Task Pane
The Task Pane is a center for accessing resources and documents. It
appears when you open the SolidWorks software, and it contains these tabs:
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SolidWorks Resources |
Commands for Getting Started
and links to the SolidWorks Community
and Online Resources. |
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Design Library |
Reusable parts, assemblies, and other items, including 3D
ContentCentral, annotation favorites, and Library
Features. |
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File Explorer |
Duplicate of Windows Explorer on your computer, plus Recent
Documents and Open in SolidWorks. |
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Search |
Results of search operation. If you dissect files into Design Clipart,
thumbnails of reusable geometry, such as sketches and features, appear
on this tab. Drag the thumbnails onto the model to reuse geometry. |
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View
Palette |
Images of standard views, annotation views, section views, and flat
patterns (sheet metal parts) to drag onto a drawing sheet. |
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Appearances |
Provides a simplified way to display models in a photo-realistic setting
using a library of appearances and scenes.
With PhotoWorks™
added in, the tab also contains a library of decals and lights. |
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Custom
Properties |
Enter custom and configuration-specific properties into SolidWorks files. |
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Document
Recovery |
If auto-recovery is enabled in Tools,
Options, System
Options, Backup/Recover
and the system terminates unexpectedly, recovered files appear on this
tab the next time you start the application. |
The Task Pane displays tabs for several applications, such as SolidWorks
Design Checker and SolidWorks Utilities.
The Task Pane can be in the following states:
Visible or hidden
Expanded or collapsed
Pinned or unpinned
Docked or floating
You can drag documents from the File
Explorer tab and the Design Library
tab into the graphics area and from the graphics area or FeatureManager
design tree into the Design Library.