Management Panel
The left panel of the SolidWorks window manages part and assembly designs,
drawing sheets, properties, configurations, and third party applications.
The CommandManager
provides access to the SolidWorks tools.
FeatureManager®
Design Tree
Names of features are displayed from top to bottom in the order created
in the FeatureManager
design tree, unless you reorder them. (Features can be considered
as components of parts.)
The FeatureManager design tree in assemblies displays components (parts
or sub-assemblies and their features), a Mates
folder, and assembly features.
The FeatureManager design tree in drawings
contains an icon for each sheet. Under each sheet are icons for the sheet
format and each view. Under each view are the parts and assemblies that
belong to the view. |
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PropertyManager
Most sketch, feature, and drawing tools in
SolidWorks open a PropertyManager
in the left panel. The PropertyManager displays the properties of the
entity or feature so you specify the properties without a dialog box covering
the graphics area. |
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ConfigurationManager
The ConfigurationManager
is a means to create, select, and view multiple configurations of parts
and assemblies. |
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DimXpertManager
The DimXpertManager lists the tolerance features defined by DimXpert
for parts. It also displays DimXpert tools that you use to
insert dimensions and tolerances into parts. You can import
these dimensions and tolerances into drawings. |
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Third Party Applications
Third party
programs are certified and integrated into the SolidWorks software.
Such applications often include menus and left panel management tabs in
the SolidWorks window. |
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Manager Display
You can switch
between the FeatureManager design tree, PropertyManager, ConfigurationManager,
and third party managers by clicking the tabs at the top of the left panel
in the SolidWorks window.
You can split
the panel and display more than one manager or multiple copies of one
manager.
When you are in a PropertyManager, you can
click to view a flyout
FeatureManager design tree simultaneously. |
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