Custom Property in Balloon
Custom Property in Balloon
(OP)
Hi all,
I'm running SW2005 and have a need to create Balloons (mainly in assembly drawings) and reference a custom property field $PRPMODEL:"Detail_No". I understand how to do this manually, and I have set SW to automatically set the Balloon function to Custom Property. I have not found a way to automatically have SW point to my particular custom property field. I find that I must point the Balloon to the correct field in each instance.
I would like to possibly run a Macro to do this automatically, however, like the fist method I mentioned, this prevents the use of the Autoballoon function (I believe). I have tried a couple of macros with no real success.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
I'm running SW2005 and have a need to create Balloons (mainly in assembly drawings) and reference a custom property field $PRPMODEL:"Detail_No". I understand how to do this manually, and I have set SW to automatically set the Balloon function to Custom Property. I have not found a way to automatically have SW point to my particular custom property field. I find that I must point the Balloon to the correct field in each instance.
I would like to possibly run a Macro to do this automatically, however, like the fist method I mentioned, this prevents the use of the Autoballoon function (I believe). I have tried a couple of macros with no real success.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
Mark Price
www.assembly-testww.com
Automated Assembly & Test Systems






RE: Custom Property in Balloon
Evan T. Basalik, MCSD
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It's all about prioritization...
RE: Custom Property in Balloon
I have considered this, although many of my users prefer to apply their balloons manually as they do not care for how SW applies the balloons.
I think the same process would work however. The users could apply their balloons and go back to redirrect them with a macro perhaps. Hmm, something to think about.
At this point, I am trying to minimize the need for "work-arounds" and make Balloon Macro function as much like the stock SW Balloon as possible. I envision my users simply running a Balloon Macro instead of the SW Balloon command and the Balloon simply pull from the Custom Field properly.
Thanks!
Mark Price
www.assembly-testww.com
Automated Assembly & Test Systems