How many are still using Command Manager?
How many are still using Command Manager?
(OP)
Just curious as to how many people are using the command manager in SW2004 and how many have switched back to the icons. Here it is split about half and half.
mncad
mncad






RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
I told all of my users here to try it for a while because as Scott said, it takes some getting used to. Some kept it and some haven't, but I have not taken a survey to get a percentage. What has suprised me is WHICH users kept it and which didn't.
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
We do not allow our users to revert to the old interface. It may sound a little draconian but we find it is best in the end. People start to find the positives in the change rather than keep focusing on the negatives.
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
A hobbit's lifestyle sounds rather pleasant...... it's the hairy feet that turn me off.
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
The icons in my CMD manager are large, 3/4" square, how do you make them smaller? I've already turned off the tooltips. Thanks
mncad
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
The Solidworks command manager has been a long time coming. Toolbar command managers have been around in other cad programs for about 6 or 7 years. The best advise I could give anybody on this subject is "persevere". I am teaching Solidworks in a local community college and most of my students were reluctant to make the switch but after I spent some time explaining the benefits they appear to be very comfortable using the toolbars now. I have always pressed the issue of trying to capture maximum graphics real estate and this is a huge step in the right direction.
As SBaugh said most users are old school and don't want to change, usually because they have certain Icons that they just can’t do without. If this is the case then you could customize the toolbars to include them.
What is really nice about the command manager is that when you are working on subject matter that you may not use that often (for instance surfacing or molds), you can right click on the command manager and using the "customize command manager" option you can turn on that particular manager while you complete your task and then turn it back off when you have finished.
John Cole
Sr Mechanical Engineer
Impco Technologies, Inc.
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
A hobbit's lifestyle sounds rather pleasant...... it's the hairy feet that turn me off.
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
RE: How many are still using Command Manager?