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AutoCAD |
SolidWorks |
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Access to tools |
command line prompt, keyboard shortcuts, toolbars, menus, and shortcut menus |
toolbars, menus, keyboard shortcuts, and shortcut menus |
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Background color |
default black background with white lines, can be customized |
default gradient background with colored lines (colors indicating status) and colored solid models; Mylar background for drawings; all can be customized |
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Menus |
can customize by programming |
context-sensitive and can customize in dialog box |
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Shortcut menus |
for copy and paste, reinstate last command, and so on |
context-sensitive and can customize in dialog box |
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Toolbars |
can modify through menu programming and customize in dialog box |
context-sensitive and can customize in dialog box |
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Command line |
default user entry point |
2D Emulator add-in |
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Coordinate systems |
User Coordinate System (UCS) |
system of origins including part origin, assembly origin, and sketch origins |
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Planes |
change UCS to create different orientations |
Front, Top, and Right default planes, and custom planes |
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Orientation |
toolbar with standard views plus various isometric orientations |
toolbar with standard views plus various isometric, normal, and custom orientations |
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Management panel |
AutoCAD Design Center manages files and layouts |
Task Pane with SolidWorks Resources, Design Library, and File Explorer; left panel with FeatureManager design tree, PropertyManager, Configuration-Manager, and third-party managers, accessed by clicking tabs or splitting the panel |
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Reusable elements |
Tool Palettes |
Design Library |
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Selection methods |
click an object, box-select or cross-select, press Ctrl while selecting multiple objects |
click an object, box-select or cross-select, press Ctrl while selecting multiple objects, or click on the FeatureManager design tree |
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Selection feedback |
feedback in command line |
pointer changes shape to indicate type of object being sketched or approached, and on the status bar |
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Display functions |
zoom and pan plus wireframe, hidden lines visible, hidden lines removed |
zoom, pan, and rotate plus wireframe, hidden lines visible, hidden lines removed, shaded, edges in shaded mode, shadow in shaded mode, perspective, and model section view |
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Grid and snap |
toolbar with snap tools; display and snap grids, can set angle of grid; snap and grids help drawing accuracy |
sketch snaps; snap to geometry on-the-fly; display and snap grids, align grid to model edge; accuracy achieved with dimensions and relations |
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Dragging |
drag objects using grips |
select objects and drag, also change object shape by dragging |
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Options |
dialog box with tabs for: |
dialog box with tabs for: |
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Help |
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Help tool or menu or command |
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Help tool or menu |