Attach balloons of different styles

[Anonymous]

So here's  a semi-silly question, how can I attach 2 balloons of different styles?

One is the normal balloon that shows item number, simple - attach balloon, simple.

But, here's the rub - the second balloon is a different property, and needs to "stretch" with text.

I can make 2 balloons with 2 leaders - but can't attach the stretched balloon to the round balloon. See attached file, the 2 balloons need to be connected.

Any ideas?

[blair]

Don't think you can get an Oval to fit to your text size. You are limited to the existing shapes (don't think you can create a custom shape. You can create a new "standard" with the "stock-code" being used. Then Balloon all your items with the existing Standard, then switch to your new standard. The other would be to use the "Split" Balloon and change the "Property Display" from "ITEM,QTY" to "ITEM,STOCK NUMBER".

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! It is possible I misunderstood your request. But, I am able to attach the balloon leader to the leader line of the other balloon. Could you share the files here?

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

@blair

Um... I did get the oval to fit my text - that IS a balloon - there's a checkbox in the style to "stretch balloon to text size" it works perfectly.

@johnsonshiue

I'm not sure I need to attach files - can you show me a screenshot of what you've done? I want to stretch the 2nd balloon, as shown, but NOT stretch the first balloon.  There is also difference in balloon heights.

[blair]

Did you get the QTY and STOCK CODE to work as well?

[Anonymous]

Sorry I should have clarified - I just manually type in the instrument number...

[blair]

If your "Instrument Number" is in one of the iProperty fields, then you should be able to bring it in automatically as well.

In Balloon Styles setting, there is a link to the "Column Chooser" to allow you to select the fields and position, just like in the BOM settings.

[Anonymous]

That is a good suggestion - the number of balloons to fill in is very small - but they need to be different sizes and connected together.  The difficulty there is attaching 2 balloons of different styles.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Is this what you were looking for?

[Anonymous]

Not quite @johnsonshiue, more like this:

Only I want the "instr-999" in a different style balloon (slightly smaller height).  This is acceptable, but I'd rather have the 2 different style balloons attached in this fashion.

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! I don't think Inventor balloon supports this workflow. You may need to create sketch symbols.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the information - we'll have to live with them being the same, I think, sketched symbols don't stretch to fit text, afaik?  I suppose they could - but most of my users are fairly novice, and already overwhelmed.

This could be solved by making a filleted border around text also...