Just a bunch of random Tips & Tricks

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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June 16, 2009 · Posted in SolidWorks Community, SolidWorks Tips

Comments

fcsuper

This was random. :)

Josh M

Thanks man, i like the quick simple stuff like this. I need to take some examples from you!

Rod_Uding

Thanks for the "F" key one on the filters, did not know that one.

gol10dr

Great tips Jeff. Keep um coming buddy!

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