TechDraw Balloon
Appearance
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| Menu location |
|---|
| TechDraw → Annotations → Balloon Annotation |
| Workbenches |
| TechDraw |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| 0.19 |
| See also |
| TechDraw Annotation |
Description[edit | edit source]
The TechDraw Balloon tool can add balloons with leader line in a drawing.
Usage[edit | edit source]
- Select one of the following:
- A View (on the page or in the Tree View).
- A vertex in a View.
- An edge in a View.
- A closed region in a View.
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
Balloon Annotation button.
- Select the TechDraw → Annotations →
Balloon Annotation option from the menu.
- Press the
- If a View or a region was selected:
- The cursor changes to a balloon icon.
- Click a point on the page for the origin of the Balloon.
To move the bubble of a Balloon, press and hold the left mouse button on its center and drag the mouse.
To change the properties of a Balloon double-click it on the page or in the Tree View. This will open the Balloon task panel.
Note: The position of a Balloon is relative to its Source View and uses the same scale factor.
Using separators[edit | edit source]
When using a rectangle shape, separators can be added using "|" in the text. For example "AAA|TEST|111" gives:
Properties[edit | edit source]
Data[edit | edit source]
- DataText: Text to be displayed.
- DataSource View: Source View for the balloon.
- DataOrigin X: Balloon origin x-position relative to the View.
- DataOrigin Y: Balloon origin y-position relative to the View.
- DataEnd Type: End symbol for the balloon line. Options:
Filled Arrow,
Open Arrow,
Tick,
Dot,
Open Circle,
Fork,
Filled Triangle, None.
- DataEnd Type Scale: Scale factor for the End Type.
- DataBubble Shape: Shape of the balloon bubble. Options:
Circular, None,
Triangle,
Inspection,
Hexagon,
Square,
Rectangle.
- DataShape Scale: Scale factor for the Shape.
- DataText Wrap: Text wrap length; -1 means the text will never be wrapped and the result is in every case a single line.
- DataKink Length: Distance from the Shape to the leader line kink.
- DataX: Horizontal position of the balloon bubble relative to the View.
- DataY: Vertical position of the balloon bubble relative to the View.
View[edit | edit source]
- ViewColor: Color of the balloon text.
- ViewFont: The name of the font to use for the balloon bubble.
- ViewFontsize: Dimension text size in mm.
- ViewLine Visible: Whether the balloon line is visible.
- ViewLine Width: Balloon line width
Scripting[edit | edit source]
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
The Balloon tool can be used in macros and from the Python Console by using the following functions:
bal1 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject('TechDraw::DrawViewBalloon','Balloon')
rc = page.addView(bal1)
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