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Custom Property in Balloon

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!

Mark Price
www.assembly-testww.com
Automated Assembly & Test Systems

RE: Custom Property in Balloon

Have you thought about autoballooning, then going through and modifying the text (via macro) after autoballooning?

Evan T. Basalik, MCSD
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RE: Custom Property in Balloon

(OP)
Evan,

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

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