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Web-Based Help Offers Answers for SolidWorks Users
13 Mar, 2010 By: Richard DoyleSolid Thinking tutorial: The new help system introduced in SolidWorks 2010 includes improved search tools, simplified navigation, and up-to-date documentation.
Editor's note: This article courtesy of SolidWorks.
Among the new capabilities introduced in SolidWorks 2010 is a help system that displays documentation in a web-based view. Web-based documentation is available for SolidWorks, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, and eDrawings. There are many advantages to this new help system; let's look at a few of them.
Search
More than a few SolidWorks users have found searching the help files to be a challenge. The new web-based help relies on better search technology, employing such tools as relevancy ranking, spelling correction, and guided navigation. The search results also return short descriptions that make it easier to find exactly what you are looking for.
Topic Navigation
Since the help files are web-based, the browser window provides enhanced navigation tools. Home, Next, and Previous topic buttons are available, and the "breadcrumb trails" at the top of the help topics make it easier to browse through the search results and return to where you started if the answer was not what you were looking for.
Navigation buttons and breadcrumb trails help users view other topics or return to where they started.
Staying Up to Date
Another advantage to SolidWorks web-based help is always having access to the most up-to-date documentation. In previous SolidWorks releases, the help file was a large compiled CHM file that had to be downloaded along with service pack updates. Web-based help files are always updated with the latest information available.
No Internet, No Problem
There's no need to worry about accessing SolidWorks help without an Internet connection; the compiled help files are still available locally. In fact, you are given the option of using web-based help or local help.
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