Further Actions for Parts and Callouts

Use

The Actions menu is located on both the Callouts panel and the Parts panel. The options differ slightly, with the Callouts panel showing additional callout-related options.

You can use the Actions menu to do the following:

  • Add selected metadata to the BOM. This option is only available when at least one of the objects has metadata.

  • Display only those callouts associated with visible parts.

  • Reset the leaderline appearance to be the same as specified in the Callout List Profile. This setting is used when changes in scene materials have affected the appearance of leaderline.

  • Automatically create callouts for selected parts that are specified in the Parts List. Callouts are only created for parts that are in the Parts list.

  • Remove selected nodes from the list. Removing nodes from the list also removes associated callouts.

  • Produce a parts list based on the screen position of the callouts, from the top of the screen down.

  • Synchronize part visibility.

  • Convert billboard style callouts to the vectorized equivalent.

  • Export the BOM and callouts.

Activities

Vectorizing Callouts

  1. Create the callouts.

  2. Click Actions on the Callouts panel, and select Vectorize Callouts.

  3. Make the selections you require and click OK.

Selecting a Callout

Do one of the following:

  • Click a callout in the viewport, hold down the CTRL key and click the nonadjacent callouts you want to select. The callout names are selected in the Callout Layer.

  • Click a callout name in the Callout Layer of the Scene tree, hold down the SHIFT key and click the adjacent callout for the range you want to select, or hold down the CTRL key and click the nonadjacent callouts you want to select. The callouts are selected in the viewport.

  • Click a callout name in the Callouts panel, hold down the CTRL key and click the nonadjacent callouts you want to select. The callouts are selected in the viewport.

  • Select a callout in the Callouts panel and click the checkbox. When a tick is displayed, the callout will be displayed in the viewport window. If the checkbox is unchecked, the callout is not displayed.

Exporting the BOM List

  1. Create the callouts.

  2. Click Actions on the Callouts panel, and select Export.

  3. Browse to the required save destination, enter a file name, and select a file type (.xml or .txt).

  4. Click Save.

The BOM and callouts are saved in either an xml or text file.

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