Settings: Parts List & Balloons

This tab controls the parts list, balloons, and BOM that ADC creates on the drawings.

ADC Settings — Parts List & Balloons tab

Add Parts list

  • Activated: ADC adds a parts list to the selected corner of the sheet.
  • Deactivated: neither parts list nor balloons are added.

Use AutoFit

  • Activated: ADC fits the parts list automatically to its content.

Remove empty Columns

  • Activated: ADC removes empty columns from the parts list for a cleaner result.

Use manual Adjustment of the main Parts List

Only for BOM Level Structured (All Levels). Activated: adjust the main parts list manually; define a number of sub-assemblies at which ADC asks whether to adjust manually or automatically.

Title of Parts list

Set the title of the main parts list and the sub-components parts list — Default, the document name, or custom text.

Show Main Parts List in Sub-Components (Assembly)

  • Activated: show the main parts list on sub-assembly drawings.
  • Deactivated: hide it (ADC moves it to a hidden position under the sheet — do not delete it, or the Update process will not work correctly).

Show Main Parts List in Sub-Components (Parts)

  • Activated: add the main parts list to sub-component drawings of parts.
  • Deactivated: do not add it.

BOM

Set your BOM structure before creating drawings. ADC skips Purchased, Phantom, and Reference components. BOM Level options: Default (recommended), Structured, Structured All Levels, Parts Only. Sort BOMActivated: sort by the chosen column (ascending or descending); use Preview to check the result. Deactivated: the BOM is not sorted.

Add Balloons

  • Activated: ADC adds balloons to the drawings; choose which views are ballooned — Front View, Top View, Side View, ISO View — and the orientation.
  • Deactivated: no balloons.

Add Ref. Balloon Value Sets

  • Activated: on sub-assembly drawings, balloons reference the component’s item number in the top-level assembly. Only for BOM Level Structured All Levels.
  • Deactivated: no value sets.