Generating Balloons on a View

This task will show you how to generate in the active view balloons corresponding to references defined on the different parts of an assembly.

Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options->Mechanical Design-> Drafting, Layout tab, and check the View name and Scaling factor options.

	Open the Product_Balloon_Gen.CATProduct and Product_Balloon_Gen.CATDrawing documents.
	1. Double-click the view in which you want to generate the balloons. In this particular case, double-click the front view. This view is now active. 4. Select the Generate Balloons icon on the Dimension Generation toolbar. The balloons that were previously created on the CATProduct are automatically generated onto the active view. 5. If needed, multi-select these balloons and modify the font size from the Text Properties toolbar. You can also select and drag a balloon to change its position.
	Balloons generated

	Balloons after the font size and position were modified:

	6. If needed, insert a bill of material into the active view (`Insert -> Generation -> Bill of Material` from the menu bar).

	The part numbers appear in the bill of material on the condition you specified it previously (Product Structure workbench: `Analyze -> Bill of Material -> Listing Report` from the menu bar).