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AutoBalloon5 Method (IDrawingDoc)

Automatically inserts BOM balloons in selected drawing views.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function AutoBalloon5( _
   ByVal BalloonOptions As AutoBalloonOptions _
) As System.Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IDrawingDoc
Dim BalloonOptions As AutoBalloonOptions
Dim value As System.Object
 
value = instance.AutoBalloon5(BalloonOptions)
C# 
System.object AutoBalloon5( 
   AutoBalloonOptions BalloonOptions
)
C++/CLI 
System.Object^ AutoBalloon5( 
&   AutoBalloonOptions^ BalloonOptions
) 

Parameters

BalloonOptions
IAutoBalloonOptions

Return Value

Array of INotes

Example

Remarks

This method automatically inserts BOM balloons for bill of materials items in selected drawing views. If a drawing sheet is selected, BOM balloons are automatically inserted for all of the drawing views on that drawing sheet. 

To automatically insert BOM balloons:

  1. Select one or more views or sheets for which to automatically create BOM balloons.
  2. Set the properties on the IAutoBalloonOptions object.
  3. Call this method using the IAutoBalloonOptions object in the BalloonOptions argument.
 

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 2012 FCS, Revision Number 20.0


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