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Customising User Interface

January 15, 2026

This video explains how new SOLIDWORKS users can customise the interface to improve efficiency and create a cleaner, more personalised workspace. It covers switching from novice to advanced mode, managing toolbars, enabling or removing tabs, and controlling add‑ins to streamline start‑up performance. Viewers learn how to dock, lock and resize the CommandManager, customise shortcut bars and mouse gestures, and adjust icon sizes. The video also walks through colour scheme changes, background preferences and sketch‑view auto‑rotation. It concludes by showing how to save and restore all customised settings using the Copy Settings Wizard, making it easy to apply the same interface setup across multiple machines