topic Re: Text height of balloon in drawings in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Text height of balloon in drawings

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:12:28 GMT

Hi,

I created a drawing of an assembly then inserted a BoM and ballooned up the items. I wanted to change the text height in the balloon and therefore the balloon diameter but I can't find an option to do this.

Is there an option?

Re: Text height of balloon in drawings

julia.paganucci — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:53:18 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

There are currently no options to change the size of the balloon/balloon text in Fusion 360. Feel free to add it to the Fusion 360 IdeaStation!

Thanks,

Re: Text height of balloon in drawings

gerhardSH76G — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:17:48 GMT

Yep, they are silly big. The text size options are also so limited I can't even fit my BOM on the drawing.

The actual circle size needs to be independently scalable as well.

Full formatting options like with any windows program is desperately needed here.

Re: Text height of balloon in drawings

ClintBrown3D — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:23:03 GMT

Hi @julia.paganucci @Anonymous @gerhardSH76G

Balloon size can now be changed via Text Height Groups. In the August release for Fusion 360, the ability to change Text Height Groups was added. In Document Settings > Text Height Groups, under the “Custom” option, adjusting the “Large” Text Height Group will change the size of your Balloons, have a look at this article, which runs through the new Groups and shows how to change your balloon sizes: https://clintbrown.co.uk/2021/09/04/edit-balloon-sizes-text-heights/

Re: Text height of balloon in drawings

brimalN5ESU — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:17:43 GMT

This is a step in the right direction but far from adequate. At the Medium group, the bom balloons are too big. If you change to the Small text group, they are better, but now all my other text is too small. Please allow independent bom balloon size changes. Thanks.

Re: Text height of balloon in drawings

ben_harveyN2G5R — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:02:32 GMT

As this request is 6 years old.

Can anyone confirm if editing BOM font size has been resolved?

If not, then can Autodesk provide a timeline for this?

thanks

Re: Text height of balloon in drawings

ClintBrown3D — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:31:41 GMT

Hi @ben_harveyN2G5R

Welcome to the forums.

Text height groups were added 3 years ago. These control the size of text objects on your drawings, have a look at this article from 2021

https://clintbrown.co.uk/2021/09/04/edit-balloon-sizes-text-heights/

Re: Text height of balloon in drawings

ben_harveyN2G5R — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:37:02 GMT

Amazing! thank you 😁