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CMM: Balloon leader is not in the center.

CMM: Balloon leader is not in the center. Description of problem:

Balloon leaders are in the wrong position when migrating a drawing from I-deas to NX.

It looks like when we migrate the data we are adding a leader with a stub length of 0 instead of no stub.  There doesn't seem to be away to control this using a default or a template file.  

How to reproduce the problem:

  1. Migrate the attached drawing using the defaults.

  2. View the drawing in NX with the drawing overlay and notice how all of the balloon leaders are not from the center of the balloon.  This is because they are all given a stub length of 0 instead of no stub like they should be given.

 

Workaround:

There is no acceptable workaround.  You must go into each balloon , edit it, and then switch to no stub.  There is no way to do this edit on multiple id symbols in NX.  

Platform(s) and version(s) tested on:

CMM 8 and CMM 8.5.2

Data or platform specific:

no

File type:

Zip file containing the package file of the drawing, a word doc showing the issue, and the log files from my migration.

File location: See coordinator notepad

   

Other information:

This is an important issue for the customer.  It causes a lot of time to be lost editing these id symbols. This issue is currently open and under investigation. When the investigation completes, this article will be updated to include all of the pertinent information and conclusions. If you have further questions related to this article, or any article, please contact Support for assistance. PR 6932163 Product Information: Product: NX , Application: TRANSLATOR , Version: V8.0.1

Source: https://support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/knowledge-base/PL8811597 · retrieved 2026-10-02