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2D CAD Systems |
SolidWorks |
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Access to Tools |
command line prompt, keyboard shortcuts, toolbars,
menus, and shortcut menus |
CommandManager, Heads-up View toolbar, context
toolbars, toolbars, menus, keyboard shortcuts, and shortcut menus |
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Screen
Layout |
toolbars across top, panels and toolbars on
left, command line prompt at bottom |
toolbars across top, toolbars and panel with
tabs on left |
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Background
Color |
black background with white lines |
Blue gradient background with colored lines
(colors indicating status) and colored solid models |
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Task
Pane |
2D CAD design centers manage files and layouts;
2D CAD companies offer access to web resources |
Task Pane tabs for SolidWorks Resources, Design
Library, File Explorer, Search, View Palette, Appearances/Scenes, and
Custom Properties centralize links to online and web resources, reusable
design elements, and file management |
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Menus |
can be customized by programming |
context-sensitive and can be customized in
dialog box |
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Shortcut
Menus |
for copy/paste, reinstate last command, and
so on |
context-sensitive |
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Toolbars |
can be modified through menu programming |
context-sensitive and can be customized in
dialog box |
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Undo
and Redo |
"U","OOPS", "REDO" |
Undo and Redo tools and lists |
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Repeat
Last Command |
Press Enter
or the spacebar, also use "Multiple" in some commands |
Press Enter,
also access list of last ten most recent commands |
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Command
Line |
default user entry point |
2D Emulator add-in, also customize keyboard
shortcuts and other items |
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Coordinate
Systems |
"User Coordinate System (UCS)" |
system of origins including part origin, assembly
origin, and sketch origins |
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Planes |
change "UCS" to create different
orientations |
Front, Top, and Right default planes, others
added by user |
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Orientation |
toolbar with standard views plus various isometric
orientations |
toolbar with standard views plus various isometric,
normal, and custom orientations |
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Management
Panel |
"Properties palette" |
left panel contains FeatureManager® design
tree, PropertyManagers, ConfigurationManager, DimXpertManager, and third
party managers, accessed by clicking tabs or splitting the panel |
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Selection
Methods |
click an object or drag a window |
click an object, drag a box, press Ctrl
while selecting multiple objects, or click on the FeatureManager design
tree |
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Selection
Feedback |
feedback in command line |
pointer changes shape to indicate type of
object being sketched or approached, and on the status bar |
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Display
Functions |
zoom and pan |
zoom and pan plus wireframe, hidden lines
visible, hidden lines removed, shaded, edges in shaded mode, shadow in
shaded mode, perspective, and model section view |
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Grid
and Snap |
toolbar with snap tools; display and snap
grids, can set angle of grid; snap and grids help drawing accuracy |
snap to geometry on the fly; display and snap
grids, can align grid to model edge; accuracy achieved with dimensions
and relations |
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Dragging |
drag objects using "grips" |
select sketch entities and drag, also stretch
sketch entities by dragging |
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Options |
dialog box with tabs for:
- files
- display
- open and save
- plotting
- system
- user preferences
- drafting
- selection
- profiles |
dialog box with tabs for:
- system options that apply to all documents
- document properties that apply to currently active document |
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Help |
- Help tool or menu or command
- press F1 during command
- tooltips
- command line feedback |
- Help tool or menu
- Help buttons or press F1 in dialog
boxes
- Quick Tips
- Interactive What's New
- tooltips
- status bar information
- glossary
- help facilities for third-party products |