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    Exploded Balloons

    Bradley, Spot on. Had a little bit of a play around and you can work out where the balloon will pick up on the part. If you imagine the part is being viewed in straight isometric (no perspective) then create a balloon from where the part would appear then it works. But this is obviously not...
  2. connevans

    Exploded Balloons

    Bradley, Unfortunately no luck. I did manage to get one balloon to pick up on a small part, only it found it off above and to the right of where the actual part is! Very strange. So effectively the balloon will pick up on it but floating in space.... Dave. Useful to learn about the filters...
  3. connevans

    Exploded Balloons

    Bradley, No it is just on sheet one. It is almost as if it can't calculate the maths to work out where the parts actually are. It is fine with larger parts. Dave.
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    Exploded Balloons

    I am using SW 2001 Plus. Does anyone know how to get named exploded views which have perspective to balloon correctly. It works fine if the view is just plain isomentric, but small parts will not balloon if the view is in perspective. Also how do I add an extra Arrow/Leader to a balloon. I...

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