To Show BOM Balloons in an Assembly View
To show BOM balloons in an assembly view, the drawing must have a table with a repeat region containing at least the report symbol for the report index number (rpt.index) and the model name (asm.mbr.name). Additionally, the repeat region must be set as a BOM balloon region.
You can assign BOM balloons to bulk items and included items, that are nonsolid representation of components, along with standard components within an assembly.
When these conditions in place, you can add balloons as follows:
1. Select the target component on the Model Tree or in the drawing.
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 You can hold down the CTRL key to select multiple components at once on the Model Tree or in the drawing. |
2. Use the shortcut menu to select Create BOM Balloon. You are prompted for the view in which to place the balloons.
3. Select the view in which to show the balloon. For quantity balloons, you may be prompted to enter a number for how many of the total quantity you want the balloon to represent.
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If a balloon is shown for a component, you can use the shortcut menu to add a reference balloon for other instances of the component.
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Alternatively, on the
Table tab, click
Create Balloons Click one of the following commands:
• All—Shows all balloons associated with the table region. They may be spread across several views depending on the orientation of the views.
| If you have shown a balloon for every row in a repeat region, you can add additional balloons for every instance of the component in the model by clicking All again. You are prompted to add additional balloons for each assembly component. |
• By View—If a region refers to more than one view, select the view in which to show balloons.
• By Comp—Select a specific component or components for which to show balloons.
• Comp & View—If a region refers to more than one view, select the view in which to show balloons.
• By Record—Select a record in the BOM table to show balloons. You can only select records that represent either bulk items or included items.