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Modelling Tips & Tricks

Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS

How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesnt work
Zero-Thickness Combine error

Useful Shortcut Keys

Model Navigation
Sketch
Feature
Assembly

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

Useful Shortcut Keys

Sketch
A : Change the option type

ALT + P
ALT + C

ALT +C : Change to construction line

ALT + I
ALT + T

Going back through the

Red Dot for Restore

Useful Shortcut Keys

Assembly
Shift +C
: Collapse the feature manager at assembly level
Home
: Show the Top of the feature tree
End
: Show the Bottom of the feature tree
Tab
: Hide whatever the cursor is over
SHIFT + TAB : Bring them back

Modelling Tips & Tricks

Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS

How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesn't work
Zero-Thickness Combine error

How to conquer fillet error

So, you cant add a fillet?

So, you cant add a fillet?

Despite SOLIDWORKS cryptic error messages, fillet usually fail because:

The Software is unable to extend one or more faces along the path of the
fillet giving somewhere for the fillet to end.
The fillet is too large for the geometry. It might be just a small portion of
the fillet path, but it will still cause the feature to fail.

There is hope!
We now know that fillet fail because they need better faces to works with.

Luckily, there are a few different techniques we can use to give SOLIDWORKS
new faces to help terminate tricky fillet.

Identify Potential Fail Points

The fillet mostly fail at the corner because SOLIDWORKS is unable to extend
the corner faces to terminate the fillet.

Fail Point

Cut Away the Fail Point

By cutting the fail point out of the model, the fillet can now be completed.

The fail point is cut

out of the model

Repair the corner

The missing corner of the model must be repaired. Delete Face can be used
to patch the corner.

Faces are selected

for deletion.

Turn OFF Tangent Propagation

Failing fillets can sometimes be made to complete if Tangent Propagation is
turned off. However, this will require manual selection of all edges to fillet

Tangent propagation ON

Tangent propagation OFF

Face Fillet
Because of the small Sliver faces close to the corner, a standard fillet does
not work correctly

Small faces cause problems

Desired Result

Face Fillet
The face fillet tool can bridge these small faces by applying the fillet between
two faces, instead of an edge.

Modelling Tips & Tricks

Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS

How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesn't work
Zero-Thickness Combine error

When Delete Face doesn't work

When Delete Face doesn't work

Modelling Tips & Tricks

Useful Shortcut Keys in SOLIDWORKS

How to conquer fillet error
When Delete Face doesn't work
Zero-Thickness Combine error

Zero-Thickness Geometry
From time to time you may have received one of these error messages in
SOLIDWORKS
Unable to create this feature because it would result in zero-thickness
geometry.
Vertices where zero-thickness
geometry is located
Edge where zero-thickness
geometry is located

Tangent line where

zero-thickness
geometry is located

Zero-Thickness Geometry
Identify the potential area

Shortcut Keys
Ctrl+N
Shift + TAB
Ctrl+W
Ctrl+S
R
Ctrl+Z
Shift + C
Enter
D
Ctrl+X

Ctrl+C
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+B
Ctrl+TAB
TAB at Assem
SpaceBar
F
F11
Home
End

Ctrl+F1
L
A
Ctrl+8
F5
Ctrl+Q
G
S
F8
Alt+C

Ctrl+N:
Create New File

Shift + TAB
Show the Hovered-over
Component

Ctrl+W
Close & Save a File

R
Browse Recent
Documents

Ctrl+Z
Undo

Shift+C
Collapse all Items

Enter
Repeat Last Command

D
Move the OK and Cancel
buttons to the pointer
location in the graphics area.

Ctrl+X
Cut

Ctrl+C
Copy

Ctrl+V
Paste

Ctrl+B
Rebuild

Ctrl+TAB
Allow us to quickly switch
between open document

TAB at Assembly
Quickly hide whatever
the cursor is over

SpaceBar
Orientation

F
Zoom to Fit

F11
Full Screen

Home
Scroll to FeatureManager
tree TOP

End
Scroll to FeatureManager
tree BOTTOM

Ctrl+F1
Display On/Off Task Pane

L
Line

A
Fast Switch On Command
Option Toggle

Ctrl+8
Normal To

Ctrl+Q
Force Regen

F5
Toggle Selection Filter
Toolbar

G
On/Off Magnifying Glass

S
Shortcut Bar

F8
Hide/Show Display Pane

Alt+C
Turn a selection into
construction lines

Ctrl+S
Save File

Thank You
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