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SolidWorks Tips And Tricks May 11 th 2011 by Don Glaske

SolidWorks Tips And Tricks May 11 th 2011 by Don Glaske. SKETCHING: Hold the “Ctrl” key to avoid auto relations. Drawing a rectangle, circle, etc… you can toggle to a different one by the “A” key. Use the “Shift” key when dimensioning to the Min or Max of a slot, two holes, etc…. PARTS:

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SolidWorks Tips And Tricks May 11 th 2011 by Don Glaske

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  1. SolidWorksTips And Tricks May 11th 2011by Don Glaske

  2. SKETCHING: Hold the “Ctrl” key to avoid auto relations. Drawing a rectangle, circle, etc… you can toggle to a different one by the “A” key. Use the “Shift” key when dimensioning to the Min or Max of a slot, two holes, etc…

  3. PARTS: Copy Feature by “Ctrl” and dragging Feature from the Feature tree to a new location on the part – Only in a Part– New Feature is created. Copy a Plane by “Ctrl” dragging - Not in Feature Manager. Copy a Sketch from Design Tree by “Ctrl C”, select desired Plane, “Ctrl V”. Copy a Derived Sketch, pre-select Sketch and Plane from Design Tree, go to Insert Pull Down, Insert Derived Sketch.

  4. PARTS/ASSEMBLIES: Add center plane to part/assembly, Ctrl select two opposing faces then select Plane, under Reference Geometry. The new plane will be centered between the two selected surfaces. Copy a Plane by “Ctrl” dragging - Not in Feature Manager. Save SW Parts and Assembly files as a 3D PDF file. Pretty cool!

  5. ASSEMBLIES: Use the “Alt” key when reordering parts in the Feature Tree, this keeps the parts/assemblies won’t “drop” into another sub-assembly. “Ctrl” and drag a part or a sub-assembly to make a copy. NOTE: Assembly grab from the Design Tree and Part grab from either Design tree or Assembly. Show mate highlights when hovering over the mates, Right Click on Assembly name in Design Tree, Click on Tree Display, Click on View Mates and Dependencies.

  6. DRAWINGS: Use the “Shift” key to move all aligned views together or window select views, move w/ mouse. Use the “Ctrl” select to copy notes. Use the “Alt” select to drag over another existing note to combine notes. Empty Views, Insert and hide. Awesome for hiding notes. Right click, Add Annotation.

  7. Keyboard Shortcuts: F : Fit View R : Browse Recent Documents Enter : Repeat Last Command Spacebar : Orientation Box Shift + C : Collapse All Browser Items Shift +Arrow Keys : Rotate Views Shift + Z : Zoom In Caps Lock + Z : Zoom Out

  8. Keyboard Shortcuts: Windows Default Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through open windows Ctrl + A: Select all Ctrl + C: Copy Ctrl + S: Save Ctrl + O: Open Ctrl + P: Print Ctrl + V: Paste Ctrl + W: Close

  9. Keyboard Shortcuts: SolidWorks Default Ctrl + B: Rebuild Ctrl + Q: Force Rebuild Ctrl + R: Redraw Ctrl + M: MateXpert Ctrl+1: Front View, Try other numbers? S : Shortcut Key

  10. THE ENDANY QUESTIONS ?

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