SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 2: Navigating the SolidWorks Interface

tab, SolidWorks enables you to sort, using the column headers to list the menus, commands, or

hotkeys in alphabetical order, simply by clicking the column header. This is a highly usable inter-

face, one of my favorite interface changes in the last several releases.

FIGURE 2.31

The Keyboard dialog box (Tools ➪ Customize ➪ Keyboard) and the mouse gesture donut

Using mouse gestures ......................................................................................

Starting in SolidWorks 2010, you can now customize and use a mouse gesture interface, shown in

the second image of Figure 2.31. To make the interface appear, just drag the RMB slightly, about

14 inch. Once you get used to the interface, a drag of about 34 inch in a single motion will activate

the commands.

Note
I have found that this interface works best when you have memorized the commands available at various posi-
tions around the donut. n

You can establish the donut in four or eight segments; it comes set to four by default. You can also

do the customization in the Customize dialog box (Tools ➪ Customize) using the Mouse Gestures

tab. The advantage of this interface is that it is very easy to invoke. I like the way you can use the

default setup to control views. The mouse moving in a particular direction is easily associated with

a view direction, so should be easy to remember.