Tag: Context Toolbar

  • SolidWorks Tip: Context Toolbar in Sketches

    SolidWorks Tip:  Context Toolbar in Sketches

    SolidWorks 2008 brought about many changes in the user interface.  One of the additions to the UI that has spurred some comments from users (both positive and negative) has been the Context Toolbar.  The Context Toolbar appears when you right click OR left click on certain entities within the software.  (The right click options consists…

  • SolidWorks Tip: Adding a Mate in 2008!

    SolidWorks Tip:  Adding a Mate in 2008!

    Here is a great little tip-off for those of you using SolidWorks 2008.  With previous versions of SolidWorks, you may constantly find yourself venturing from the graphics area towards the Assembly Toolbar or CommandManager everytime you wanted to add a mate to a component in your assembly.  The Edit/Add Mates command is available in the…