Hello experts.
Hope you all are doing well.
So I have a big assembly with many parts.
I am preparing a drawing with a part list. This part list contains approximately 250 items. Now out of this 250 items I need only 100 items (for example) to be ballooned in the drawing. So i have made the rest 150 items invisible in the partlist (cannot make them phantom as they are needed in the next sheet of the same drawing).
Now the help I need is that, is there a way of auto ballooning only those items which are there in the part list (except the hidden ones). I hope I have been able to explain want I want.
Please help.
Workaround (test if this suits you):
1- Create your views with all items included, dimension, annotate, etc.;
2- In the assembly, create a new model state, where those 150 items you don't wish to balloon are suppressed;
3- Add a new BASE view to your drawing and select for it the new Model State (with 150 items suppressed);
4- If needed, make a projection of that base view to match the angle of the view you wish to use for ballooning (also suppress the base view if needed)
5- Add your Parts List selecting your new Model State to omit what you have to omit;
6- Auto-balloon that new view, then move it on top of the previous view which has all items unsuppressed;
7- Select the assembly inside the previous view in your browser, go to Properties, unselect "By Layer" and change the line type to Dotted or other, picking a Color that is the most faded possible.
This should give you a slight cloud on top, but the balloons are there where they are needed, while maintaining the full assembly view.
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Possible (slightly) streamlined method:
Thanks John, I knew there was some View Rep method but rushed to Model States! haha
CAD and PLM admin | My ideas | Inventor-Vault Expert GPT (my AI brain)
It's unfortunately only a little easier than what you suggested. Still takes a few steps to get there, and some are pretty similar.