the S-KEY in SOLIDWORKS - The Ultimate Shortcut!

[@dimokokilala-k7s]

I'm getting tired of almost 1 week of designing our machine for thesis so I'm looking for shortcuts. I wish I found out about this shortcut key sooner. My life would've been easier. Thank youu!!!💜

[@TooTallToby]

Awesome! The S-key is indeed a huge timesaver and epic shortcut! Glad you know about it now! 😀

[@subramanianas2050]

S is a superpower shortcut key for all segments in the SOLIDWORKS tool. Thank you so much for your knowledge and effort! I learned a lot from this tutorial!

[@TooTallToby]

I agree - S for Subramanian!! Thanks and glad this helped!

[@subramanianas2050]

@@TooTallToby 💙 Thank you my mentor!💙

[@franklaurent80]

S key is a real time saver and it even gets better if you put it on mouse gesture donut.

[@TooTallToby]

Great Idea Frank and I agree - using both S key and Mouse Gestures takes it to a whole new level!

[@bryanobermeyer5656]

You have added to my arsenal! I was a big fan of Mouse Gestures when I discovered them. NOW, I've added the shortcut bar to my mouse gestures! I don't even have to touch the keyboard!

[@TooTallToby]

Awee yeah awesome! I love the S key!

[@dohman76]

I was unaware of the S key until I caught it in another video of yours. Good stuff man!!

[@TooTallToby]

Awesome thanks for the comment and glad to introduce to this one. I'm learning onshape now too, and the S-key is there too!!

[@henrywight4057]

Toby, you are really helping me accelerate my learning.

[@TooTallToby]

that's awesome and so great to hear!

[@allnicksweretaken]

S is for Super! ;) I love this feature in SW. Great video!

[@TooTallToby]

Lol this feature is a SUPER feature!!

[@mehrandavachi3589]

Hey, It was exactly the best shortcut ever on SolidWorks which I was looking for as a fast user! Great job mate.

[@TooTallToby]

Yeah I love the S key - I think one day I will make a shrine to it!

[@mehrandavachi3589]

@@TooTallToby Agree, let's do it...😂

[@ExileOnDaytonStreet]

For my money, one of the best features to put on your sketch-mode S-key is an extruded boss (or extruded cut) command, as you had it here. Skip the middle man and go straight to the feature you're most likely to use it for.

[@TooTallToby]

I agree- It such a great time saver! Thanks for the comment!

[@RexAnothership]

Love it! Thanks

[@TooTallToby]

Awww yeah!

[@Ravi-bm3nl]

S key is great, a real time saver. Great video Toby, as always! Thanks!

[@TooTallToby]

Awww yeah thanks Ravi!

[@sohailahmed6061]

Great stuff

[@TooTallToby]

thanks!

[@indianadave8881]

I've been using the S-key for years. I have absolutely no toolbars cluttering up my screen, and have maximized my work area. I've got all my commonly used commands in my S-key. My coworkers don't know what to do if they sit down at my computer and need to do something. Of course, in the same vein, It takes me a bit to find commands in the standard toolbars if I'm on someone else's computer also.

[@TooTallToby]

yeah the S-KEY is ultra!!

[@mohammadshakibapour2547]

Very useful and amazing Video.thank you for sharing all the good information with us !

[@TooTallToby]

yeah this one is AWESOME!

[@rainasajid8470]

very helpful, thanks a lot!

[@stephanewey420]

S key is powerful tool. And with the use of a space mouse, you are even more powerful.

[@TooTallToby]

Oh yeah - combo!!

[@ctsugusergroup1397]

Love the S key

[@TooTallToby]

yeah the S Key is THE BEST key!!

[@tomdunn7147]

I was told about mouse gestures before I knew about the s key so I have that set up, but it seems to have a bit of a lag sometimes. I definitely need to force myself to use the s key to make myself faster. muscle memory.

[@TooTallToby]

Nice! Both mouse gestures and S-key are great time savers, I just like the idea of just having "one key to rule them all" :-)

[@FreeHalorix]

Thanks Toby, I start using The S KEY ;) and I saw you have many templates can you share some templates too? or maybe you have done before?! if yes I'll be glad to know

[@PushpendraMishra-h7s]

Nice sir

[@TooTallToby]

Thanks glad you liked this one!

[@samwanstall]

fantastic top tip thankyou

[@TooTallToby]

awesome I love the S-key!

[@samshadloo6897]

It's so useful for me....tnx❤

[@TooTallToby]

Awwww yeah! It's EPIC!!

[@ankitkumarraghunath5316]

Very good tool

[@TooTallToby]

I agree!!

[@texfire75]

I noticed when you exited sketch mode to switch to feature mode, your sketch profile stayed highlighted. When I do the same, my sketch turns gray and the only way to get feature mode to work is to click the sketch in the feature tree or the sketch profile on the plane. If I don't pick the sketch profile first, feature mode short cut does come up, and when I pick an extrude feature, it prompts me to pick a plane to draw a sketch on or pick an existing sketch. How do I get my sketch to stay highlighted when exiting sketch? Thanks. I'm running SW Premium 2020 SP5.0 Edit: adding the features to the sketch shortcut does work.

[@TooTallToby]

Hi texfire! For me, when I exit a newly created sketch, so long as I don't click in the background, the sketch remains highlighted. Are you possibly clicking in the background after exiting the sketch? Usually this isn't an issue with the customized Skey menu, because I jump right from sketch into extrude, without exiting the sketch.

[@texfire75]

@@TooTallToby Thanks. It seems to only work if it is a brand new created sketch and you don't exit before feature. In other words, you can't exit the sketch and go back and edit it. However, this is achieved by adding the features buttons to the sketch shortcut menu as you've shown. Thanks again.

[@TooTallToby]

@@texfire75 That's weird I tried it in SW 2015 and SW 2020. Here's my recording in 2020 and it seems like it works (the sketch remains highlighted after EXIT SKETCH command) - imgur.com/sB6LhJD Maybe this is an "enhancement" in the newer versions.. Either way - glad it's working with the S-key. as another commenter said - just "cut out the middle man" and go strait to the extrude!

[@Scott_G]

Hey Toby!! Did you make it to 'World' this year? I didn't see your usual session, but it looks like they used a picture of you on the main page of the event. Also, if you're a little short on cash, and only have the 2 button Spacemouse, you can map the S key to one of them and it's almost as useful as the more expensive versions of the Spacemouses (Spacemice?😁).

[@TooTallToby]

Lol - thanks Scott - No I didn't make it to the world conference this year. I'm hosting a livestream tomorrow morning (Feb 28th) which is, essentially, what I would have shown, had I been able to go. Hopefully this will help the community! Thanks for the tip (and the chuckle) :-) And thanks for thinking about me too - wish I could have been there!

[@armenmeliksetyan5058]

I cant jump from a sketch mode to Boss Extrude without exiting the sketch, the icon is there in my S Key menu, but its inactive

[@TooTallToby]

Are you in a 2D sketch or a 3D sketch? Do you have geometry in the 2D sketch? (lines, circles, arcs)

[@armenmeliksetyan5058]

@@TooTallToby im in 2d sketch, yeah i do have a sketch

[@TooTallToby]

@@armenmeliksetyan5058 are you in an ASSEMBLY creating sketch? or are you in a PART?

[@armenmeliksetyan5058]

@@TooTallToby Im in a part modeling

[@gertkristensen6451]

or just right click i use it a lot ,, or Mouse Gestures

[@TooTallToby]

sure- another great tool