Rob Jensen’s Blog » 2009 » February
Currently I have the option “Enable selection through transparency” turn off. I prefer having this off because I don’t want to be able to select through a transparent face. To me, if there is a face there I want to select it. But that’s just me.
With the option turned off I can select the transparent face, but what if I want to select the other faces.
To accomplish this, just hold down the SHIFT key and make your selection.
Using the SHIFT key works with the option turned on or off. If you like the option turned on, then you can use the SHIFT key to select the transparent face and by default you will be able to select through all transparent faces.
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You can see the general session video here.
If you’re like my boss, you’ll play it over…and over….and over..!! Good stuff.
It’s been another busy day at SWW09. I’m not going to go into all the details because there are bloggers that come to this even as members of the press and they do a outstanding job of covering whats going on. You can check it out here
What I’m going to talk about is the 10th annual SWUGN Summit. My very first SWW was in 2005 here in Orlando and for whatever reason I went to the SWUGN Summit to see what the user group’s were all about. After getting back from Orlando I contacted Richard Doyle and said I want to start a group. Richard was all for it (this isn’t a big shock if you know Richard). Starting the Southern MN User Group was one of the best things I’ve ever done! I have gotten to meet some of the greatest people in the SolidWorks Community.
Every year at the SWUGN Summit they give out awards…kind of. There are nominees for SWUGN reseller of the year, Partner or the year, User group of the year and User group leader of the year. This year one of the VAR’s from Minnesota got the Reseller of the year award. Congratulations to Alignex!! Also, there were 2 SWUGN user group leader of the year nominees from MN. Anne Yust who runs one of the only Simulations User Groups and yours truly. I don’t know about the others, but this made my conference!! What a honor!!!
I’m not going to go into details about the meeting. If you were there, you know the commitment Richard Doyle brings to this group. And I didn’t get a chance to tell him, but it’s been a pleasure working for…..I should say, with him these last 4 years. And I just want to say “Thanks Richard”.
Today was another busy day for me. I had 3 round tables in the morning and the CAD boot camp at 1. The round tables were absolutely amazing..!!! The round tables are for users like you and me to voice our frustrations and/or problems to SolidWorks. Another cool experience for me and I hope to be part of it again next year.
Next it was the CAD boot camp. This was a 4 hour session about anything and everything you need to know if you are a CAD admin. Greg Jankowski does a great job with this every year.
Wrapping up the day was the welcome reception. I got there and went to the product showcase where a couple of our products we design were. It was pretty cool to see our stuff next to all the other cool stuff. After that, I headed to the SWUGN booth to meet the rest of the user group leaders. It was nice to finally meet these folks face to face. The user group leaders are a great bunch of folks.
Well, I need to get ready for the day. Can’t wait for the general session to start..!! Should be pretty awesome!
Stay tuned..