Balloons and splines

[skatzY7HV8]

Apologies if there is an idea already on this topic, I was not able to find, and if one exists, please merge them.

In the attached image I have ballooned the end of a solid created by sweeping a profile along a spline.

One balloon works nicely, as it is connected to the end.

The other balloon does not work nicely, as I have tried to point it at a long edge. Only problem is it doesn't actually ever attach to the edge. You have to first place the balloon to the end, then move it to the long edge based on a spline, and then eyeball it. And if you want to make it look nice, you have to edit the arrowhead back to normal instead of the dot that is shown.

Please allow balloons to be attached to views of splines as you can with everything else.

[jtylerbc]

I run into this occasionally with models of hydraulic hoses.  It doesn't happen on every "spline" part, and when it does occur, it may not even happen at all points along the edge of the part.  But it does happen often enough to be incredibly annoying.

[Brojefj]

@johnsonshiue - Switching over to this thread, Note that I did find a solution and the segment that wasn't working for my colleague is now ballooning! I ended up reviewing the Base view and notice the reference margin was set to 100, I ended up setting it to an extreme size (999999999999) to make sure nothing would be cut off. I also turned on "interference edges" in the base view. After updating both of these settings I refereshed the detailed view that had the issue and was able to select the edge and place a bolloon. (I hope the video isn't too big)

[Yijiang.Cai]

Many thanks for posting the idea to us, and tracked as [INVGEN-54152]

[skatzY7HV8]

Glad this is finally on the devs radar. Hopefully it is a quick and simple implementation!

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2024/ENU/?guid=Inventor_ReleaseNotes_updates_2024_2_fixed_bug...

confused on how to track this, it looks like that number is already in use?

Drawings - Annotations - Balloon

Resolved an issue where a balloon cannot be attached to the view of the helix. INVGEN-54152

[skatzY7HV8]

@Yijiang.CaiI have been told that this may be implemented in 2024.2. Is this correct? Has it been implemented in 2025, and are there plans to implement it in 2023 or lower releases?

[Yijiang.Cai]

@skatzY7HV8 this idea has been addressed in Inventor 2024.3. As to the release before 2024, we need to double confirm with project team to see whether the fix can be back-ported.

Will keep you updated, and many thanks!