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The SOLIDWORKS Interface

The FeatureManager's space is also shared by the PropertyManager and

the ConfigurationManager. The PropertyManager is where most of the

SOLIDWORKS' command options are presented to the user; this is also where a

selected entity's properties are displayed and Configurations are created. The

PropertyManager is displayed automatically when needed, so the user does not

need to worry about it. Later in the book we'll learn how to view both the

FeatureManager and PropertyManager at the same time.

1.4. - In the PropertyManager we are presented with a consistent, common

interface for most commands in SOLIDWORKS, including common controls such

as check boxes, open and closed option boxes, action buttons, etc.

Command Help
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Cancel Sketch Plane v Expand/Collapse

options box

Direction 1

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Selected Contours v

1.5. - To manipulate the models in the graphics area, a set of tools is available

from the menu "View, Modify" or the right-mouse-button menu in the graphics

screen, to Zoom, Pan, Rotate, etc. Using the menu "File, Open" or the "Open"

command icon, open the 'Model Views' file from the 'Needed Files' folder in the

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