Balloon and Qty
Balloon and Qty
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Hello,
How do I adjust the spacing between the item balloon and quantity? Is there a custom prop file I can tweak?. The default spacing is just awful.
see attached
How do I adjust the spacing between the item balloon and quantity? Is there a custom prop file I can tweak?. The default spacing is just awful.
see attached
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
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RE: Balloon and Qty
Have not found a way to change it.
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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RE: Balloon and Qty
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: Balloon and Qty
RE: Balloon and Qty
RE: Balloon and Qty
Some companies use separate BOM docs and not add a BOM on the dwg.
I have worked at 4 companies that do this.
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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RE: Balloon and Qty
BOMs on drawings are growing very rare in most newer companies, as there is a reliance on PLMs such as Agile. In particular, it is specifically disallowed to avoid duplicate information (which increases the chances of error). BTW, some ASME standards do should the use of qty next to balloons in their examples though it is not explicitly states in the standard verbage (as far as I can tell).
On SolidWorks quirky qty spacing
The spacing in the qty is not adjustable. It was made that way to support companies that use the term "2 PLACES" or "2 PL" or something similar. For some reason, the product definition team didn't think about ASME use of qty "2X" as a likely option, so it appears they added the "2X" option as an after thought, which is why it comes out as "2 X". It is annoying and it does need to be fixed. I suggest contacting your VAR and asking them how to get rid of the space. When they cannot tell you, request that the matter be forwarded to SolidWorks as an issue.
Matt Lorono
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RE: Balloon and Qty
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Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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RE: Balloon and Qty
I think Art was reffering to you working at 4 different companies.
Matt,
Thanks. I'll call our VAR sometime today or tomorrow. I'll keep you posted on the feedback.
Best,
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer
RE: Balloon and Qty
Couple layoff's and economy changes.
Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion