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ModellingTips & Tricks
Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesnt work
Zero-Thickness Combine error
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Useful Shortcut Keys
Model Navigation
Sketch
Feature
Assembly
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Useful Shortcut Keys
Model Navigation
Select : Normal to the screen
Select + Shift: Rotate around axis
Select + shift+Ctrl: Rotate around axis in reverse
Select + Alt: Rotate by increment
Select + Alt+Ctrl: Rotate by increment in reverse
F/ Double click: Zoom to fit
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Useful Shortcut Keys
Sketch
A: Change the option type
ALT +C: Change to construction line
ALT + P
ALT + C
ALT + I
ALT + T
Going
Red D
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Useful Shortcut Keys
Assembly
Shift +C : Collapse the feature manager at assembly level
Home :Show the Topof the feature tree
End :Show the Bottomof the feature tree
Tab :Hide whatever the cursor is over
SHIFT + TAB :Bring them back
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ModellingTips & Tricks
Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesn't work
Zero-Thickness Combine error
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How to conquer fillet error
So, you cant add a fillet?
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So, you cant add a fillet?
Despite SOLIDWORKS cryptic error messages, fillet usually fail bec
The Software is unable to extend one or more faces along the
fillet giving somewhere for the fillet to end.
The fillet is too large for the geometry. It might be just a small the fillet path, but it will still cause the feature to fail.
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There is hope!
We now know that fillet fail because they need better faces to wo
Luckily, there are a few different techniques we can use to give SO
new faces to help terminate tricky fillet.
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Identify Potential Fail Points
The fillet mostly fail at the corner because SOLIDWORKS is unable
the corner faces to terminate the fillet.
Fail Point
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Cut Away the Fail Point
By cutting the fail point out of the model, the fillet can now be com
The fail point is cut
out of the model
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Repair the corner
The missing corner of the model must be repaired. Delete Face ca
to patch the corner.
Faces are selected
for deletion.
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Turn OFF Tangent Propagation
Failing fillets can sometimes be made to complete if Tangent Prop
turned off. However, this will require manual selection of all edges
Tangent propagation ON Tangent propa
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Face Fillet
Because of the small Sliver faces close to the corner, a standard
not work correctly
Small faces cause problems Desired Resul
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Face Fillet
The face fillet tool can bridge these small faces by applying the fill
two faces, instead of an edge.
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ModellingTips & Tricks
Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesn't work
Zero-Thickness Combine error
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When Delete Face doesn't work
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When Delete Face doesn't work
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ModellingTips & Tricks
Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesn't work
Zero-Thickness Combine error
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Zero-Thickness Geometry
From time to time you may have received one of these error mess
SOLIDWORKS
Unable to create this feature because it would result in zero-th
geometry.
Edge where zero-thicknessgeometry is located
Vertices where zero-thicknessgeometry is located
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Zero-Thickness Geometry
Identify the potential area
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Shortcut Keys
Ctrl+N Ctrl+C Ctrl
Shift + TAB Ctrl+V Ctrl+W Ctrl+B A
Ctrl+S Ctrl+TAB Ctr
R TAB at Assem F
Ctrl+Z SpaceBar Ctr
Shift + C F G
Enter F11 S
D Home F
Ctrl+X End Alt
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Ctrl+N:
Create New File
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Shift + TABShow the Hovered-ov
Component
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Ctrl+W
Close & Save a File
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RBrowse Recent
Documents
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Ctrl+Z
Undo
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Shift+C
Collapse all Items
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Enter
Repeat Last Comma
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DMove the OK and Cancelbuttons to the pointerlocation in the graphics ar
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Ctrl+X
Cut
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Ctrl+C
Copy
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Ctrl+V
Paste
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Ctrl+B
Rebuild
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Ctrl+TABAllow us to quickly sw
between open docum
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TAB at AssemblyQuickly hide whateve
the cursor is over
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SpaceBar
Orientation
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F
Zoom to Fit
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F11
Full Screen
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HomeScroll to FeatureMana
tree TOP
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EndScroll to FeatureMana
tree BOTTOM
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Ctrl+F1Display On/Off Task P
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L
Line
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AFast Switch On Comm
Option Toggle
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Ctrl+8Normal To
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Ctrl+QForce Regen
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F5Toggle Selection Filter
Toolbar
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GOn/Off Magnifying Gl
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SShortcut Bar
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F8Hide/Show Display Pa
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Alt+CTurn a selection into
construction lines
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Ctrl+SSave File
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