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Keyboard and mouse setup

Keyboard and mouse setup - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Keyboard and mouse setup

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- [Instructor] While it's not as critical as your workstation configuration, setting up your peripheral hardware for your computer can also be very important. Let's begin by talking about keyboard selection. Currently, there are many different kinds of keyboards available to the user. We're going to focus on some of the main features that are important when dealing with CAD. Many designers will agree that it's important to have a keyboard with a number pad. Currently, you have the option to select keyboards with a number pad included in the build, or a whole other auxiliary number pad separate from your keyboard, depending on your setup. No matter which you prefer, I would just make sure that you have a number pad available to you, because this is going to be critical when inserting dimensions and changing values of SOLIDWORKS features. You want to be able to do this quickly and easily. Most people can type values in much faster on a number pad than they can across the top of a…

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