balloons

[camtd]

I am new to using Autocad 2011. How do I create numbered balloons with no leaders that I can place in the drawing and have the number increase by one number for the next placement.


Thank You

[Chalkbot]

Well, there is not a built-in feature to do what you describe, although it would be a simple lisp routine to write for someone familiar with Autolisp programming. If you posted that you needed help writing it in the Autocad support forums there a plenty of people in there that would probably write the program for you.

Your other alternative is simply creating a block with an attribute definition. This won't automatically count up, but it will prompt you for a number every time you place the bubble saving you a few steps if you were to do it manually.

To do that, draw a circle the size of the bubble you want. Type "Attdef" to place an attributed piece of text where you want it to be in the bubble. A dialogue will appear with all the usual text settings for how you want it to look, and also 3 boxes labled "Tag", "Prompt", and "Default". For Tag, just put an "X", for Prompt, put "Bubble Number" and for Default put "1". After that is done, type "wblock" at the command line. Another dialogue will appear. For "Source" choose "objects", For "Basepoint" click "pick point" and select the center of the bubble you drew. For "Objects" click "Select objects" and then select both the bubble and the text. "Destination" is where you will save your new bubble for future use.

Now any time you want to use your new bubble, type "Insert" (or simply "i"), browse to the location you saved the bubble and click ok. Click where you want the bubble and it will place it in your drawing and ask you for the number you want it to show.

Hope that helps.