TechDraw Balloon/en

Description
The Balloon tool can add balloons with leader line in a drawing.



How to use

 * 1) Select the View to which the Balloon will be attached.
 * 2) Press the  button.
 * 3) The cursor is now displayed as a balloon icon. Click on the page to place the balloon origin to the desired position.
 * 4) The balloon bubble may be dragged to the desired position. Use CTRL-drag to move the bubble and the arrow.
 * 5) You can change balloon properties by double clicking balloon label or balloon object in the tree. This will open the Balloon Task dialog:

Using separators
When using a rectangle shape, separators can be added using "|" in the text. For example "AAA|TEST|111" gives:



Data

 * : Horizontal position of the balloon bubble relative to the View.
 * : Vertical position of the balloon bubble relative to the View.

View

 * : The name of the font to use for the balloon bubble.
 * : Dimension text size in mm.

Scripting
TechDraw API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Balloon tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions: