{"id":886,"date":"2026-09-23T11:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/?p=886"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:57:07","slug":"why-balloon-drawings-are-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/why-balloon-drawings-are-mandatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Balloon Drawings Are Mandatory\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IATF 16949 \/ PPAP and AS9102 share the same core objective: <strong>traceability<\/strong>. This is not a recommended best practice \u2014 it is a strict compliance requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IATF 16949 \u2013 PPAP Deliverables (Automotive Industry)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>01 Full\u2011Dimension Inspection<\/strong> All product dimensions documented on design records shall be measured completely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>02 One\u2011to\u2011One Mapping<\/strong> Every balloon callout shall map to a corresponding dimension on the drawing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>03 Gage Traceability<\/strong> Inspection tools shall be traceable to national \/ international metrology standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>04 PPAP Submission<\/strong> Balloon\u2011annotated drawings together with measurement results constitute core deliverables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AS9102C \u2013 First\u2011Article Inspection (Aerospace)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>01 Unique Indexing<\/strong> Each design characteristic is assigned a unique identifier, consistent with FAIR forms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>02 Recorded Measured Values<\/strong> All variable\u2011measurement characteristics shall retain numeric test results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>03 Gage\u2011to\u2011Spec Matching<\/strong> Vernier calipers for linear dimensions; CMM for complex GD&amp;T features.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>04 Valid Calibration<\/strong> Inspection equipment shall remain within its calibration validity period during testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/automate-balloon-callouts-fulldimension-inspection-reports\/\">How to add balloon callouts for dimension objects automaticly?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IATF 16949 \/ PPAP and AS9102 share the same core objective: traceability. This is not a recommended best practice \u2014 it is a strict compliance requirement. IATF 16949 \u2013 PPAP Deliverables (Automotive Industry) AS9102C \u2013 First\u2011Article Inspection (Aerospace) How to add balloon callouts for dimension objects automaticly?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[118,119],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dwgsee","tag-balloon","tag-dimension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887,"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwgsee.com\/cad\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}