BMBALLOON command

Creates associative balloon entities for assembly components.

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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.