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enrico_buoso
enrico_buoso Member Posts: 2 ✭
in Community Support
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

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  • philip_thomas
    philip_thomas Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,381 image
    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.

    Philip Thomas - Onshape
  • owen_sparks
    owen_sparks Member, Developers Posts: 2,660 PRO
    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.
    Business Systems and Configuration Controller
    HWM-Water Ltd
  • emagdalenaC2i
    emagdalenaC2i Member, Developers, Channel partner Posts: 867 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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
    Un saludo,

    Eduardo Magdalena                         C2i Change 2 improve                         ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?  
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  • 3dcad
    3dcad Member, OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 2,482 PRO
    +1 for using S-menu and quick buttons on 3dmouse / regular one
    //rami
  • PeteYodis
    PeteYodis Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 591 image
    edited August 2017
    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
    philip_thomas Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,381 image
    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 :)


    Philip Thomas - Onshape
  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,092 image
    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"!
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • emagdalenaC2i
    emagdalenaC2i Member, Developers, Channel partner Posts: 867 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2017
    @NeilCookeShift-Enter is in the keyboard shortcut list (shift -?) but my 3Dconnexion mouse also have a Shift key :D 

    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
    Un saludo,

    Eduardo Magdalena                         C2i Change 2 improve                         ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?  
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  • emagdalenaC2i
    emagdalenaC2i Member, Developers, Channel partner Posts: 867 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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

    You can increase the price to $0.03 :)
    Un saludo,

    Eduardo Magdalena                         C2i Change 2 improve                         ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?  
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