{"id":27581,"date":"2021-02-22T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=27581"},"modified":"2021-02-18T10:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T15:23:32","slug":"six-solidworks-solutions-bom-and-balloons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2021\/02\/six-solidworks-solutions-bom-and-balloons.html","title":{"rendered":"Six SOLIDWORKS Solutions – BOM and Balloons"},"content":{"rendered":"

When working with SOLIDWORKS support, I receive questions multiple times, and most of the time the answer is the same.<\/p>\n

So in this and some of my other blog posts, I will be giving some examples of questions I receive when working in support, as well as offer solutions for them.<\/p>\n

In this blog post the focus will be on BOM and Balloons, as that can also prove to be quite a handful on occasions.<\/p>\n

All of the solutions offered here can be done by most users<\/p>\n

BOM reference<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sometimes it can be useful to have multiple views and BOM in a drawing due to different configurations.<\/p>\n

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However, if you delete one of the BOMs your Balloon on the referring to view with the deleted Table does not match the remaining BOM.<\/p>\n

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Reinserting the Balloon does not help.<\/p>\n

To solve this you have two options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Insert a new view.<\/li>\n
  2. Make sure the existing view refers to the correct BOM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    I will not go over option 1, but instead focus on option 2.<\/p>\n

    Right click on the view and press “Properties”<\/p>\n

    \"Properties\"<\/p>\n

    Under balloons, set a checkmark on “Link Balloon text to specified table” and select the table you want to link to.<\/p>\n