I was hoping if someone could help me out on this. I have a 2D drawing of an aseembly containing more than 2000 refractrory bricks.
The first sheet conists of a custimised Parts list i.e. each type of part used, is given a predefined item number which is based on our product catalogue.
1. Now problem is if I Autoballoon it puts ridiculous amount of balloons all over the place even going outside sheet area. Rerranging them takes huge amount of time and is not worth it.
I want the balloons to be placed in the middle of each brick
2. Second option (which I uses) is to go into individual sheet and manually balloon every single brick part i.e. in excess of 2000 parts per drawing file.
This process takes days if not weeks. I am hoping if someone could ease my pain as this is not what I expected from Inventor. It is supposed to speed up the Process but when compared to AutoCAD its taking me 3 times longer to do the same task.
Many Thanks
Why would you model the individual bricks rather than simply the geometry form and do a simple calculation for the number of bricks?
Those refractory bricks are part of the overall 3D assembly which made of various subassemblies including refractory bricks i.e. course by course. Plus I need to show crosssectio view etc HENCE I appreciate you surgesstion but its not an option.
Would be impractical to emboss or decal the brick (bricks?) with the predefined item number on the face(s) that could be an analogue of a centrally-placed balloon?
>"I want the balloons to be placed in the middle of each brick"
Just thinking laterally here, for a moment:
- one idea would be to "Stamp" the brick part models with a small embossing or a bitmap, uniquely identifying the part. If your drawing is big enough that a balloon would fit in the middle of the brick, this "Stamp" will also be visible; Then, use custom numbers in the table to match...
- another idea is to to use a colour scheme for the bricks (all bricks the same = same colour), no numbers, then a Legend for cross-reference, no balloons....
How many identical bricks in this 2000 lot?
How many types of identical bricks?
(I've never used autoballoon, nor intend to do so in the future...)
Heh. I thought you beat me. I forgot to mention when he wrote refractory brick, I thought of the Space Shuttle and how each tile is (was ) unique and had their individual part number stamped on the face.