Balloon Settings

The Balloon page allows you to make settings that determine how balloons appear in various drawing types. A balloon is a number that marks an item in a panel layout or other type of drawing. The number corresponds to that item's position in the bill of materials list.

Setting	Description
Balloon Numbering By	Select whether the balloon numbering will be unique across the entire project, across each installation or across each location. There is also a selection installation+location which allows balloon numbers to be duplicated if either the installation or location is different.
Clear All Balloons	Removes all assigned balloon numbers in the project. This will delete the balloons in the drawings and remove the item numbers from the project database.
Balloon Type	Use the Balloon Type radio buttons to determine the style of the balloons. Circle - The balloon appears as a numbered circle. Ellipse - The balloon appears as a numbered ellipse. The size of an ellipse balloon will use the radius (r) setting to define the width and height where: Width = 2r Height = 1.5r Hexagon - The balloon appears as a numbered hexagon. The size of the hexagon balloon should follow the circle Radius setting where the hexagon is drawn as a circumscribed shape around a circle using the defined Radius as the size. Line - The balloon appears as a line with a number beside it (GOST standard).
Drawing Mode	For each drawing mode listed you are able to define the following parameters: Radius - Radius of the balloon circle. Text Height - Text height of the number inside the balloon. Quantity Height - Height of the quantity number. Text Style - Text style of the balloon and quantity text.
Balloon Settings	Scale Balloon radius and text by page scale - Enable this if you wish the balloon circle radius and text size to be scaled according the page scale of the page on which the balloon is placed. Display Separate Balloons for Quantified Parts - Enable this if you wish the balloon to be displayed multiple times for symbols that have a part number assigned with a quantity greater than one. Use balloon numbers from parts database - The user has the ability to define a balloon number in the Parts Database Manager. When this option is enabled, whenever a part number is assigned, the corresponding balloon number is automatically assigned as well.

Stacked Balloons

When multiple balloons need to be stacked together, Bentley Substation uses the 2r value to determine the spacing for the balloons. Thus, additional balloon(s) are placed (stacked) as shown below:

Circle and Ellipse balloons are stacked as shown below: