Until I get a touch screen I can run SolidWorks on, I feel that every other input device I use is going to come up short. I”ve hated mice ever…
Category: interface
In general over the last 15 years, the workflow of using theSolidWorks software has improved. The left click context toolbars, middle mouse button rotation and view manipulation, the interface remembering my last used…
SolidWorks 2010 is kind of modest in the interface changes department. Thankfully. One of the things they added was what some folks were calling “marking menus”, or command donuts or…
Does your desk look like this? No, of course it doesn’t, but 10 years ago, this was the extent of your display options. These days you have more and…
In the SWWorld general session on Tuesday, Jon Hirschtick make the appeal to old school curmudgeons to relent a little when railing against the changes in SolidWorks. He spent the first…
Service pack 2.0 is out, and that brings some curious but timid users out of the shadows to see if this is the time to upgrade. It’s like Ground Hog…
There’s a whole slew of stuff you can do with the Alt key in SolidWorks. I threatened one time to do a SolidWorks World presentation just on that one button.…
The Display Pane is that little panel that flies out of the side of the FeatureManager using the double arrow icon at the upper right corner of the FeatureManager. If you are not using it, and…
I’m sick of complaining about all of the interface problems with SolidWorks 2008. I want something flexible. It doesn’t have to be sexy, it doesn’t have to be trendy. It…
This may be tough to see because it is so large. Click on it for a better view. My monitor is a 24″ wide aspect. I’ve spent a fair…