Menu Information
Menu Information
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Is there a paper or publication that clearly shows every menu and its relationship to other menus for the parts case, the assembly case, etc., along with the key steps to have a particular menu item active(turned on). Solidworks is not an intuitive program.






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I beg to differ!!!!!! SolidWorks is one of THE MOST intuitive programs for solid modeling. It sounds like you are a newcomer to SolidWorks (or perhaps you are electrically and not mechanically inclined, as indicated by the "Electrical" behind your ID). Please take the time to go to the Help menu and go through every exercise in the Online Tutorial. Then come back and tell us what you think about the ease of use and capability of SolidWorks.
- - -Dennyd
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BTW: They do have a couple of AutoCAD charts.
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
There are only 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.
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That was caused by the different structure and hierarchy of menus, commands and selections (I'm not discussing which is better).
It's the same to all kinds of software (even for word processors) and for all users. When you are used to work in a way, a change allways represents a problem that must not be neglected, no matter how simple and intuitive the new method is (many companies have BIG problems negleting the change issues in their organizations).
So fneu can be right (at lest until he gets used to the SW way of working) as strange it can sound to other users.
Regards
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SW back then wasn't as intense as it is now, but I know I could pick this software up even now like it sits. Even if I had never seen it before. This is just one reason why SW is such a great tool - it's ease of use.
Test it for yourself and see!
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
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Perhaps you could tell us more about your background? What type of design work do you do? What MCAD programs are you familiar with?
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Just for fun, I "re-invented the wheel" (I know it's a no-no). I worked with a retired LBL machinist, and he built the unit from napkin sketches and arm waving. You can see a two minute video of it at www.wmsmedia.com/NEU/walker.rm. The Patent # is 6,491,119 B1.
I have started a new related fun project, and I want to use Solidworks to make building it easier.
Frank Neu
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Frank Neu.
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Note even bobsheets' comment that he had problems moving from 2D to solids. The concepts and thus stratgies of use are so different at first from what you are used to. Heck, even moving from 3D wireframe/surface to solids is different. Your situation is even more so.
I think you will do fine once a few conceptual things start to make sense beyond the "push button A to make B happen" phase.
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
There are only 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.