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Customize SOLIDWORKS

Learn how to Customize SOLIDWORKS tools and user interface

SOLIDWORKS Custom Tab

How to personalize SOLIDWORKS with a Custom Tab

To each their own. Whatever floats your boat. These are the cliché quotes I think about when it comes to…

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SOLIDWORKS VBA Macro Code to Save Drawing as a PDF

Usually when we want to speed up process tasks in SOLIDWORKS, we tend to search for Macros that can do…

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SOLIDWORKS Hotkeys

Keyboard Shortcuts (hotkeys) in SOLIDWORKS

Are you using the same function so often in SOLIDWORKS that you wish you could make it happen faster and…

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Generating all SOLIDWORKS Toolbox Sizes in One Step when using a Customized Toolbox

The SOLIDWORKS Toolbox add-in uses a database to store information on available SOLIDWORKS Toolbox Sizes and Properties of hardware.  The database…

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My SOLIDWORKS Task Pane is missing?

One of my favorite toolbars is the SOLIDWORKS Task Pane. In case you don’t know it by name, I’m referring…

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The SOLIDWORKS Shortcut Bar (S-Key) will help to keep your commands close

In your office, do you keep things nearby where they are to be used, or far away? Do you keep…

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SOLIDWORKS Pop-up Menu

How to customize SOLIDWORKS Feature Manager Context Sensitive Popup Menus [VIDEO]

With every release of SOLIDWORKS, we gain new methods of customizing the user interface to our specific needs. As a follow…

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SOLIDWORKS Hatch Pattern Customization

SOLIDWORKS has a good amount of standard hatch patterns that you can use in your drawings. But there are some occasions…

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New in SOLIDWORKS 2015 Professional – Select By View [VIDEO]

When speaking with folks who are new to the SolidWorks sphere of influence, I will typically mention the ability to…

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Split Surface Bodies

New in SOLIDWORKS 2015! – The Split Feature can now split Surface Bodies! [VIDEO]

As we climb up the steep hill that is the list of new enhancements to SOLIDWORKS 2015, I wanted to…

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Customize Context Sensitive Popup Menus within the Graphics Area [VIDEO]

With every release of SolidWorks, we gain new methods of customizing the user interface to our specific needs – the…

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SolidWorks drawing template & Sheet Format

SOLIDWORKS Tutorial: Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Templates and Sheet Formats [VIDEO]

Many people get confused when it comes to creating custom Drawing Templates and Sheet Formats in SOLIDWORKS.  It’s not as…

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Customize SOLIDWORKS Mouse Gestures and add your own commands

In the 2010 release of SOLIDWORKS, Mouse Gestures were introduced.  In SOLIDWORKS 2012 this functionality has been further enhanced with…

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CommandManager empty tab command

How to customize the SOLIDWORKS CommandManager

The CommandManager was first introduced in SOLIDWORKS several years ago as basically just a “super toolbar”. However it has been enhanced…

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M5x.5 Tapped Hole

Create a New Standard in the SOLIDWORKS Hole Wizard and Toolbox

These instructions are intended to create a New Standard in the SolidWorks Hole Wizard and Toolbox for additional tapped holes. …

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