NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies
NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies
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We are trying to use Solid bodies to create a cut list. I have read a couple comments/examples on how to accomplish this on this site. So far so good, except when I go into and try to Auto balloon the drawing. The Auto balloon command in NX8.5 displays many balloons instead of the eight balloons I would have wanted. Has anyone else run into this small issue? Please see Pic. Thanks





RE: NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies
Can you upload the part in the picture?
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)
RE: NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies
RE: NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies
If you have a look at the linked video, if I create a new parts list and set it the way I would (with only 1 key field) then I can get the balloons to work as they should.
The problem then is that you can't have the other 6 items labelled automatically.
If you have the plist variable set to 1, (vimeo video http://vimeo.com/106565338 explains what it is and how to set among other things about parts lists), then it is possible to create empty balloons and have the parts list populate them.
However as you can see in the video, I could only get that to work for components, not the solids as you are using.
Video is at: https://phoenxplm.sharefile.com/d/s39b915058d349fe...
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)
RE: NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies
I don't have any solution, as I don't use auto-balloon. I always seem to have a different preference for balloon placement than the software, and place the empty balloons before populating.
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RE: NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies
RE: NX8.5 Autoballoon Solid Bodies