Ricky Jordan's Blog » CommandManager http://www.rickyjordan.com SolidWorks, The CAD Industry, & More! Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:45:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.rickyjordan.com http://www.rickyjordan.com/images/rjfavcon.jpg Ricky Jordan's Blog The S Key Experiment – Part 2 http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/12/the-s-key-experiment-part-2.html http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/12/the-s-key-experiment-part-2.html#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:23:47 +0000 Ricky Jordan http://www.rickyjordan.com/?p=1179
  • The “S” Key Experiment Part 1
  • The S Key Experiment – Part 3
  • SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1
    • ]]>     It has been a little over a week since I turned off ALL my Toolbars AND the CommandManager and so far I can say with certainty I have not DECREASED my efficiency by just using the S Key command.  It still takes a little getting used to but so far I REALLY like it.  Over the last few days I put together an assembly with roughly 400+ parts in it and the S key worked very well!  With that I present to you the second video post on the S Key Experiment which shows the use of the S Key shortcut bar in use in the Assembly environment.  I also managed to include a few examples of how beneficial Mate References can be in assemblies.

    Just in case you missed the first post on the S Key Experiment, you can find it HERE.  Click on the image below to see Part 2 of the S Key Experiment.

    Stay tuned…more to come!

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    1. The “S” Key Experiment Part 1
    2. The S Key Experiment – Part 3
    3. SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1

    ]]>     http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/12/the-s-key-experiment-part-2.html/feed 15     The “S” Key Experiment Part 1 http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/12/the-s-key-experiment-part-1.html http://www.rickyjordan.com/2008/12/the-s-key-experiment-part-1.html#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:02:46 +0000 Ricky Jordan http://www.rickyjordan.com/?p=1167
  • The S Key Experiment – Part 2
  • The S Key Experiment – Part 3
  • SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2
  • SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1
  • SolidWorks 2011: Weld Bead – Part 1
    • ]]>     Ever since the “S” key shortcut command was added in SolidWorks 2008, I’ve heard some users comment that they use it quite often.  This lead me to question whether or not you could function inside of SolidWorks in an efficient manner by JUST using the “S” key shortcut menu.  NO CommandManager.  NO Toolbars.  Just in case you aren’t familar with the “S” key menu, you simply press the “S” key on the keyboard and the menu appears in close proximity to your cursor.  Since the “S” Key menu can be completely customized, I have decided to test this out by adding my most common commands to this menu.  The menu is context sensitive.  For example, when modeling parts, you have a specific menu for Edit Part mode and a completely different menu when in Edit Sketch mode.  After some customization of both previously mentioned menus, I set out for my first modeling experiment in the below video.  What I am modeling is not important.  The important part of this experiment was to see how easy it was to depend mostly on the “S” Key menu.  You can access the video by clicking on the image below.

    Note:  Due to excessive load times in some of my most recent videos, I am testing some new video settings with the above video.  I did have to sacrifice a little on the video quality, but the load times for the video should be MUCH better than before.  Let me know what you think about the new video settings.

    This post will be the first of a few more on the subject of the “S” Key Experiment.  I will include posts in the future that utilize the “S” Key menu in the Assembly and Drawing environments along with some updates on my testing in the Part Environment.

    Stay tuned….more to come.

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    1. The S Key Experiment – Part 2
    2. The S Key Experiment – Part 3
    3. SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 2
    4. SolidWorks Electrical Routing – Part 1
    5. SolidWorks 2011: Weld Bead – Part 1

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  • The S Key Experiment – Part 2
  • The “S” Key Experiment Part 1
    • ]]>     Some welcome options have been added to SolidWorks 2009 in the areas of the CommandManager & PropertyManager.  First lets start off with the CommandManager.  SolidWorks has added the capability to dock the CommandManger on the left and right sides of the screen.  (You can still dock it across the top as before.)  You can also add toolbars in the area to the right or bottom of the CommandManager.  The toolbar will stay in a single consistent location as it will take a position next to the longest tab (icon count) in the interface.

    The PropertyManager has also received some enhancements.  You can now un-dock it from the FeatureManager frame and place it pretty much ANYWHERE which includes space on a second monitor.  You can even dock it outside the SolidWorks application window as shown below.  There is a push pin that will allow you to keep the PropertyManger visible at all times.  If the push pin is not pinned it will only appear when it is needed.

    Click on the Image below to see an Video Demonstration of these new features.

    Stay tuned….more SolidWorks 2009 posts to follow!

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    1. The S Key Experiment – Part 2
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