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Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:24:05 -0000

It's probably there, it's just grayed out when you have a new part. You need to create some geometry with a sketch first. If there are icons missing from the toolbar, you can add them back by right-clicking on the toolbar and selecting customize. Select the Commands Tab and add drag/drop the commands you want to the toolbar.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

rbennett — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:54:44 -0000

When I bring up a new part file these is no fillet icon in the Features tab. How do I solve that?

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Rajesh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:47:06 -0000

I want to disable one prompt...wherein it asks whether you want to save dependents of family table assembly when ever we try to checkin the assembly in PDM system. Do you have any suggestions?

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:41:33 -0000

ah, right. that is a function of Instant3D. This is off by default. Thanks for following up on this and posting it Karl!

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Karl — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:01:36 -0000

Finally found it! In Edit Sketch mode, select Feature tab in Commnd Manager an unclick Instant3D button!

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Darren — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:05:36 -0000

Nope. I'd like to hide the preview of the feature so I can more clearly see the sketch.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:58:22 -0000

Ok, just found out. Chris Serran from SolidJott says "Tools, Options, Sketch, uncheck "Ghost image on drag". 4th option from the bottom." - sweetness

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:22:03 -0000

That's a good one. I'll ask around. I can see where that could cause a lot of problems when editing sketches.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

solidus — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:29:19 -0000

How I can turn off preview when I am editing sketch in extrude feature?
I have 120 different ellipses in sketch and when I am changing size or moving I have a preview for extrudes, and this works very slow.
How I can turn off this preview????
PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

weewilly — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:01:52 -0000

Absolutely fantastic tips. I even used some of them. Thanks for posting them. I'm not a power user but some of these did bother me and I did not know where to go to get rid of them. Bye.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

listrophy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:54:39 -0000

You can at least snooze indexing for predetermined amounts of time. I like to snooze it for 12 hours each morning, letting the index catch up at night. Right-click on the Windows Search icon and select "Indexing Status." You should be given a drop down box and a snooze button (along with "Index Now" and "Close" buttons).

This, of course, may be specific to WinXP users. Vista could be different, since Windows Search is built-in to that OS.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

TX80 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:23:25 -0000

searchindexer.exe

how do we kill that?

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

fcsuper — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:44:21 -0000

This is one of those watershed postings. I think you hit on something here. Did you have any source, or is this mostly organized personal experience (or both?)?

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Ivan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:37:10 -0000

Nice list. I had a lot of these options done already, great minds think alike? One exception is (#1) thumbnail graphics in windows explorer. It's a handy dandy preview if you're viewing files as thumbnails in windows explorer, especially if you use part #'s that mean nothing. But the graphic can take a long time to refresh if it's over a network. So I balance the pros/cons....

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Rod_Uding — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:35:29 -0000

Good list Josh, I did not know about the feeds being updated. My new thing I learned today.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:16:23 -0000

ooo, that's a good one Brian. I wonder if a macro could be set up to toggle add-ins on when you need them, link it to a toolbar, so you don't have to go to the Tools menu each time. Thanks for mentioning that one!

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

jlewis30 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:15:33 -0000

this wouldnt effect a 64 bit system any differently than a regular system correct?

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

brianmcelyea — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:07:05 -0000

I would also add that any add-ins that are not being used should be disabled too. If it's enabled, it's taking up resources and potentially cluttering up the UI.

It amazes me to have users complain about performance and then to walk up to their box and see just about every installed add-in turned on.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Jeff — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:43:17 -0000

Very useful post...thanks

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:24:32 -0000

Good point Adam, it's useful for that, but I sure wish it was up on the screen when you selected something. They've got the context menu popping up now. I don't think I would mind an option to display data about the selection on the screen. Needs to be an option though. Thanks!

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:22:20 -0000

Adam, those are the 'Transitions' and can be found under Tool, Options, System Options, View - just set Hide/Show Component to Off.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

joshmings — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:21:01 -0000

Thanks Jason! Let me know how it works for you.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

adam — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:16:53 -0000

How do you turn off the animation when you hide a part in an assembly? I've looked and I can't find it anywhere. Sometimes it can take seconds to complete the hiding process.

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Jason Raak — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:54:01 -0000

AWESOME post man! I love it and did 75% of them. Thanks for doing this topic!

Re: 12 SolidWorks Features You Don’t Need—And How to Turn Them Off

Adam Scheible — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:21:05 -0000

Great post as always.
#8 - Status bar. I use this as a quick replacement for Tools, Measure. It tells me exactly what I need to know 90% of the time: Length, Distance to Centers, Offsets, etc. I love it.
-Adam Scheible