[Balloon] Page on [Default Shape Settings] Dialog Box


On [Balloon] page on [Default Shape Settings] dialog box, you can modify the following settings.
The modified settings will be displayed on the preview screen located at the bottom left of the dialog box.

Balloon

[Type]
Set the balloon type.

[Size]
Input the balloon size.

[Line Color]
Set the line color of balloons.

[Line Type]
Set the line type of balloons.

[Line Width]
Set the line width of balloons.

Text

[Font Style]
Set the font style for balloons.

[Bold]
When turned on, the text for balloons will be made bold.

[Character Gradient]
Input an angle for a text gradient for balloons.

[Angle]
Set the locate angle for texts for balloons.

[Always Horizontal]: Always locates texts horizontally to X axis on the drawing.
[Any]: You can input any locate angle for texts. Input an angle in [Angle] box.
[Parallel to Last Lead]: Locate texts parallel to the last lead.

[Color of Text]
Turn it on to set a color of texts different from that of balloons, and set a desired color.

Lead

When multiple point arrays are specified, a lead will be added to a balloon.

[Arrow Type]
Set the arrow type for leads.

[Pointed Arrows (1, 6, 9, 11) Settings]
If you select the pointed arrows (1, 6, 9, 11) in the arrow type, click the [...] button next to it, and then click [Pointed Arrows (1, 6, 9, 11) Settings] Dialog Box is displayed, and you can set the direction and tip angle indicated by the arrow size for the arrow.

[Arrow Size]
Input an arrow size for leads.
When [Same as Balloon Size] is turned on, the size is the same as the balloon size.
If the arrow type is 1, 6, 9, or 11, the arrow size will be the direction set in the [Pointed Arrows (1, 6, 9, 11) Settings] Dialog Box on the start side.Arrows 8 and 10 are diagonal in size. Other than that, it is the height when facing horizontally.

[Line Color]
Turn it on to set a color of lines different from that of balloons, and set a desired color.

[Line Type]
Turn it on to set a type of lines different from that of balloons, and set a desired line type.

[Line Width]
Turn it on to set a width of lines different from that of balloons, and set a desired line width.

Style

[Balloon Style]
Click and select a registered style to reflect the settings for the style.

[Register...]
Click it to register the set details as a style.

[Settings]
Click it to display [Style Settings] dialog box where you can edit the style.

Import/Export

[Load default balloon settings from template]
Default balloon settings for the template are loaded to the current settings.

[Load default balloon settings from other drawings]
Default balloon settings on other drawings currently opened are loaded to the current settings.

[Save default balloon settings to template]
Current default balloon settings are saved as default text settings for the template.

Supplemental
Styles displayed in [Balloon Style] list with an asterisk (*) are registered to the drawing template. Select a template style to copy the style to the drawing.

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