Solidworks Errors - Solutions

Time Saving Keyboard Shortcuts This list is of particular interest, here are combinations of both mouse keysb keys and their combinations. About many combinations you did not even guess. Assemblies Keyboard shortcut Description Alt + drag ·          Mates. Creates a SmartMate when you Alt + drag a component. ·          Motion studies. Moves multiple keys in the MotionManager. ·          Triad. When using the triad (for example, in Move with Triad mode and in Exploded Views), aligns the triad with an edge or face when you Alt + drag the center ball or handle on the triad and drop it on an edge or face. ·          Reordering components. When moving a component in the FeatureManager design tree, ensures that the component remains at the same level in the tree ...

So, my department has been running SolidWorks since about 2008, and we always had the functionality to do a force regen (Ctrl+Q) on both a part or assembly. Since we use a lot of external references, it became a relatively good habit and general practice of using it to verify everything was in place at just about any time (assembly, part, and drawing). Due to a bug that misplaces external references, I was forced to remove this Ctrl + Q keyboard shortcut from most of our users' settings. Now, we need to reinstate that functionality, and SolidWorks does not seem to be able to make that keyboard shortcut work for BOTH Parts and Assemblies. I can only define it for one at a time, so we have a perceived loss of functionality. How was it that my shortcut used to be capable of performing two commands and now can only be set for one? If you need to maintain other custom keyboard shortcuts: (Just in case) Run the "Copy Settings Wizard" tool, which can be found in your desktop Sta...

If you  need button  for force rebuild, then you can download a force rebuild macro and assign a button to that macro. Right Click a clear space on the menu area A menu will pop up, at the bottom there will be a customize option, click it Customize option Go to commands tab Select macro New Macro Button Drag the new macro button icon to where you would like it You'll be prompted to point the button to the location of your macro and change the icon if you wish Customize Macro Button Forced Rebuild.swp it is classic macro SuperRebuild 2.0 by Chris Mueller: "I have updated this classic macro, so that the message box appears in front of the solidworks session for 64 bit installations." The rebuild time is displayed in a message box that appears in front of the solidworks session. Super Rebuild Download macros and icon