



Description

The Balloon tool can add balloons with leader line in a drawing.

Usage

Select the View to which the Balloon will be attached. Press the Balloon The cursor is now displayed as a balloon icon. Click on the page to place the balloon origin to the desired position. The balloon bubble may be dragged to the desired position. Use CTRL-drag to move the bubble and the arrow. You can change balloon properties by double clicking balloon label or balloon object in the tree. This will open the Balloon task dialog.

Using separators

When using a rectangle shape, separators can be added using "|" in the text. For example "AAA|TEST|111" gives:

Properties

Data

Data Text : Text to be displayed.

: Text to be displayed. Data Source View : Source View for the balloon.

: Source View for the balloon. Data Origin X : Balloon origin x-position

: Balloon origin x-position Data Origin Y : Balloon origin y-position

: Balloon origin y-position Data End Type : End symbol for the balloon line. Options: None, Filled Arrow, Open Arrow, Tick, Dot, Open Circle, Fork, Filled Triangle

: End symbol for the balloon line. Options: None, Filled Arrow, Open Arrow, Tick, Dot, Open Circle, Fork, Filled Triangle Data Shape : Shape of the balloon bubble. Options: Circular, None, Triangle, Inspection, Hexagon, Square, Rectangle

: Shape of the balloon bubble. Options: Circular, None, Triangle, Inspection, Hexagon, Square, Rectangle Data Shape Scale : Scale factor for the Shape .

: Scale factor for the . Data Text Wrap : Text wrap length; -1 means the text will never be wrapped and the result is in every case a single line.

: Text wrap length; -1 means the text will never be wrapped and the result is in every case a single line. Data Kink Length : Distance from the Shape to the leader line kink.

: Distance from the to the leader line kink. Data X : Horizontal position of the balloon bubble relative to the View.

: Horizontal position of the balloon bubble relative to the View. Data Y: Vertical position of the balloon bubble relative to the View.

View

View Color : Color of the balloon text.

: Color of the balloon text. View Font : The name of the font to use for the balloon bubble.

: The name of the font to use for the balloon bubble. View Fontsize : Dimension text size in mm.

: Dimension text size in mm. View Line Width: Balloon line width

Scripting

See also: TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Balloon tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions: