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SBaugh

SBaugh

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Mar 6, 2001
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Does anyone no where I can find a document with hidden SW commands. There are some key strokes and commands in SW that are not always listed in the help, or if they are they are overlooked very easy.

For example a user call me today asking how can he get normal to but from the opposite direction... solution select "Normal to" again and it flips the direction.

This is just one of those basic hidden commands, and I don't know if someone has made a document of these commands or not already.

Thanks in Advance,

Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Berry Plastics
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No I don't mind... going to post on my site as well. When I get access back to it. Home box died and I don't have the cash to fork over for a new one.

Cheers,

Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
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How about creating a common Google spread sheet and share the link. So that everyone can contribute to list and it'll be available updated to everyone.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog
 
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Only problem I have with that is not everything listed or given is actually a hidden command. Some of the stuff can actually be found in the help. I started this post to find commands users are not given in the help or in a Tutorial.

If I did that, then and someone give a suggestion, it would have to be reviewed to qualify, IMO.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
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Some of the items listed above are indeed in the Help, but too many of these handy tools are still not well-enough known. As this thread has illustrated, the list keeps growing. My suggestion is to include all these handy things. I also like the common Google spreadsheet idea. Perhaps we can all use this similar to Wikipedia, where the user community can update it and annotate it. Maybe too the items that are documented in the SWX Help can be moved to one tab separate from the undocumented tips.

I have many bookmarks to several sites for Tips and Tricks as well as accumulating my copy and paste collection of them. I'll bet others have done the same. It would be nice to put our heads together and collaborate on a nicely arranged document that is a superset of this information. Along that note, maybe it can include a tab for hyperlinks.

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No Problem ctopher... it is using the 2D Emulator and I don't have that add-in, maybe because of the Admin image, I am not sure. I have seen other issues caused by using that add-in and I have always recommended users to turn it off.

Updraft,

Uncommon versus hidden are 2 different things for me. Uncommon to me is more of a Tips and Tricks link versus being added to Hidden Commands Document. Hidden Commands are not listed anywhere and unless you accidently click it or someone tells you, you have no clue it exists.

I have the Hidden Commands uploaded to Google Docs, but I have not released to everyone yet. I still have to add images to it. Since it did not copy everything from my Word doc to Google Doc. I still don't want uncommon commands added, only hidden commands... kind of defeats the purpose of hidden commands title don't you think?

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
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Scott we can always make a PDF with a link in the end. Anyone wish to add to the file, can mail or go to that link and add. Finally, the PDF can be updated.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog
 
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I just thought of one more and it's more of a Windows trick but applies to Solidworks as well.

For naming features, parts, assemblies, design table configs, etc where you would normall have a slash, like 3/4, you can use the character called "Fractioni Slash".

To find it open up your Character Map (start->run->"charmap" <enter>). Check "Advanced View". Then at the bottom search for "slash" and choose the "Fraction Slash".

This allows you have architectural-type callouts in names.

Tony Greising-Murschel, CSWP
Windows 7 x64
Core i7 870 - 8GB - RAID0 SSD
Nvidia Quadro FX 580
SolidWorks 2011 SP1.0
 
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Scott,

Maybe a little late to the party, but here's one I just thought of. I checked, and I didn't find it in the Help file. Of course you know that when you RMB on a face and choose "Select Other", that face disappears and the box comes up with everything else that's under your selection. What many people don't know (myself included until someone told me) is that while the Select Other command is active you can continue to RMB on faces and make them disappear. No limit to the number of faces you can remove in this manner. You can then select anything that is visible - even if that thing was not in the popup list of "select other" entities.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
 
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Here is the link to the Google Document. I still need to make some updates since the images are not showing up in the page and I have a couple of new ones to add to it.

It is read-only:


If the link doesn't work let me know

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
Berry Plastics
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First, thank you very much for doing this. Second, see error below.
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Google Docs has encountered a server error. If reloading the page doesn't help, please contact us.

To discuss this or other issues, visit the Google Docs Help forum. To see the list of known problems, check the Google Docs Known Issues page.


Sorry, and thanks for your help!
- The Google Docs Team

Rob Stupplebeen
 
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I updated it with you what you posted. If you need anything else updated let me know here or per my website.

Thanks

Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
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I just loaded the link to my resources website:
I'll also likely do a report about this document on my blog at some point (after SolidWorks World?). I've already done articles about some of these items in the past, and I may pick out other items from time to time to do individual expanded articles about them.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

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As long as I get credit for the Document I am fine with you or anyone else using it.

If I use something from someone else and I know the source, I give that user the credit that they deserve, I expect the same in return.

Best Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP [pc2]
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From Tony on SW forums (alt 0216 large dia symbol
alt 0248 small dia symbol
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Strictly speaking... no. These are Scandinavian characters and you can see the difference in the stroke slope.

There is only one dia symbol, unicode 8960 but the corresponding alt code is rarely supported anywhere.

Piddling? Perhaps. But you'd be surprised what complaints you have to deal with when documenting designs for gov't lab that doesn't feel like paying up.
 
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