Color Parameter in Configurations

The design table can include a column for configuration-specific colors...If you know the 32-bit integer value of a color, you can type the number directly into the design table in a column with the $COLOR parameter as the...To calculate a color value in a design table

Sketch/Curve Color PropertyManager

Defines a color with red, green, and blue values...Defines a color with hue, saturation, and value entries...Hue Component of Color Saturation Component of Color Value Component of Color Current Display State/This configuration

Dimensions in Configurations

You can display dimensions that are driven by design tables in a different color...Controlled by Design Table in System colors and change the color...Example of a design table that controls feature dimensions

Tables

The following types of tables are available on the Table toolbar in drawings...General Table Bill of Materials Hole Table Revision Table Weldment Cut List Design Table (Excel-based tables for managing configurations Title Block (See SolidWorks Help: Title Block PropertyManager) Weld Table (See SolidWorks Help: Weld Tables) Table functionality includes...Table Properties

Visibility of Components in Design Tables

uses $SHOW in a design table, the software creates a display state for each configuration in your model, using the hide/show states as specified in the...Columns in the design table using the $SHOW parameter are no longer needed, and changes in these columns will be ignored...In design tables, the $DISPLAYSTATE parameter sets the active display

Viewing the Results of the Design Study

Color...Gray text with the same background color used for the tree view...of a Design Study tab, under Results and Graphs , select a sensor to plot the associated simulation result

Viewing the Results of the Design Study

Color...Gray text with the same background color used for the tree view...of a Design Study tab, under Results and Graphs , select a sensor to plot the associated simulation result

Obsolete Column Headers

configuration in your model, using the hide/show states as specified in the design table...Columns in the design table using the $SHOW parameter are no longer needed, and changes in these columns will be ignored...In design tables, the $DISPLAYSTATE parameter sets the active display

Vector Plot Options

Uses the same color map of the plot for the vectors...Single color. assigns a user-selected color to all vectors in the plot...Select Match chart color to use the same color map used in the plot or Single color to use a single color for the vector plot. Click

Appearances PropertyManager

The color is applied to the appearance listed in Selected Geometry under Selected Entities...Click the color area to apply a color using the...Select a color and click to add the color to the swatch

Annotation Tables

A table consists of cells arranged in rows and columns...In the table PropertyManager, clear Attach to anchor point. (For Excel-based bills of materials, clear Use table anchor point in the Bill of Materials...Drag the table toward a vertical or horizontal line or a vertex in the sheet format

Customizing Plot Legend

On the Default Options tab, select Color Chart in the tree...Select the desired position, width, number format, and color options...In the PropertyManager, select the desired position, format, and color options

Vector Plots

Select Match chart color to use the same color map used in the plot or Single color to use a single color for the vector plot...To change this color...click Edit color

Configuration Properties PropertyManager

Link to Parent Configuration (For derived configurations only.) The part number is the same as the parent configuration name...To specify a color for the configuration, select this check box, then click Color to choose a color from the color palette...To apply a configuration-specific color to components in an assembly, right-click the selected components in the FeatureManager design tree, expand

Creating List Properties

The configuration list changes to include a column called Color...Each configuration list row contains a color value, and the configuration names include the suffixes you specified...With Color selected in the Custom Properties list, you can specify Green as the default color for this component in the right pane

Hole Table PropertyManager

Right-click the table in the FeatureManager design tree and select Properties...If the table is anchored on creation, the stationary corner is...The table assumes the layer color

Summary of Design Table Parameters

Summary of Design Table Parameters...NOTES When you use design tables in the SolidWorks software, it is important to format the tables properly...See Visibility of Components in Design Tables

Glossary

A table that lists conductor-wire identification, color, length, and from-to information...A flattened configuration of a 3D model used in electrical design...The length of the default stub as defined in the Connection Point Property Manager or by the parameter StubLength@CPoint in the design table

Toolbox - Customize Hardware

You customize hardware by selecting individual components and setting their property values...Length and Configuration Name columns are removed and the table lists only configurations with unique sizes...To export the configuration table to an Excel spreadsheet so that you can enter part numbers and other values, click Export data

Toolbox - Customize Hardware

You customize hardware by selecting individual components and setting their property values...Length and Configuration Name columns are removed and the table lists only configurations with unique sizes...To export the configuration table to an Excel spreadsheet so that you can enter part numbers and other values, click Export data

Customize Macro Button

Click OK again to close the Customize dialog box...Click Tools, Customize, or right-click in the window border and select Customize...In the Customize Macro Button dialog box, edit the macro, then click OK

Change Route PropertyManager

The color of the first fitting list is displayed on the first fitting in the graphics area...The color of the second fitting list is displayed on the second fitting in the graphics area...Select configuration for pipes (available only if Automatically select elbows & pipes is not selected under Options...

Display States in Drawings

... color...You can define multiple display states within each configuration of an assembly. Drawing views...

Command Line

Other ways you can customize the SolidWorks environment include...Customize menus...Customize the SolidWorks Resources tab, toolbars, and menus based on work flow

Properties of Features and Faces

Color selections made in the Appearances PropertyManager supersede colors set on the Document Properties tab...You can change the feature color in the Appearances PropertyManager...You can change the face color in the Appearances PropertyManager