Integration Preferences for Balloon Mapping

Use the Balloon Mapping property to control the transfer of balloon numbers from Creo to the part list table in PLM.

The Balloon Mapping property comprises of the following options:

  • Transfer Ballooning Information
  • Field in Part List table
  • Warn for duplicate Balloon IDs
  • Warn for incorrect Ballooning
  • Apply Ballooning Values of non-default configuration to default configuration
Transfer Ballooning Information
If this check box is selected, it is possible to map ballooning information from CAD files to PLM.
Field in Part List table
Specify the target field in PLM Part List table to which the Balloon information must be transferred. This field name must match the database field name.
Component parameter for Balloon mapping
Specify the name of the parameter created on each component in the assembly in Creo. Value of this parameter is read and transferred to PLM.
Warn for duplicate Balloon IDs
If this check box is selected, you are alerted when two child items (of the same parent) item have the same Balloon-id.
Warn for incorrect Ballooning
If this check box is selected, you are alerted if the ballooning is not properly performed for the child components (under a parent).
Warn for incomplete Ballooning
If this check box is selected, you are alerted when a ballooning is performed incompletely for the child components.