Hello Friends,
In an eralier post, i had requested a method to generate Balloons in drafting workbench of Oblong Shape and with Nomenclature Data.. (V5 R19)
i am only able to generate the balloons with circular shape and with part numbers at its best..
One of the kind members suggested an alternative way to do so using the following steps:
1. open the drawing and the parent assembly
2. switch to the drawing window, and activate the view to contain the balloon
3. click the Text With Leader icon
4. select the arrowhead location
5. click the balloon location
6. ignore the Text panel, right-click inside the dotted rectangle where the text will go and select the "Attribute Link" option (might have to move the Text panel and zoom-in to click inside the dotted rectangle)
7. switch windows to the parent assembly
8. select the part instance in the tree (CATIA will switch back to the drawing window and display a long list of attributes)
9. expand the attribute columns to see the entire names and scroll down to select Nomenclature attribute (easier to go to the bottom and scroll up to find Nomenclature). Click OK to use selected attribute.
10. attribute will appear in Text panel. Click OK again.
11. select the Text and add the Oblong frame
It was a very nice alternative to achieve this task.. but i am working on an assembly that has more than 600 parts!!! And this repetition of steps will take me ages to complete! i have almost negligble knowledge in writing Macros
i am not even able to record macros in the drafting workbench!!
could someone please automate the method?? or any other automated technique to achieve the task..???
Please Help..
In an eralier post, i had requested a method to generate Balloons in drafting workbench of Oblong Shape and with Nomenclature Data.. (V5 R19)
i am only able to generate the balloons with circular shape and with part numbers at its best..
One of the kind members suggested an alternative way to do so using the following steps:
1. open the drawing and the parent assembly
2. switch to the drawing window, and activate the view to contain the balloon
3. click the Text With Leader icon
4. select the arrowhead location
5. click the balloon location
6. ignore the Text panel, right-click inside the dotted rectangle where the text will go and select the "Attribute Link" option (might have to move the Text panel and zoom-in to click inside the dotted rectangle)
7. switch windows to the parent assembly
8. select the part instance in the tree (CATIA will switch back to the drawing window and display a long list of attributes)
9. expand the attribute columns to see the entire names and scroll down to select Nomenclature attribute (easier to go to the bottom and scroll up to find Nomenclature). Click OK to use selected attribute.
10. attribute will appear in Text panel. Click OK again.
11. select the Text and add the Oblong frame
It was a very nice alternative to achieve this task.. but i am working on an assembly that has more than 600 parts!!! And this repetition of steps will take me ages to complete! i have almost negligble knowledge in writing Macros
i am not even able to record macros in the drafting workbench!!
could someone please automate the method?? or any other automated technique to achieve the task..???
Please Help..