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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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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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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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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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When Delete Face doesn't work



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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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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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