I’ve been slammed at work lately, but knew that I should come up with some sort of a post. How about a bunch of random SolidWorks tips & tricks.
- Holding ‘Ctrl’ and dragging a part in an assembly will copy the part. This is true if you click on the part in the tree or the graphics area. You can do the same with a sub-assembly out of the tree.
- Hold ‘Ctrl’ and dragging a plane will create a quick parallel copy of said plane.
- Dynamic Line/arc creation – Hover over the line endpoint to switch to the arc tool, or press ‘A’ to alternate between the two.
- F9 will hide the FeatureManager, F10 will hide the toolbars, F11 hides all.
- F5 turns your selection filter toolbar on and off. F6 clears enabled filters.
- Holding down ‘Shift’ while dimensioning arcs will auto dim to ‘Max’.
- If you use the ‘Shell’ command without selecting a face, you’ll create a hollow part.
- Use Multi-mate to speed up mate creation in assemblies.
- Did you know that you can rotate, in 3D, a view in a drawing?
- Use a surface cut to quickly remove half of a model.
Ok, that’s it for now. Just a quick post!
GO SOX!
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gol10dr says:
June 16, 2009 at 10:14 PM (UTC -7)
Great tips Jeff. Keep um coming buddy!
Jeff Mirisola says:
June 18, 2009 at 12:13 PM (UTC -7)
I’m trying, Lou, I’m trying.
Rod_Uding says:
June 17, 2009 at 5:55 AM (UTC -7)
Thanks for the “F” key one on the filters, did not know that one.
Jeff Mirisola says:
June 18, 2009 at 12:13 PM (UTC -7)
No worries, Rod. Just trying to help out!
Josh M says:
June 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM (UTC -7)
Thanks man, i like the quick simple stuff like this. I need to take some examples from you!
Jeff Mirisola says:
June 18, 2009 at 12:12 PM (UTC -7)
Thanks, Josh. Coming from you, that’s quite the compliment.
fcsuper says:
June 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM (UTC -7)
This was random.
fcsuper says:
June 19, 2009 at 6:27 AM (UTC -7)
This was random.