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jsecord 
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 Topic: Creating Simple Balloons ACAD2011
Posted: 20.Dec.2011 at 20:32 |
I swear in using ACAD R13 there was a command (balloon) to let you create a simple balloon callout (in paperspace). In ACAD 2011 it seems I need to gererate some sort of bill of material and link the balloons to the model, which I dont want. All I want is to create a balloon much like a leader line with text. Help me please ??!!??
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.Dec.2011 at 23:41 |
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Take a look on the Tool Palettes. Click on the Annotation tab.
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heinsite
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Posted: 21.Dec.2011 at 09:08 |
If you really want something that looks like a leader with a "balloon" you can create your own custom MLEADERSTYLE to do just that.
Make a new leader style and call it DetailCallout, or something like that. The trick to make it work is in the Content tab of the Modify Multileader Style dialog. A "normal" leader has the Multileader type set as Mtext. What you'll want is Block. When you select Block you get a section for Block options. Pick a Source block that matches what you're looking for and work from there.
I suspect this is what you're looking for.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 21.Dec.2011 at 09:45 |
Hello, if it's applicable to your AutoCAD 2011, I known that on my AutoCAD / Mechanical 2008 I can inset a block inside the command LEADER.
Launch the command and type P for "properties", then set "reference of block" in the pannel "annotation", then you insert a block of your choise ( for example a balloon with an "attribute text" ) at the end of your leader.
When you move your bloc the leader follows.
Check the exact words because the annotations are a crude translation from my french AutoCAD, and in any case read the informations/questions on your command line.
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John Connor
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Posted: 21.Dec.2011 at 11:51 |
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The "balloon" as you call it is right there on your tool palette, annotation tab, just as I first told you except AutoCAD calls it a "Tag". There are two actually' one is Imperial and the other is Metric. Why would you want to reinvent the wheel?
If you don't like the balloon or "tag" that AutoCAD offers then there are dozens of custom "balloon" lisp routines available. I'm sure you could find something to your liking. If not, create one yourself. It can be either a regular (attributed) block or even a dynamic block.
Edited by John Connor - 22.Dec.2011 at 01:24
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jsecord
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Posted: 21.Dec.2011 at 20:01 |
Thanks to your advice, I stuck with the AMBALLOON command. The issue I was having was that I used view ports referencing the model space, so it was not letting me select anything inside the viewport. By adding a "Reference" mark in the paper space I could then assign an attribute from which I could use the AMBALLOON command, and a balloon would actually appear (as oppose to before when I would click on it and nothing would happen).
Not as simple as I'd like it to be, but it should get me by
Thanks All!!!
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heinsite
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Posted: 21.Dec.2011 at 20:02 |
The Detail Callout, Tag, and other block options offered by the Multileader style definition box have already been created with attributes. So if you decide to use one of them you don't even have to build your own block.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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heinsite
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Posted: 21.Dec.2011 at 20:09 |
 jsecord wrote:
Thanks to your advice, I stuck with the AMBALLOON command. <snip> |
Ah! AMBALLOON is an AutoCAD Mechanical command! No wonder you had us going! 
Dave
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 22.Dec.2011 at 06:42 |
Thank you mister HEIN, now I will use AMBALLOON, now I known that it exists.( I had no training course from my old AutoCAD 2000 to my AutoCAD / machanical 2008 ).
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