Overview of SolidWorks
Options
Customize SolidWorks functionality.
Options Dialog Box Structure
The SolidWorks Options tabs
emphasize the difference between system options and document properties.
System Options.
The system options are stored in the registry and are not part of the
documents. Therefore, these changes affect all documents, current and
future.
Document Properties.
The document properties apply only to the current document, and the Document Properties tab is available
only when a document is open. New documents get their document settings
(such as Units, Image Quality, and so on) from the document properties
of the template used to create the document. Use the Document
Properties tab when you set up document templates.
The options listed on each tab are displayed in tree format on the left
side of the dialog box. As you click an item in the tree, the options
for the item appear on the right side of the dialog box. The title bar
displays the title of the tab and the title of the options page.
To access the Options dialog box:
Click Options
on the Menu Bar toolbar, or Tools,
Options. The Options
dialog box appears with the System Options
tab active.
Right-click in the FeatureManager design tree
area and select Document Properties.
(There must be no
items selected in the FeatureManager design tree or graphics area in order
to select Document Properties.)
The Options dialog box appears
with the Document Properties tab
active.
Click Grid/Snap
on the Sketch toolbar. The Options
dialog box appears with the Grid/Snap
page of the Document Properties tab
active.