Need to change all your balloon sizes?
Click Settings and Balloon Properties and enter the size of the balloon and shape. Then click the drop-down to All Existing. All the balloons will be the new size, shape.
Do you need to set your TDP to Metric or Inches?
Click TDP and TDP Properties and click the drop-down for the unit of measurement you need. Be sure to do this before you start ballooning!
Forgot to enter your Revision when you loaded the drawing?
Just right click on the drawing to access the Drawing Properties to indicate if the drawing is comma or decimal and the Revision.
Change Selected Balloons Size, Shape and/or Color
Select the balloons to have a different, size, shape and/or color. On the drawing panel, right click on of the selected balloons and the balloon properties for just these balloons display. Modify the data as [...]
Need to skip balloon numbers? Create a Group!
Click BoC at the top of the page and select Configure Characteristic Group. Create a group, such as 60 and start at number is 60. Then Assign this group (See the Group section at the [...]
Filter your BoC to Exclude NR and much more!
On the Bill of Characteristics (BoC) click the funnel icon for creating filters. Create a new filter and then set the criteria for the filter to include or exclude characteristics, or other values such as [...]
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Are your drawings illegible due to scanning over use?
Sharpen them with the DISCUS menu item View and Adjust Contrast for improving the OCR on the drawings.
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Dealing with various tolerances per dimension?
No problem as you can use a tolerance designation function. Check out page 32 of the tutorial and ask for a sample CSV file to import. Contact [email protected] for the tutorial and sample file.
Changing Colors
Under Settings and Colors find the item and a color palette to change colors, such as completed balloons to be blue instead of green.
Convert to Inches or Metric
Contact [email protected] and we can send you the appropriate template. Enable the macros and press CTRL and M and the data will be in metric and inches.
Inches or Metric UoM?
Before you balloon, zoom into the title block to ascertain if the part is inches or metric. Under TDP and TDP Properties, then switch to the UOM for that part.
Add text markup to your drawing
To mark up the Drawing with Text, click the T icon in the tool bar. This will open a text field on the drawing. Enter the text and this will display and export on the [...]
Adding a tab to the BoC
To create a New Tab in the Bill of Characteristics (BoC), click the menu item Settings and Detail Panel and click the Plus sign to add a new tab.
Need to rotate drawings?
Rotate your drawing via the menu item Drawing and Rotate Drawing: 90, 180 or 270 degrees.
Change Color/Shape/Size of individual balloons
On the drawing panel, select the balloons you want to modify and right click to select Balloon Properties. At this point you can select a different shape, size and/or color of those selected balloons.
Streamline the BoC by removing columns not needed
In the Bill of Characteristics, click the 4th icon on the left column, Configure Columns. Click to remove from view any data that you would not like to have visible. This can be on the [...]