The following enhancements are provided for balloons and for callouts in Draft and in PMI.

More annotation snap points

Balloons and callouts have more snap points, which you can use to change the attachment point of the leader or the break line to the annotation. The snap points are displayed when you use Alt+drag to move the break line connection point (or the leader line connection point, if there is no break line).

Example:

Improved break line and leader behavior

• When break lines and leader lines are turned on and off, the annotation position and the annotation connection point are maintained.

• The leader line is trimmed to the edge of the annotation shape, unless it is connected to its center point.

• The default alignment of break lines to balloons is horizontal and vertical when the balloon angle is zero degrees.

• When you change the balloon shape, the break line orientation does not change. Instead, the break line (or leader line) reconnects to the nearest available snap point on the new shape.

• You can use Alt+drag to adjust the break lines and leaders on stacked balloons so that they do not cross the annotation.

New balloon shape: Rectangle

The Rectangle balloon shape adjusts its width automatically based on the text in the balloon.

The horizontal gap between the border and the text is governed by the Text clearance gap option on the Spacing tab (Dimension Style and Dimension Properties). The vertical gap between the border and text is based on the text height and the balloon height.

Adjustable clearance between text and border

Now you can specify the clearance gap between the text and the border in the dimension style for the following annotations:

• A callout without a border.

• A No Shape balloon.

You can use the following options on the Spacing tab (Dimension Style and Dimension Properties):

• Text clearance gap—Sets the horizontal spacing.

• Vertical box gap—Sets the vertical spacing.

Previously, these options applied only to a callout with a visible border.