{"id":3440,"date":"2015-09-09T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2015-11-03T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:05:32","slug":"solidworks-tech-tip-ui-customisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/solidworks-tech-tip-ui-customisation\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip: UI Customisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knowing where things are just makes the day go by a little smoother \u2013 ever been running late and had to hunt down your car keys? Wouldn\u2019t it be nice if they were always hanging by the door? Like any of your daily routines, getting your User Interface just right is a huge deal. \u00a0Another great advantage to customising your user interface is giving yourself a quick reminder to use tools that might only be found in a pull-down or flyout menu \u2013 out of sight, out of mind, right?<\/p>\n

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Two incredible time-saving sketch tools I often found myself overlooking were\u00a0Dynamic Mirror and Fully Define Sketch. While Fully Define Sketch is technically included on the Sketch Tab of the Command Manager, it\u2019s under Display\/Delete Relations, so I chose to bring\u00a0it up a level. Dynamic Mirror is a different story. This powerful sketch tool can only be found in the Tools>Sketch Tools pull-down menu so it\u2019s easily overlooked or forgotten.\u00a0I decided to put both tools\u00a0front and center on the Sketch Tab of my Command Manager, and it helped! Next time you see a command\u00a0you can\u2019t wait to try out, be sure it\u2019s somewhere you can\u2019t miss it! This will make it easier to\u00a0corporate it into your daily SOLIDWORKS routine and help you keep improving!<\/p>\n