I find myself frequently selecting Balloon from the Annotation tool bar, and then changing the Settings to hexagon with Balloon Text set to Text. IS there anyway I could add this to a menu? It would be very handy is this was a single click...
I am relatively new to SW and haven't customized any of the menus wanting to learn the "generic" versions first, but this is one customization that I think would be worth it.
thanks in advance...
One option would be to create the balloon the way you want, then add it as a Style. It will then be available for new Balloons, or to change the properties of existing Balloons. If you want this for future drawings you'll need to save it in your drawing template. I don't use Balloons much, but I have Styles saved for Notes and Dimensions, and it works very well. I started using this method instead of the design library years ago when I'd get an error message trying to use the same note multiple times in the same Drawing.
Making a hex balloon style sounds good, but I did, or tried to, seems like I can "save" it and manually recall it. Works okay, but is there any way to get the style to LOAD automatically for every session of SW???
Document Properties > Drafting Standard > Annotations > Balloons, set as desired, then save the drawing as a new Template. Any drawings made from that Template will inherit that style.
I'm not aware of any way to have it automatically loaded for existing drawings. As I said above, you can create the Style and save it in your Drawing Template(s). Are you familiar with the process? If not:
Why aren't the changes I made at Tools > Options > Document Properties saved when I start a new Part? may be of more help.
Okay... got it! Thanks!!!! BTW, I found that I didn't need to insert a drawing view, I could just insert a balloon with my hexagon style loaded, then delete the balloon, save the template and my hexagon style would be there for all new drawings.
What I have done is saved a copy to my design library so that I can drag it in from there. I have mine with text that reads the revision property of the drawing and populated automatically.