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JTB Text Bubble
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Description
Inserts Text Bubbles at the end of lines, arcs, polylines, splines, and leaders or at any other location of your choice. Renumber the text bubbles quickly as needed.
These are the 3 commands that help you get flying with Text Bubbles:
1. TBB command:
Specify the diameter of the Bubble's circle. Pick objects (lines, arcs, polylines, splines, and leaders) to insert Text Bubbles at endpoints. Text Bubbles will be aligned nicely to the object directions. While picking objects, you can change the text value to be inserted. Values enter in sequence as 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C or a, b, c would be automatically switched to next value in the found sequence. Pick on empty space would insert Text Bubble at that pick point. Pick on a Text Bubble block would replace it with the new value. Pick on Text or MText object would convert that Text or MText to Text Bubble. Note that TBB supports only a single line and short text. Otherwise, it won't fit the bubble circle.
2. TBBCV command:
Select multiple Text and MText to convert to Text Bubbles.
3. TBBRE command (Text Bubble renumber):
Renumber mark attributes of Text Bubbles and/or other blocks. 4 options are:
1. Find and replace;
2. Adjust attribute;
3. Highlight bubbles of the specified mark for editing via Properties Panel.
4. Turn on or off auto grouping
An example of a TBBRE command with a new start number is 3:
+ Auto grouping is on: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5 will be 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5
+ Auto grouping is off: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5 will be 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Once you have purchased a license, use the JTBW_Activate_Apps command to get your computer name and email to JTB World for the activation key. This command is available on the command line only. Before activated, the app will run for 15 days without limitations, after this, it will only work on drawings with less than 500 objects in model space.
If you want to try before you buy download our Text Bubble Trial.
See also JTB World's more advanced app JTB Text Bubble Plus and the JTB Text Bubble Plus Trial.
For more info see the product page for Text Bubble Plus.
The license is perpetual for the version you purchased. Support and upgrades are included for a minimum of 4 years after purchase. If you have more than one computer and you are the only user of the application one license is enough.
Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).
Very useful utility, thanks.
A nice utility when calling out components in a Bill of Material.