Hi, I am going through some of the SolidWorks tutorials. One difficulty I have whenever I follow the tutorials is that some of the mentioned icons and toolbars do not show up on my SW GUI. I have to click on the needed icons in the tutorials for them to show up on my SW GUI. Is it due to some setting issues? Perhaps I somehow removed some toolbars?
For example, in Basic Techniques->Lofts, under "Bending the Part with the Flex Feature", it reads "Click Flex on the Features toolbar". I cannot find any "Features toolbar" nor the Flex icon. I have to click on the Flex icon in the tutorial for it to show up on my screen. Similarly, in Advanced Techniques->3D Sketching with Planes, it reads "Click Add Relation (Dimension/Relations toolbar)", I cannot find the "Add Relation" icon nor the Dimension/Relations toolbar. I have to click on the "Add Relation" icon for it to show up.
Oh how I wish SW would include an essentials training class when you buy a seat of SolidWorks.
Sorry, my first reply was not very good; command manager is not the way to go with the tutorial. You turn on toolbars by going to View, Toolbars and select Dimensions/Relations and Features.
As you can see there is not and icon for the flex feature on the Features toolbar (you can add it yourself).
In cases like this, your best friend can be the search box in the upper right hand corner of SolidWorks. The first thing you do is click on the drop down on the right side and select Commands.
Next you type in what you are looking for then either click on the icon or click on the "all seeing eye".
It will automatically take you where the feature in located. In my case, the flex feature is on in command manager so it shows where it is by using the SW menu.
Hope this helps.