Balloons

[Poorpaulus]

On an Assembly drawing, I am having problems selecting all of the components on the screen when I am trying to put balloons on them. They are showing in the BOM table, but when I click on the part, it clicks "through" it and selects the part behind it.

Why?

Paul.

 

[CADGemini]

Is the assembly on the drawing in an exploded view? If so, I have worked around the problem by making the view un-exploded. Then I hide parts til I can see the part I want to balloon. Attach the balloon and then set the view back to exploded again and un-hide the parts.

Make sure you place the balloon pointer on the part where you want it when it goes back to the exploded view. If you try to re-position the pointer on the part after it has been exploded again it will become dangling and you will have to go through the process again.

I see this happen on only a few of my assemblies. Hopefully this helps you with the problem you are having.

Best Regards,
Jon

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Does the RMB click & Select other not give the alternative selections.


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[SolidAir]

See Thread559-143779 for additional help

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[Poorpaulus]

Sorted.
Yes, it is an exploded view.

Having the assembly in the same state as the drawing seems to work.

Thanks for your help guys (and gals if applicable).