Drafting Balloons
Drafting Balloons
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I'm a green engineer and am recreating some professionally done drawings (from ProE) in Solidworks and have encountered an issue. From what I can tell, Solidworks has no trapezoid balloon feature, just circle, triangle etc. This company that originally did the drawing used a trapezoid balloon. My questions are the following in order of importance:
1. Where can I find out what the different balloon shapes mean? (ANSI/MIL standard etc.)
2. What does the trapezoid flag indicate? (as opposed to square, triangle etc.)
3. Is there a way to make custom Solidworks balloons?
TIA - Bram
1. Where can I find out what the different balloon shapes mean? (ANSI/MIL standard etc.)
2. What does the trapezoid flag indicate? (as opposed to square, triangle etc.)
3. Is there a way to make custom Solidworks balloons?
TIA - Bram





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RE: Drafting Balloons
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2. Most likely it's defined by a company spec, or at least general practice from whoever originally did the drawings. Except as mentioned above for rev symbols I don't think the ASME stds generally spec what shape balloon is used for what - as long as each different purpose is different.
3. This question might be better asked in forum559: SolidWorks 3D CAD products
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Drafting Balloons
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Drafting Balloons
Harold
SW2010 SP3.0 OPW2010 SP1.0 Win XP Pro 2002 SP3
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com