| 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. Search tool that searches the Knowledge
Base
and
Files
and Models |
| Screen Layout |
CommandManager, Heads-up View
toolbar, context toolbars, toolbars, menus, keyboard shortcuts,
and shortcut menus. Search tool that searches the Knowledge
Base, Community Forum, or Files and Models |
toolbars across top, toolbars
and panel with tabs on left |
| Background Color |
black background with white
lines |
Blue gradient background with
colored lines (colors indicating status) and colored solid
models |
| 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 Decals, and Custom Properties
centralize links to online and web resources, reusable design
elements, and file management |
| Menus |
can be customized by
programming |
context-sensitive and can be
customized in dialog box |
| Shortcut Menus |
for copy/paste, reinstate last
command, and so on |
context-sensitive |
| Toolbars |
can be modified through menu
programming |
context-sensitive and can be
customized in dialog box |
| Undo and Redo |
"U","OOPS", "REDO" |
Undo and Redo tools and
lists |
| 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 |
| Coordinate Systems |
"User Coordinate System
(UCS)" |
system of origins including
part origin, assembly origin, and sketch origins |
| Planes |
change "UCS" to create
different orientations |
Front, Top, and Right default
planes, others added by user |
| Orientation |
toolbar with standard views
plus various isometric orientations |
toolbar with standard views
plus various isometric, normal, and custom orientations |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Selection Feedback |
feedback in command
line |
pointer changes shape to
indicate type of object being sketched or approached, and on the
status bar |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dragging |
drag objects using
"grips" |
select sketch entities and
drag, also stretch sketch entities by dragging |
| 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
|
| 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
- Interactive What's New
- tooltips
- status bar information
- glossary
- help facilities for third-party
products
|