Balloons have vanished?

[rjason71]

I have a section view and I had added about 5 balloons. Now the balloons are gone. When I check the BOM contents it shows there are balloons attached to those 5 items But I don't see them. I checked my layers and they are all on. Is there something else I could try?

 

[fcsuper]

These would be my first guesses (unless I'm missing something very obvious):

Rebuild drawing using CTRL-Q.

Rebuild the assembly using CTRL-Q while the drawing is open.

Close and reopen drawing.

Check to see if there are any graphics driver issues or updates.




Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

 

[rrohret]

This happens on larger assemblies to me also. Ctrl-q will bring them back but they will go away again at random it seems. I am not sure of the overall fix. The above may be the work-around. It is frustating as it appears to happen with no reason. I end up redoing the ballons and then double balloons show up.

 

[rjason71]

It definitely seems to be related to large assembly drawings. Ctrl-Q won't even bring them back.

 

[fcsuper]

With the lack of other responses here, I suggest contacting your VAR about the issue.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Which graphics card and driver are you using?

 

[jdg268]

I've had this same problem with large assemblies. Turns out SolidWorks would hide them for some reason, and a 'show annotations' would bring them back. Also, I had my drawing view locked. When I unlocked it and moved it slightly, the balloons would appear again.

John Graham CSWP

Mechanical Design Engineer

 

[rjason71]

Quadro FX 1100

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

.. and the driver?

Should be 6.14.10.9136 version providing you are running SW2007 on XPx32. If you are already running this driver, try re-installing per faq559-1194

If that doesn't work try going back to the 6.14.10.7756 version.

 

[rjason71]

6.14.10.5673

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Time to update that driver. That one is not certified for 2007.