How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
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Hi,
If I use manual ID-symbols ( i.e balloons) with a partslist, the balloon will update according to the corresponding line in the partslist.
If , for some reason "somebody has been cheating" and placed a non-attached balloon and manually entered some number in the balloon, the balloon will not update with the partslist. Assume that somebody adds a new component to the assembly and that the new component will re-order the partslist. Now all balloons will get new numbers except the "cheated one".
In the attached illustration, the balloon 387 is quite obviously a loose one since the arrow is far from attached, but if there are many balloons and the arrows look like they where attached,
How can i find the balloons that will not update with the partslist , or in reverse, highlight the balloons that will update ?
If I use manual ID-symbols ( i.e balloons) with a partslist, the balloon will update according to the corresponding line in the partslist.
If , for some reason "somebody has been cheating" and placed a non-attached balloon and manually entered some number in the balloon, the balloon will not update with the partslist. Assume that somebody adds a new component to the assembly and that the new component will re-order the partslist. Now all balloons will get new numbers except the "cheated one".
In the attached illustration, the balloon 387 is quite obviously a loose one since the arrow is far from attached, but if there are many balloons and the arrows look like they where attached,
How can i find the balloons that will not update with the partslist , or in reverse, highlight the balloons that will update ?





RE: How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
Try it out and let me know if you find any bugs.
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RE: How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
I will give it a try.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
I ran your journal on a few production drawings. I can't remember the item name of the specific one that had unassociated leaders,
I will ask the user if he remembers the item.
It works brilliant!
NX has an odd behavior though, if the found object is on a invisible drawing, the id symbol cannot be selected under the group for "Info - object". ( I tried to get info on what sheet it resides.)
Anyhow, i found a bonus feature , it will also find retained ID symbols.
Thanks again!
Regards,
Tomas
RE: How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
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RE: How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
, in some cases I will have to open sheet after sheet to find the foul balloon.
Super!
Tomas
RE: How to find "not-attached" ballons on drawings ?
NX 8.0.1.5