DUAL MONITOR

enrico_buoso

Dear All, I would like have a part in full screen on a monitor and all the toolsbar in my second monitor. how can i set it?
Thank you

philip_thomas

This is not currently supported.
That said, you can open any document any number of times - commonly people put an assembly on one monitor and the party they are working on in another. If you dont have two monitors, it is common also to see the assembly on an ipad and the part being worked on on a laptop or workstation.
Don't forget also that you can make the toolbars any size you want (cmd+ and cmd-).
With these tools you should be able to setup an environment that is most productive for you.

emagdalenaC2i

In addition to what @philip_thomas comment:

You can see the Part Studio of a part on a monitor and its drawing or an assembly in which you have inserted that part on the other screen. That's not easy to do with a traditional CAD application like SolidWorks ;-)

Even those who work with three monitors, lucky us, we can see the 3 elements at a time: Part, Drawing and Assembly

owen_sparks

enrico_buoso said:

Dear All, I would like have a part in full screen on a monitor and all the toolsbar in my second monitor. how can i set it?
Thank you

Although I like this idea it will result in a lot of "mouse millage". It's possibly more efficient to learn the keyboard shortcuts, or use make more use of the context sensitive quick menu via the "S" key.

Owen S.

emagdalenaC2i

You can even use a 3Dmouse, like the one in the picture and configure all the buttons to run the keyboard shortcuts.

I actually barely touched the keyboard when designing

3dcad

+1 for using S-menu and quick buttons on 3dmouse / regular one

PeteYodis

As a user I always liked the combination of a keyboard shortcuts for mainly view manipulation (View normal to, front, iso, zoom to fit/extents, zoom to selection, etc...) combined with s-key for all the tools at my immediate fingertips (mouse clicks).  Very nice workflow.

philip_thomas

Everyone has their own 'most productive' setup - Here's mine.

• Two (or more monitors) - no element switching
• Keyboard shortcuts are (IMHO) the fastest way to use Onshape
• Shift-Enter confirms and repeats a command (saves selecting the command again)
• RMB/Confirm-Cancel (saves moving the mouse back to the dialog)
• Learn the difference between left to right window select and right to left (just like SolidWorks)
• Learn how to use 'Create Selection' - saves HUNDREDS of clicks

$0.02

NeilCooke

philip_thomas said:

• Shift-Enter confirms and repeats a command (saves selecting the command again)

I didn't know that one! Just shows that you "learn something new every day"!

emagdalenaC2i

@NeilCookeShift-Enter is in the keyboard shortcut list (shift -?) but my 3Dconnexion mouse also have a Shift key  

My most productive setup is "think before take the mouse" or mouses ;-)

When doing pre-sales demonstrations of SolidWorks, years ago, usually the prospects (potential customers) , now customers, tried to compare the time I spent doing whatever thing they want with respect to his CAD software.
They even took a chronometer once ;-) 
So I began to explain slowly all that I was about to do while the customer looked his chronometer every 5 seconds ;-)
Of course, I finally did everything I was asked for and more, in less time and with much more information and detail

emagdalenaC2i

philip_thomas said:

• RMB/Confirm-Cancel (saves moving the mouse back to the dialog)

@philip_thomas a little improvement for your setup:
You can skip the confirmation of a feature, just pick the next one or press Esc to cancel.
Of course, my 3Dmouse also have an ESC key ;-)

A lot of users know they can do that inside a sketch... select the line feature, pick some points and select circle, rectangle, etc.
But... you can select extrude (or press SHIFT+e) without leave the line command and without confirm the sketch
Then you can select Fillet (or press SHIFT+f) without confirm the extrude feature
And so on

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