| Open last used document(s) at startup |
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Always
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When you restart the SOLIDWORKS software, automatically opens the documents that were open when you last exited the SOLIDWORKS software.
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Never
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| Input dimension value |
Opens the Modify dialog box when you insert a dimension. |
| Single command per pick |
Clears the sketch and dimension tools after each use. Double-clicking a tool causes it to remain
selected for additional use.
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| Use shaded face highlighting |
Displays selected faces in a solid color (green by default). To specify a different highlight color, from the System Options dialog box, click Colors and modify the current color scheme.
Some third-party applications might require that you clear this option.
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| Show thumbnail graphics in Windows Explorer |
Displays a thumbnail graphic instead of an icon in File
Explorer for each SOLIDWORKS part or assembly document. The graphic
is displayed in an isometric view, zoomed to fit, with a white
background, when the option Use isometric, zoom to fit
view for document preview in the topic Document Properties - Image Quality is selected. A
palette of 16 colors is used. If the model uses a color that is not
available, a similar color is substituted.
The thumbnail graphics are also displayed in the Open and Save As dialog boxes. To
display thumbnail graphics before opening or saving a
selected document, you might have to open and save the
document.
The thumbnail images are not updated when:
- A file is saved without it being
opened in its own window.
- If the top-level assembly is saved,
and those new files are saved externally.
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| Use system separator for dimensions |
Selects the default operating system decimal separator
displaying decimal numbers. To override the default separator, clear
the option and enter a symbol (usually a period or a comma). Set the operating system default, from the
Windows Control Panel.
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| Use English language menus |
Sets the menu language to English when you specify another
language during installation and you set the regional options in the
Windows Control Panel to that
language. Exit and restart the SOLIDWORKS
software for this change to take effect.
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| Use English language feature and file names |
Displays feature names in the FeatureManager design tree and automatically creates
file names in English. Existing feature and file names in a foreign
language do not update when you select this option. This option is available when you clear
Use English language
menus, you run the SOLIDWORKS software on a
foreign language operating system, and you installed SOLIDWORKS
for that foreign language.
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| Enable Confirmation Corner |
Displays the Confirmation Corner in the
upper right corner of the graphics area. See Accepting Features. |
| Auto-show PropertyManager |
Displays the PropertyManager when you select existing sketch entities, dimensions, and annotations in the graphics area. If the option is cleared and you select existing sketch entities, dimensions, and annotations in the graphics area, you can click the PropertyManager tab  manually to display the PropertyManager. |
| Auto-size PropertyManager when panels are split |
Resizes the PropertyManager when you split the graphics area into panels. |
| Automatically edit macro after recording |
Opens the macro editor after you have recorded and saved a macro. |
| Stop VSTA debugger on macro exit |
Stops the VSTA macro debugger as soon as a macro exits. When cleared, leaves the debugger running so that you can continue to debug the UI or event created by the macro. For example, if a macro displays a form and exits, the form disappears as soon as the macro ends. Clear this option so that the debugger continues to run and the form is available for you to test.
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| Enable FeatureXpert |
Enables FeatureXpert to automatically fix parts so they
rebuild successfully. |
| Enable Freeze bar |
Enables Feature Freeze. Use in complex models to exclude
features from rebuilds of the model, which reduces rebuild time, and
to prevent unintentional changes to the model. |
| When rebuild error occurs |
Controls the action at the first rebuild error.
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Stop
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Allows you to fix the model before rebuilding. Feature error explanations appear when you hover the pointer over a feature in the FeatureManager design tree.
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Continue
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Continues to rebuild the model with the error without prompting.
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Prompt
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Prompts you to continue rebuilding or to stop when an error occurs.
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| Custom property used as component description |
Specifies a custom description. For example, the Open dialog box has a Description label that displays the
model description. Instead of displaying the Description label, you can display
a label that you specify. See Summary Information - Custom and Configuration Specific. If you change the custom property used
as component description in a saved document, you must manually
add the new description to the Summary Information dialog box.
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| Show latest Technical Alerts and
News in Welcome dialog |
Displays regular updates on the Alerts tab of the Welcome dialog box. |
| Enable sounds for SOLIDWORKS events |
Enables sounds for events such as File Open Complete and Collision Detected. |
| Configure Sounds |
Opens the Windows Sound dialog box, where you can assign sounds to SOLIDWORKS events. |
| Help make SOLIDWORKS products better by automatically sending your log files to DS SOLIDWORKS Corporation |
Silently sends your log files for review to the SOLIDWORKS Customer Experience Improvement Program. |
| Reset |
Restores factory defaults for all system options or for only general system options. |