Introduction
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SolidWorks Fundamentals
SolidWorks Fundamentals
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Basic Concepts
Dragging Features
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Saving Multiple Documents
Search
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Sensors
SolidWorks API
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Display
File Properties
Equations
FeatureManager Design Tree
Industry-specific Design Tools
Measurement
Multi-user Environment
Object Linking and Embedding - OLE
Opening New and Existing Documents in SolidWorks
Options
Overview of SolidWorks Options
System Options
General System
Drawings
Display Style
Area Hatch/Fill
System Colors
Sketch
Relations/Snaps
Display/Selection
Performance
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External References Options
Default Templates
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Collaboration
Document Properties
Pack and Go
Recording and Playing Macros
Recording Videos
Reference Geometry
Selection
Moving from 2D to 3D
Assemblies
CircuitWorks
Configurations
Design Checker
Design Studies in SolidWorks
Detailing and Drawings
DFMXpress
DriveWorksXpress
FloXpress
Import/Export
Mold Design
Motion Studies
Parts and Features
PhotoView 360
PhotoWorks
Routing
Sheet Metal
Simulation
SimulationXpress
Sketching
Sustainability Products
SolidWorks Utilities
Tolerancing
Toolbox
Weldments
Workgroup PDM
Troubleshooting
Glossary
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Search Options

Set options for SolidWorks Search.

To set search options:

  1. Click Options  or click Tools, Options.

  2. Select Search.

  3. Specify the options described below, then click OK.

Reset All returns all system options, not only those on the active page, to the system defaults.

Search while typing. Start the search as you type the search string.

Include 3D Content Central results.  Search the 3D models that are included in the 3D ContentCentral database.

Results per page. Specify the number of documents to be shown on each page of the Task Pane Search Results tab.

Maximum results per data source (independent of 3D ContentCentral). Number of results for a search attempt.

The user cannot specify the number of return results for 3D ContentCentral, which is controlled by the server.

Indexing Performance

Specify when indexing takes place. All locations in the list on the Task Pane Search Results tab are indexed.

Index only when computer is idle. Improves performance.

Always index (may slow SolidWorks. Ensures that the search index is always up to date.

Dissection

Schedule file dissection for Design Clipart. The SolidWorks files you search are dissected to make their components easy to locate and reuse.

Schedule dissection daily to automatically dissect files in search paths.  Turn dissection on or off.
 

Daily Start Time:  Time to begin the scheduled dissection.

Daily Stop Time:  Time to end the scheduled dissection.

Location:  Folder to save the dissected files.

 



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