From the mechanical browser, right-click the annotation view to balloon and select Create Balloons. Click Annotate tab Balloon panel Balloons.Find; Examine the prompt and verify that the current BOM setting is correct. Information other than pictorial views and dimensions necessary for completing a drawing is classified as "notes. " The two types of note forms are General Notes. In this video I'm going to show you how to use the leader command or what we call multi leader. The most common types of annotations that you'll create in AutoCAD are text, dimensions, and hatching. MicroStation includes a set of key-ins that let you use the AutoCAD command syntax to set system variables and initiate commands. How in the world does one do it in ACAD though? I'm completely ignorant on the subject.