Customizing SolidWorks For Greater Productivity

Customizing SolidWorks For Greater Productivity
Joe Bucalo
Neil Bucalo
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Save and Restore Your Settings 1
Save Your Settings .1
Restore Your Settings .3
Chapter 2: User Interface Look and Feel 5
Reset All Preferences to Factory Defaults 5
Set the Background Color . 8
Create a Custom Color Scheme . 10
Gradient Background Color . 12
Background Image File 13
PropertyManager Look and Feel . 15
Toolbar Location and Display . 18
Display of All Toolbars . 19
Icon Size and Tooltip Display Options . 21
Left Panel Display 22
Task Pane Location and Display 23
Full Screen Mode 25
Chapter 3: Customize Your Menus 27
Hide or Show Items in a Menu .27
Customize the Shortcut Menus 29
Show All and Reset to Defaults 30
Advanced Menu Customization .32
Chapter 4: Customize Your Toolbars 35
Display a Toolbar .36
Remove a Button from a Toolbar 37
Add a Button to a Toolbar .37
Create a Custom Toolbar 38
Resize the Toolbar .43
Quick Customization Hints 43
Reorder a Button on a Toolbar 44
CommandManager .46
Add a Toolbar to the CommandManager 47
Customize the Toolbar Order in the CommandManager 48
Use Large Buttons with Text 49
Remove Toolbars from the CommandManager .50
Add Commands to a CommandManager Toolbar .50
Chapter 5: Keyboard Shortcuts 53
Use Keyboard Shortcuts 53
Create a Shortcut .56
Search for a Command to Customize 58
Sort Customize Commands by Category .59
Display Commands with Shortcuts 60
Reset All Shortcuts .62
Chapter 6: Macros 63
Record a Macro 63
Run the Macros .69
Create a Custom Macro Button 70
Edit the Custom Macro Buttons .75
Assign a Macro to a Shortcut Key .76
Edit the Macro .77Chapter 7 – Design Library 79
Access the Design Library . 79
Copy an Existing Library Feature 81
Create a Custom Feature . 82
Edit a Custom Feature . 86
Add a Library Feature to a Part 87
Modify the Design Library 89
Create Your Own Design Library 90
Chapter 8 – Orientation and Views 91
Orientation Dialog Box . 92
Change the Orientation of the Standard Views . 92
Reset the Standard Views . 94
Add New Named View . 94
Viewports 96
Two View – Horizontal . 97
Two View – Vertical 97
Single View . 98
Four View 98
Link Views . 99
Split Controls 100
Multiple Windows of the Same Document 102
Chapter 9 – Multiple Document Interface 105
Open Document Preview . 105
File Explorer 106
Customizing Different Views of SolidWorks Documents . 110
Cascade 110
Tile Horizontally 112
Tile Vertically 112
Chapter 10 – Document Templates 113
Customize the Settings . 113
Add Multiple Configurations . 115
Add a Favorite 117
Customize the FeatureManager design tree 118
Add a Folder 120
Add a Comment 121
Split the FeatureManager design tree 122
Create Custom Properties . 123
Custom Mass Properties . 124
Save As a Template 125
Change the Default Template Files . 125
Use a Custom Template 127
Chapter 11 – Drawing Templates 129
Prepare the Drawing Template Format 130
Link to Property 131
Set the Detailing Options . 134
Set Up Layers 136
Try it Out 137
Chapter 12 – Collaboration with Others 139
Set Collaboration Options . 139
Network File Locations . 140
Get Write Access or Make Read-Only 144
Manually Check File Status . 145
Chapter 13 – Copy Settings Wizard 147
Save Your Interface and Settings 147
Task Pane and Industry Customization . 149
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