Dual screens
Dual screens
(OP)
I'm new to having a dual screen workstation and wanted to know how to set SW up to take advantage of both screens. I'd like to place the toolbars and Design Manager windows on one screen and have the workspace on the other screen. I saw there were a few discussions on this already, but I can't figure out how to get SW to operate on both screens at the same time.
I'm running a nVidia Quadro FX 4000 SDI on a Xeon 3GHz dual core, 4GB RAM. Any advice?
Thanks!
I'm running a nVidia Quadro FX 4000 SDI on a Xeon 3GHz dual core, 4GB RAM. Any advice?
Thanks!






RE: Dual screens
I haven't tried this on Sw 08 yet, having just upgraded. But the toolbars just need to be dragged and dropped on to the second monitor, along with the File Explorer/SolidWorks resources/design Library etc. pane. The feature tree and such cannot, to my knowledge, be moved from where they are in SW and expanding the model space over both monitors just proved to be a pain because it meant that the model center for any zoom fit command was right between the two.
I'd recommend moving over the toolbars you use most frequently and the Design pane and just model on the single monitor. that's the set up I've been using for months and I love it.
RE: Dual screens
I thought I had to change some settings, but I should've thought to just try moving the toolbars individually. I need to spend some time setting everything up, but this is a good start.
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Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
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Of course, you could always go with two large monitors and have the best of both worlds, but that's just me being greedy.
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Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 1.1
AutoCAD 06
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
RE: Dual screens
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
RE: Dual screens
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
What did you dream? It's all right--we told you what to dream.
--Pink Floyd, Welcome to the Machine
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"Enable window spanning across multiple monitors" checked and the "Enable child window spanning across multiple displays" unchecked.
The first will allow any program to span across the two or more monitors. This is in dualview mode. If you have the same size monitors you could use span mode.
So sometimes I use the second display for parts and drop them in the assembly on the main display, or a I have the drawing in the second display while the part/assembly is in the first display.
There appear to be functions to make the cursor jump between displays, but I haven't used them so I don't know what they will do.
Another potential interesting thing is using a small touchscreen (down on the tabletop) as the second display and putting the toolbars on that screen so you could activate them with the other hand by touch (probably would have to use the large icon or text display for them to be big enough. Of course that will move your cursor there when you activate the screen. It would be like having a virtual control surface like Star Trek or something.
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Having the second monitor in portrait mode makes it much easier to read web pages and documents there.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA