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3DVIA Composer Tip: Create consistent size balloons

Submitted by on April 8, 2009 – 6:36 pmOne Comment

Have you noticed that when you create balloons in 3DVIA Composer, invariably you get inconsistent diameters depending on # of characters in Bom-ID.

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You can create consistent size balloons by changing the Document properties (under Edit menu).  To apply this setting to all documents, change the same settings in “Default Document Properties” (under settings menu).

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  • Avinash

    Hello Donzel,
    Could you please elaborate on which setting in Default Document Properties need to be changed to get consistent sized balloons.
    Many thanks in advance.
    Best Regards,
    Avinash