{"id":642,"date":"2010-06-08T08:07:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/heads-up"},"modified":"2010-06-08T08:07:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T12:07:38","slug":"heads-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2010\/06\/heads-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Heads Up&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e2013483824a0f970c.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2015437319e3c970c\" height=\"34\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e2015437319e3c970c.png\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" width=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of SolidWorks 2010 the heads up toolbar can be completely customised to locate any tool that you wish to place on it. I have recently seen a couple of additions that I thought were very useful. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e2013483824a21970c.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"image\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2015437319e41970c\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e2015437319e41970c.png\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" width=\"242\" \/><\/a> I always forget that you can right click on the double chevron at the top of the feature manager to change display states so I like to have the display states fly out on the toolbar.<\/p>\n<p>The selection filter is also good to have on there\u2026 quick access to selection of certain types of entities without having to bring up the toolbar every time.<\/p>\n<p>Creating planes and curves is always a common task\u2026 having these fly outs on the heads up bar means you don&#39;t have to go back to the features tab all the time, it also helps keep the \u201cS\u201d key shortcut bar cleaner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just right click on the heads up bar and choose \u201ccustomize\u201d. Pick the \u201ccommands\u201d tab and simply drag and drop the commands onto the toolbar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\/Justin<\/p>\n<div class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:c80313d4-ace6-4af3-89d0-bed02ecd5dea\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/SolidWorks+2010\" rel=\"tag\">SolidWorks 2010<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Tips+and+Tricks\" rel=\"tag\">Tips and Tricks<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/User+Interface\" rel=\"tag\">User Interface<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of SolidWorks 2010 the heads up toolbar can be completely customised to locate any tool that you wish to place on it. I have recently seen a couple of additions that I thought were very useful. 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