TechDraw Balloon

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TechDraw Balloon

Menu location
TechDraw → Balloon
Workbenches
TechDraw
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.19
See also
TechDraw New annotation

Description

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

Usage

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

Using separators

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

Properties

Data

View

  • ViewFont: The name of the font to use for the balloon bubble.
  • ViewFontsize: Dimension text size in mm.

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:

bal1 = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject('TechDraw::DrawViewBalloon','Balloon')
rc = page.addView(bal1)