How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
(OP)
I'm trying out SW2009, to see whether we want to switch from 2007. We will very likely skip 2008. I like what I see in '09, except one feature that I am finding very annoying - the appearance callout "balloons" that attach to each part face you select. The idea to have these callouts is great when the focus of your work is appearances and textures, but when you select multiple faces to find their combined area, the screen is filled with appearance callouts. Does anyone know how to turn this off?
There are many enhancements in SW2009, especially in drawings, and I am hoping that we will be getting up to date with it soon.
There are many enhancements in SW2009, especially in drawings, and I am hoping that we will be getting up to date with it soon.






RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
Frank
RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
Thanks for the response. I'll check it out tonight - my 2009 install is on my home machine.
Gerald
RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
Thanks,
Gerald
RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
I don't have SW09 yet so cannot check.
RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
Gerald
RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
Reply from our VAR:
Hey Gerald,
I have verified the in 2009 SP 0.0 there is no View>Appearance Callout selection. This is probably one of those 0.0 bugs so I am going to need to report this to Solidworks.
In the meantime, I have a workaround for you to get it turned off. All this information is stored in the registry so if we find the proper registry key, we can modify the info and I just so happen to know what key we are looking for. Please follow the steps below EXACTLY, we don't want to mess up the registry:
1) Close Solidworks
2) On the start menu choose the run command and type regedit and then hit enter.
3) Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Solidworks > Solidworks 2009 > General
4) When you click on the General folder, a bunch of stuff will come up in the right hand side, these are our registry values.
5) Look for the value called "Display Appearance CallOut". Double click on that and change the value from 1 to 0.
6) Close the registry editor
7) Restart Solidworks
Now you should no longer have those appearance callouts.
In the meantime, I will get in touch with Solidworks about this and let you know what they have to say.
End of reply
Thanks for the responses
Gerald
RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
CODE
Application.SldWorks.RunCommand swCommands_View_Appearance_Callout, "test"
End Sub
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?
Gerald