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Balloon Styles and Sizes

Use balloons to label components with their item numbers from the bill of materials and to reference notes in the drawing.

Style


None	Circular

Triangle	Hexagon

Box	Diamond

Pentagon	Circular Split Line

Flag - Five Sided	Flag - Triangle

Underline	Square

Square Circle	Inspection

Size


Tight Fit	1 Character

2 Characters	3 Characters

4 Characters	5 Characters

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