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Balloons have vanished?

Balloons have vanished?

Balloons have vanished?

(OP)
I have a section view and I had added about 5 balloons.  Now the balloons are gone.  When I check the BOM contents it shows there are balloons attached to those 5 items But I don't see them.  I checked my layers and they are all on.  Is there something else I could try?

RE: Balloons have vanished?

These would be my first guesses (unless I'm missing something very obvious):

Rebuild drawing using CTRL-Q.

Rebuild the assembly using CTRL-Q while the drawing is open.

Close and reopen drawing.

Check to see if there are any graphics driver issues or updates.


Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

RE: Balloons have vanished?

This happens on larger assemblies to me also. Ctrl-q  will bring them back but they will go away again at random it seems. I am not sure of the overall fix. The above may be the work-around. It is frustating as it appears to happen with no reason. I end up redoing the ballons and then double balloons show up.

RE: Balloons have vanished?

(OP)
It definitely seems to be related to large assembly drawings.  Ctrl-Q won't even bring them back.

RE: Balloons have vanished?

With the lack of other responses here, I suggest contacting your VAR about the issue.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

RE: Balloons have vanished?

Which graphics card and driver are you using?

cheers

RE: Balloons have vanished?

I've had this same problem with large assemblies. Turns out SolidWorks would hide them for some reason, and a 'show annotations' would bring them back.  Also, I had my drawing view locked.  When I unlocked it and moved it slightly, the balloons would appear again.

John Graham CSWP
Mechanical Design Engineer

RE: Balloons have vanished?

(OP)
Quadro FX 1100

RE: Balloons have vanished?

(OP)
6.14.10.5673

RE: Balloons have vanished?

Time to update that driver. That one is not certified for 2007.

cheers

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