2D Emulator

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- Larry Jedik
  
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19 years ago

Thu, Jun 10, 2004 12:40 PM

Was wondering how many of you if any, are using the 2D Emulator Add-in in Solidworks. I noticed that the cursor "acts" differently when the emulator is active. I am a active command user when in AutoCAD and I would use it in Solidworks if it were intutitive. I would love to see the Keyboard short cut feature expanded on. the limitation of ony one character as the shortcut is a pain for me. Also, does anyone know of a place to see or print out a list of the suppported commands in the SW Emulator?

Larry Jedik Currier Plastics Inc.

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- Dale Dunn
  
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19 years ago

Thu, Jun 10, 2004 1:31 PM

When I came over from Mechanical Doorstop, I tried the 2D emulator. It's not functional enough to use for 2d work, and it hinders learning the SW way of doing things.

I too miss the command aliases from Acad, but I doubt we'll get them anytime soon in SW, since that's a very un-Windows point and drool way to do things.

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- DesignSmith
  
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19 years ago

Thu, Jun 10, 2004 6:09 PM

The 2D emulator is best used in just the first day or 2 after a new SolidWorks install, where a user just can't make a line without typing `L'. It lets you make a drawing or part sketch on that first day, but slows down your learning of the new system.

In the 2004 Help menu, look at the "Moving from AutoCAD" topic. In there are several command maps between AutoCAD and SolidWorks command names. Print some of these pages out and keep them by the monitor if need be.

There are a few AutoCAD to SolidWorks related posts in the following forum:

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of which has a map of exactly which AutoCAD shortcuts can be duplicated in SolidWorks and a hyperlink to a PDF of the recent SWCommunity.com feature article on the subject.

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FYI, DesignSmith