AMBALLOON command

Adds balloon annotations for geometry, blocks or standard parts annotated with part references.

Method

There are two use cases to activate the mechanical entities:
  1. When creating a new drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Start a new drawing using a Mechanical2d template.
  2. When opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities:
    1. Set the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable to ON (1).
    2. Open an existent ACM drawing and start special symbols creation.
Note: The balloon annotation is added to the AM_5 layer.
Note: The balloon annotations are compatible with the legacy AutoCAD® Mechanical application.
Note: After opening a drawing that contains mechanical entities, filling other drawings with mechanical-related data will be done on-demand in contrast to previous versions. It will be possible when a user copies the mechanical-related entities to the vanilla drawing. In case of copying entities that are not related to the mechanical data, a vanilla drawing will not be filled with mechanical data.
Note: When you open a drawing that contains mechanical entities, but the LOADMECHANICAL2D system variable is OFF, a warning bubble is displayed at the status bar that describes the situation and provides a hyperlink to immediately enable and load the mechanical 2d modules.

Select the part references from the current BOM for which you want to add balloons.

Options within command

auTo
Adds balloon annotations for all selected part references at once.
Note: The starting points for the balloon arrowhead leaders are inside the part reference symbols.
Horizontal
Places the balloons horizontally.
Vertical
Places the balloons vertically.
Angle
Places the balloons in a specified direction.
One
Adds balloon annotation for one-by-one selected part reference.
Note: You can select the starting point for the balloon arrowhead leader in the drawing.
set Bom
Allows you to choose which BOM to use.
Note:
  • When no Bill of Materials (BOM) is present in the drawing, a BOM named MAIN will be automatically generated.
  • Part references that belong to the chosen BOM are highlighted in red to be easily selected.
  • The part reference balloon number is according to the BOM used.
?
Lists the existing BOM in the drawing on the Command line.