Balloon arrow heads jumping to spots?!
Balloon arrow heads jumping to spots?!
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Apologies if this has been covered before, but it's driving me nuts!
I've had this in several different drawings (but not all). It goes like this:
- Make drawing.
- Balloon parts (amongst other things) using arrow heads on the lines as requested (I direct them to a point or line on the part)
- Complete the drawing and close it
- Open at a later date to print and the arrow heads on the balloons have jumped into spots
It's not only time consuming but annoying having to check for this every time I open a drawing to print it. Is this just another glitch, or is there a method to cure it?
I've had this in several different drawings (but not all). It goes like this:
- Make drawing.
- Balloon parts (amongst other things) using arrow heads on the lines as requested (I direct them to a point or line on the part)
- Complete the drawing and close it
- Open at a later date to print and the arrow heads on the balloons have jumped into spots
It's not only time consuming but annoying having to check for this every time I open a drawing to print it. Is this just another glitch, or is there a method to cure it?






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SW 2010 SP 2.0
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 670
4096 Meg, Quadro FX 1400
DUAL DELL 2007FP DISPLAY
Windows XP PRO SP3
RE: Balloon arrow heads jumping to spots?!
CBL: The arrowheads change into filled circles. It's as if you picked up the point and moved it JUST off of the line I pointed it at, placing it in the body of the object and therefore creating a filled circle. Interestingly/weirdly, it seems to be doing this mostly with fixings such as hex head bolts...
pdelnet: That might be a simple solution - I'll try it out! Getting mark-ups back times over is getting tiring!
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As so often seems to be the case with SW, I've had to compromise... settings > doc. prop's > annotations and set all attachments to arrowheads. I lose the filled circles in the body of parts, but at least I don't have to keep going back and changing things all the time.
Thanks lads.
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Everytime I change it back; it resets at the next session.
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RE: Balloon arrow heads jumping to spots?!
I just remembered something that might help. Try selecting the drawing view, RMB to Lock View Focus before creating your balloons. I've seen a few strange things happen when notes and other things are NOT associated with a view and they really should have been. I've never had to resort to creating sketch points to snap an arrowhead to.
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