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How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?

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.

RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?

in sw 2008, view>appearance callouts,


Frank

RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?

(OP)
Frank,
  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?

(OP)
Well, I checked to see if the setting is there, and in my install it does not exsist.  Can anyone who is running SW2009 confirm whether or not the option to turn off Appearance Callouts can be accessed under the view menu?  Maybe my web install of SW2009 sw0.0 is bad, or it is a bug.

Thanks,
Gerald

RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?

It doesn't tell how to disable the callouts in the Help files?

I don't have SW09 yet so cannot check.

cheers

RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?

(OP)
CBL - I could not find any help reference to turning the appearance callouts in the graphics area on/off.  It only talks about the Feature Manager regarding them.
Gerald

RE: How to turn off Appearance Callouts in SW2009?

(OP)
Just had confirmation from our VAR - it is a bug.  

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?

Does this macro work to toggle the callouts on and off?

CODE

Sub main()
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?

(OP)
handleman - The macro will not run, it seems as though the functionality just does not exist in SW2009 sp 0.0.  I'm sure this will be corrected in a service pack.
Gerald   

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