Balloon Mapping

You can now transfer balloon numbers from Autodesk Inventor to the part list table in PLM. This information can be stored to any field of the Part List table, in addition to the Find No. field.
Constraint
  • Ballooning is done only for Top-Level components.
  • When there exist multiple drawings in the system for the same [model + configuration], the information in PLM is overwritten with the ballooning information of last saved document.
  • If ballooning is not performed for a document, then the information in PLM is not updated.
  • You must first create a Top-Level BOM Table and then perform automatic balloon creation.
  • Only Balloon information linked to the top level Item is mapped.
  • If balloons are mapped to the Find No. field in PLM, user is responsible to prevent duplicate numbers. In case of duplicate Find No, an error message is displayed.
Solution
During Save to PLM, integration reads the Ballooning information defined on the active sheet of the drawing for the assembly and transfers the values to the PLM.