How do I group a manually placed balloon?
How do I group a manually placed balloon?
(OP)
NX 8.5.2.3
If I right click on a balloon that was placed by using the "Auto Balloon" feature, I get the two options, "Group Horizontally..." and "Group Vertically...". However, If I've placed the balloon manually as a single balloon I do not get the grouping options. How do I group balloons that were placed manually?
Thank you,
Trent Paulk
If I right click on a balloon that was placed by using the "Auto Balloon" feature, I get the two options, "Group Horizontally..." and "Group Vertically...". However, If I've placed the balloon manually as a single balloon I do not get the grouping options. How do I group balloons that were placed manually?
Thank you,
Trent Paulk





RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
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RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
Fabio
RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
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RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
When you are about to "drop" the balloon on the drawing, IF NX highlights a dashed rectangle around the balloon and another,then drop. ( as seen in the attached image) The Balloons will move together as long as you drag the original one. dragging the "last one" will move it out of the "group".
This function is kind of vaguely documented... The feature is called "stacking" . You can set the stacking distances in the Preferences - Annotation ( set all 4 = 0 if you like the balloons to touch.)
There is no hotkey to activate the stacking, you need to move around until the dashed box appears. ( and the ballon is previewed in the correct position)
When done ( the secondary balloons placed) , you can remove the leader . The balloon is still connected to the partslist.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
Anyhow
could you please direct me to the documentation that discusses these automatic texts and how to put them in parts list?
Thank you
RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX3 to NX9 with almost every MR (18versions) plus the NX10 Beta
RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
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Thanks
Fabio on NX7.5
RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
I tried you work around but couldn't get the box/rectangle to come up. I'm using 8.5.2.3. Which version of NX are you using?
Thanks,
Trent
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RE: How do I group a manually placed balloon?
Thank you,
Trent
NX 8.5.2.3