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Knowledge Bridge Documentation

Help version: 3.3.8

 

clip0031InvBaloonSheetView

Description

Adds drawing balloons (callouts) to components in a drawing view.

 

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Use the Style and Standard Editor dialog box to edit a balloon style.

 

 

Mixins

InvObjectMixin

 

RULE NAME

DESCRIPTION

TYPE

DEFAULTS

CATEGORY

FLAGS

*invLeaderPoints

List of Points that specify intermediate leader points. The points can be absolute or relative. Relative points can be specified as [["Part","PointFeature",[x,y]]]

Where

Part = The complete path to invName of the part where the PointFeature can be found.

PointFeature = A workpoint or a named vertex.

x,y = An optional offset vector from the PointFeature.

String

""

 

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invNamedFeature

Name of named entity such as face, edge or vertex this Balloon will be attached to. This cannot be a work feature.

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invIntent

Intent of point.
Choices are:
None,kStartPointIntent,kEndPointIntent,kMidPointIntent,kCenterPointIntent, kCircularLeftPointIntent,kCircularRightPointIntent,kCircularTopPointIntent, kCircularBottomPointIntent,kAxisStartPointIntent,kAxisMidPointIntent, kAxisEndPointIntent,kPlanarFaceCenterPointIntent

String

"kStartPointIntent"

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invLevel

Optional input, PartsListLevelEnum, that sets the view type for the parts list. If supplied, this input is only used in the case where the balloon references an assembly document. If this value was previously set as a result of creating a parts list or a balloon in the drawing based on the same model, this argument is ignored.

String

"kStructured"

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invParentView

Specifies the view where the Balloon will be created.

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invStyle

Name of Balloon style to use.

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invXData

Data passed in here is stored as Inventor’s attributes on this object. Only string values can be stored and the structure is "[["AttSetName" ,["AttName","AttValue""]], ["AttSetName1" ,["AttName1","AttValue""]]…]"

Where 

AttSetName = AttributeSet name

AttName = Attribute name

AttValue = Attribute value

 

Example:

"[["myData" ,["County","Orange""]],["ExportPaths" ,  ["PartSheet",

"C:\\temp\\cache\\Parts"]], [ "ExportPaths" , ["AssemblySheet",

"C:\\temp\\cache\\Assemblies"]]"

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invPart

The part containing this NamedFeature

String

""

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invInsured

This guarantees placement of Balloon even if the NamedFeature is not found but Part should exist.

Boolean

false

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

invPlacementDirection

Property that sets the direction in which to place attached balloons. This is related to BalloonSet.

String

"kBottomDirection"

Inventor

Cached
Parameter

 

*invLeaderPoints: Example: ["23,16,21,18", "4,24,3.5,25"][child.index]

The points are from the lower left corner of the drawing sheet. "23,16" is the first point and "21,18" is the 2nd point. The third point (arrow) is supplied by the invPart and the invNamedFeature.

 

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