Balloons and parts list

On an assembly drawing, the parts list names the parts it is made of, and each balloon placed on a view refers to a row of that list. Comiror fills the list from the assembly: you complete it and lay it out.

A parts list only exists for an assembly: a single part or a 2D drawing has no components to list.

Placing the parts list

Click an empty area of the sheet to show its settings, then Add the parts list. The list sits above the title block and grows toward the drawing. It takes the components of the assembly, named and counted: four identical screws make one row, quantity 4.

Choosing the columns

Select the parts list to set it up. Six columns are available: item number, description, quantity, material, reference and note. All are printed by default except the reference, which you add if you need it. Removing a column stops printing it without erasing what you entered.

Correcting a row

In the parts list panel, each row can be completed: description, material, reference, note. These corrections belong to the drawing and don’t change the 3D file.

A row can also be hidden on the drawing, for instance fasteners you don’t want to detail. It stays in the list and comes back with one click.

The material you enter is also used by sections: each cut body takes the hatch pattern of its material.

Layout

• Growth: upward, the list grows above the point where you placed it, which is what you expect from a parts list sitting on the title block. Downward, it goes down.
• Row height and text height, in millimeters. The table height follows the number of parts.
• Wrap beyond: past the chosen number of rows, the rest continues in a band placed alongside, with its own header, to the left, to the right or wherever there is room.

If the list overflows the sheet or covers the title block, the editor tells you: reduce the row height, wrap the list or hide components.

Ballooning parts

The Balloon tool places a balloon on a view. Choose in the tray the parts list row to balloon, click the part on a view, then where to place the balloon, clear of the linework. The parts list therefore needs to be placed first. The balloon moves by dragging it; its leader line follows. In its panel, you can give it a hexagonal shape.

The number follows the parts list: reordering or hiding a row renumbers the balloons rather than making them wrong. A balloon that no longer refers to any row isn’t printed until you attach it to another row or remove it.

When the assembly changes

The list follows the source assembly: a new version of it updates the list at the next view update, and your corrections are kept. If a ballooned part can no longer be found after the update, its balloon stays in place and says so: check that it still points to the right spot.