Introduction to SolidWorks

Lesson 2 – Customizing SolidWorks
Section I – Preliminaries 2.3 Customizing the Toolbars

If you click ViewToolbarsCustomize, the menu in Figure 2.2 appears. It is another way of
selecting which toolbars can be seen on the desktop.

 Another way of getting the menu in Figure 2.2 is by clicking ToolsCustomize.

Step 5: The commands in a

toolbar can be changed. Click

ViewToolbarsCustomize to

get Figure 2.2. The check marks

allow you to select which toolbars

are visible.

Select the Commands tab to get

the menu in Figure 2.3, with a list

of all the toolbars in SolidWorks.

They are called Categories on

this menu.

If you click a Category, the icons

shown on the right side of the

menu box are the commands

that belong in the toolbar. If you

place the mouse cursor over

each icon, you can see what

command it represents.

Some commands are not included in the
default version of a toolbar, but can be
added. To add a command, click and drag
the icon to the toolbar. It will remain in the
toolbar when you click OK. You can place
any command in any toolbar, even if it is
unrelated, but it is best to keep toolbars
small.

To remove a command from a toolbar, drag
the icon from the toolbar to the Customize
menu.

Step 6: In the CommandManager, click
the tab Sketch to show the sketch
commands. Next, on the Tools
CustomizeCommandsSketch menu,
locate the Ellipse tool in Figure 2.3. Click
and drag it to the Sketch toolbar and click
OK. This will add the new command.

Figure 2. 2 – ViewToolbarsCustomize

Figure 2. 3 – ViewToolbarsCustomize

CommandsSketchEllipse