Re-numbering Balloon Labels
Re-numbering Balloon Labels
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I am making a drawing of an assembly with 20 parts for a product manual. To simplify the drawing for the end user, I wish to identify only 5 components in the excel-based BOM with balloons. These are the wear-and-tear parts that need to be replaced periodically.
In the 'bill of materials properties' dialogue box, I selected 'contents' and checked only the items I want to appear. The BOM is then displayed with my 5 items.
In the BOM, the item numbers (and balloon numbers) are listed as: 1, 5, 11, 17, and 18. Management has requested the numbers show: 1,2,3,4,5 instead.
Is there a way I can 're-number' the item labels? I know I can manually change the balloon labels, but what about the BOM?
Thanks
In the 'bill of materials properties' dialogue box, I selected 'contents' and checked only the items I want to appear. The BOM is then displayed with my 5 items.
In the BOM, the item numbers (and balloon numbers) are listed as: 1, 5, 11, 17, and 18. Management has requested the numbers show: 1,2,3,4,5 instead.
Is there a way I can 're-number' the item labels? I know I can manually change the balloon labels, but what about the BOM?
Thanks






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An alternative might be to re-arrange the components in the FM tree to the 1 to 5 positions ... if possible.
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Bradley
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
RE: Re-numbering Balloon Labels
Click on the balloon. Under "Balloon Text" Pick "TEXT" from the drop down. You can then input any text you require.
I do agree with the previous posters. Solidworks BOM is much easier to control.
ejc
RE: Re-numbering Balloon Labels
Thanks for the complement. I was wondering if anyone else knew that the SolidWorks BOM is better way to go. We were constantly reprinting Excel base BOM’s because someone forgot to double click the BOM when a part or quantity changed. We use equations in our BOM’s.
Bradley
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
RE: Re-numbering Balloon Labels
RE: Re-numbering Balloon Labels
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