open it

it is when i go to configuration Y that i see that the leader of the ballon from N2 has jumped to N1, the balloon itself is still on its spot so i basicly have a line running tough my view.

when i configure it back to configuration X the leader does not return to N2.

this is very annoying.

 

i need the balloon AND LEADER to stay with N2, and when N2 is not used i just need it to dissapear. just like the balloons do for normal parts (often only one in the assemlby, so no jumping, just disapearing)

 

the only workaround that i could think of, and currently using, is to use drawing program and add states with which i hide the balloon when the N2 is not used. this prevents the leader from jumping by removing the whole balloon before it gets a chance to.

 

this way has become to much work and sensitive to mistakes, as when 1 leader jumps it doent get fixed automaticaly.

 

does annyone know a way of locking the leader and balloon to a specific feature id?

 

2 replies

24-Ruby III
March 29, 2023

Hi,

maybe you can create several repeat region tables in your drawing and use them to display balloons for individual configurations.

12-Amethyst
April 3, 2023

hi,

 

im sure this could work for smaller assemblys, but i think this will stack up fast for larger assemblys

and i imagine it would be more work then what i do now..?

 

thanks for your suggestion tho

23-Emerald III
April 3, 2023

If you are using rpt.index and no duplicates, you can not attach a balloon to a specific item.

12-Amethyst
April 3, 2023

hi

 

thats what i have it set to now. how do i need to change it to be able to attach a balloon to a specific item?

 

23-Emerald III
April 3, 2023

I don't think there is a solution, at least not an out of the box solution. I assume you are trying to automate drawing create somewhat and I really have no experience in that area.