Creation of Callouts on the Drawing

Calling the command:

There are three options in the automenu:

If Show product composition window option is active, Product composition window will appear.

There are two ways to create callouts after calling the command:

1)You need to select a record in the Product Composition window. A callout cursor for the record will appear. Callout is a specific type of leader note element. The corresponding fragment will be highlighted in 2D and in 3D windows. Then you need to specify fixing points of the callout in one of the existing windows.

Position number will be assigned to Text field of leader note's parameters window automatically.

More information about leader notes creation can be found in Leader Notes chapter.

The By default parameters for leader notes, callouts of the product composition and bend notes are stored in the system separately.

2)You need to select an object on the drawing. A callout for the record, which corresponds to the object, will appear. You need to specify its location on the drawing. The Product Composition window is not necessary in this case.

Create BOM callout command provides links between records of product compositions and callouts. If there were any changes which lead to the position number change, callouts will update.

You can update positions using the following commands:

Automatic Callouts Creation

Create All Callouts option is used for multiple callouts creation. Upon its activation, following options appear in the automenu:

This option allows to align all callouts after their creation (see below).

This option allows creating callouts without arrows. Shoulders of resulting leader notes will be snapped directly to the centers of objects linked with the selected record of the product composition. The group alignment of callouts is not available, when using this option.

         

This option selects all records of the current product composition for callouts creation.

If some projection is active at the moment of callouts creation, the callouts are created on this projection only. Otherwise, the callouts are created for all projections containing the object linked with the selected record of the product composition.

This option clears the product composition records selection.

Select the desired record of product composition and press .

If the Group Alignment of Callouts option not active, the callouts will be created instantly. Otherwise, the preview of the callouts will follow the cursor and following options will appear in the automenu:

Horizontal and Vertical options are mutually exclusive. Depending on which one is active, the shoulders of the resulting callouts will be aligned along the horizontal or vertical line passing through the cursor position.

This option allows to switch between possible orientations of shoulders of resulting callouts: horizontal right, vertical up, horizontal left, vertical down.

This option allows to switch location of additional shoulders in relation to the main shoulder: above or below.

When using the automatic callouts creation, starting point of callout arrow coincide with the center of the bounding rectangle of corresponding fragment.

Set the desired position of callouts and press to confirm the input. In result, the creation of the current set of callouts will be finished, and the command will return to initial state.

The callouts use standard parameters of leader notes except for arrow ending type (the point is used) and priority (127 is used). If there are several positions corresponding to one fragment, the callout with several jogs is used.

Arbitrary data cell of product composition selection

You can output content of an arbitrary product composition cell to the callout. Use the Specify column for linking with callout option for this purpose.

System waits until you select the product composition column after the option activation. The selected column will be highlighted and Use specified column for linking with callout mode will be activated.

The next step is to select string of the product composition. Its content will be set to the callout string.

The selected column is stored. You can disable option (the column will not be highlighted) and continue callouts creation in an ordinary way. You can enable link with the selected column again, if necessary. The next callout will be linked with the selected cell of the column.

Additional Jogs

Use option to create several jogs. After the option activation, you need to select all records of the product composition that should be added to the callout.

You can use existing callouts to show additional positions on the drawing. Therefore, several records may be associated with one callout. For this purpose, point the callout using the mouse cursor, press and select Edit item from the appeared automenu.

You need to select the record of the product composition and create a new jog using button on the Multiple jogs tab in the parameters window.

Use and  buttons to change the order of jogs. To delete jogs use button.

To change position on the existing jog, select it and specify any other record in the Product composition window.

Multiple jogs list contains the main leader note jog. Do not delete it.

The symbols “{{ }}” means that the callout is linked to the product composition and is updated in accordance with it. If you remove these symbols, then the link will be broken.

Transparent Call of Create BOM Callout Command

Create BOM callout command is available in the context menu of the selected record.

The command also activates automatically when you drag a record into the scene using Drag’n’Drop mechanism. For this purpose select a record in the product composition, move it and release in the 2D or 3D window. The command of callout creation will be activated.