SOLIDWORKS Shortcut bar
This article focuses on using a non-traditional way to assign hotkeys to your SOLIDWORKS session: Using your extra mouse buttons. SOLIDWORKS is designed to assign as hotkeys keyboard strokes and mouse gestures. The most important aspects of a design are speed, accuracy, and quality. SOLIDWORKS…
Customizing your SOLIDWORKS productivity tools is the first step in becoming as efficient as possible. This video covers the steps to customize SOLIDWORKS Keyboard Shortcuts, Shortcut Bars, and Mouse Gestures so you can spend less time looking for tools and more time designing. Let’s take…
This is going to be a debatable list, as many different people have many different workflows and habits they are accustomed to. I will however try and walk the centerline, and tell you about some of the time saving SOLIDWORKS keyboard shortcuts that everyone should…
SOLIDWORKS 2017 has added a new Context Toolbar button when you are in the sketching environment. Adding an Extrude Boss/Base feature from a sketch is probably the most common feature. So now once you’re done with your sketch, you can simply right-click and start an…
Recently I wrote an article about how to use the Shortcut Bar in SOLIDWORKS to reduce the distance your mouse has to travel. Basically, you can press the <S key> at any time in SOLIDWORKS and get a context-specific menu appear right beside your mouse…
In your office, do you keep things nearby where they are to be used, or far away? Do you keep the coffee mugs in the meeting room and the coffee machine in the break room? Do you store your frequently used things in a place…