Quick reference

TopSolid
TopSolid Interface
Menus guide
Mouse
Compass and visualization
Icons and dialog
TopSolid’Cam shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts
Symbolic tree
Parameters
Sketch and dimension
Layers management

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TopSolid Interface
1. Title bars (software and document)
Possible document name suffixes:
*: modified document
?: document with invalid element(s)
!: document with lowered cursor
~: document with frozen operation(s)
#: master part(s) with slave part not up-to-date
X: not up-to-date slave part
2. Drop down menus
3. Integrated system icon bar
4. Work icon bar
5. Prompt line bar with neutral point functions (see table down below)
6. Context icon bar
7. Symbolic tree (construction tree)
8. Status bar
9. Alpha bar (message window)
10. Graphic area (work space)
11. Current coordinate system
12. Compass
13. Quick layers bar
14. Quick line styles bar
15. Symbolic tree indexes
1
2
3
4
5
15

7 10

11

12

8
9
14 13

Neutral point functions

Selection type Suggested operation/function
Edge Create a fillet or a chamfer
Planar face Planar face
Curve Extrude curve
Operation Modify or delete operation
Component Use processes
Coordinate system Make coordinate system current
Graphic area Render mode selection
Bars display:
Click with right button on drop down menu bar
and check/uncheck bar
to display/hide.

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Menus guide
File ­File management, print, document properties
Edition Element edition (curve, shape, operation…) such as
Duplicate, Repeat, Replace, Extract, Insert…
Parameter Parameter and values management of the document
(Edit list, Optimize, Animate)
Curve Creation and modification of 2D element separated by
a horizontal line
Shape Creation and modification of 3D element (same
organization as Curve)

Shape and element creation

( to delete elements)

Operation and elements modification

( to extract operations)

Assembly Assembly functions and component creation

Kinematics Movement management defined with kinematic joints
between elements
Dynamics Movement management of elements assembled with
constraints of forces and gravity
Tools Creation of coordinate system, point, dimension,
constraint and options
Attribute Information management related to an element (color,
transparency, layer…)
Analyze Measure box: Feedback in the alpha bar of distance,
mass, inertia…
Piping Piping functions module
Sheet metal Sheet metal design tools
Image Realistic rendering functions
Wood Wood design functions (TopSolid’Wood)
View View creation tools (section, detail, auxiliary, along
direction…)
Dimension Dimension tools and modification of dimension format:
height, text, extremities…
Bill of material Bill of material creation and management as well as
indexes
Detailing Complete drawing with texts, geometrical tolerances
and other symbols
Window Window management (i.e.: Tile vertically)
Help Online help, About TopSolid, TopSolid modules
version, Codes…

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Mouse

Left button
Selection of an element, a command, an icon in the menus, or point
creation

Middle button
Creation on the current coordinate system without snapping on the
elements

Dynamic pan of the graphic area

Wheel
Dynamic zoom of the graphic area

Right button
Contextual menu according to the position of cursor in the menus area.
Dialog buttons shortcuts in the graphic area:
a short click = validation of the furthest left button,
a long click = list of all buttons in a contextual menu

Rotative picking
Selection of a hidden or overlapping entity. Keep your left selection

mouse button pushed down near the element, then while keeping

the button pressed click successively with another button to select

the desired element, then release the selection button

note

It is also possible to select arc or circle center using this method.

Intersection snapping
To get an intersection point between wireframe entities, keep your

selection button pressed down while you are at a location

without entity to select, and move your cursor toward the intersection

position . Cursor symbol will first turn into a square shape. When
an intersection position is close enough, a rubber-bending line
appears from the intersection position indicating an intersection point.
Release your selection to capture.
Intersecting entities are shown in
red. Search area can be adjusted

with + and - keys.

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Compass and visualization

Translation

on axis cylinder

Spherical rotation

on axis cone

Axial rotation Compass initialization

if compass out of the current
on axis arc
view, on the default
Orientation
coordinate system and
on axis letter, opposed select Get back compass

direction with rotative picking View configuration

Compass hooking or cursor with on

on the compass origin
(sphere) to hook on a geometrical
element
Compass function
on the hooked compass
to create a coordinate system
(current or not), orientate
view, unhook, display default
coordinate system…
Compass options
Display options, colours, size…
with File | Properties | Compass
any border of the graphic area
to change types of view (number
and orientation)
Top view
Top view orientation in
regards to the current coordinate
system
Perspective view
Perspective view orientation
in regards to the current
coordinate system

Rotation along screen axis

of current view
  : X axis
  : Y axis
+ = Dynamic rotation   : Z axis

+ (or ) = Pan

++ (or ) = Dynamic zoom

 + 1! = Fit screen zoom

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Icons and dialog

Execution of simple icon with on icon

Execution of indexed icon with on icon

Contextual menu with on the index or on icon

In contextual menu:

: current without execution

: execution without current

Prompt line bar

Toggle button: switch between different choices

Ex: on toggles to

Action button: validate an option

Ex: on executes the command

Data entry field: for some options, direct typing with keyboard by the
user in an entry field

Ex: .

List: selection of option in a drop-down list (validate the option in the

list)

Ex:

Button shortcuts in the graphic area

Short : the most left button

Long : all buttons in a list in a contextual menu

Status bar options

: Graphical display tolerance

: Magnetic snap activation (options with on current coordinate

system)

: Element creation mode:

3D: Hooking to the picked point (default mode)
Pr (Projected): Hooking to the picked point projected on the XY plane
of the current coordinate system (the Z coordinate in
the current coordinate system is always equal to 0)
Pl (Plane): Hooking restricted to current coordinate system

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TopSolid’Cam shortcuts
Operations manager
 Comment edition
 Operation search
 Link edition (between 2 successive operations)
 Delete selected operations
Double-click Edit selected operation, tool of WCS
+l Show layers dialog box
+i Display information on selected operation
+d Display database structure on selected operation
+x Cut selected operations
+v Paste selected operations
+a Select all the operations
Tricks
Click on small icon in front of the operation to start the simulation.
Ctrl+click on small icon in front of the operation to start the verification.
Simulation
Spacebar Stop or start a simulation
/ Jump to the next move
z Jump to the next new Z point
+ Increase the simulation speed
- Reduce the simulation speed
 Left the simulation
 Jump to the simulation of the next operation
Verification
 Go back to the initial state
Spacebar Stop or start a verification
/ Next cut
t Show the tool path
s Change the tool path display
< and  + > Modify the number of tool path elements which are displayed
a Display the current WCS
z Zoom on an area of the part
p Execute an hardcopy
 Display the list of the operations to simulate
+ Increase the verification speed
- Increase the verification speed
Part clamping
+ : Rotate the selected clamp in the counter clockwise direction
- : Rotate the selected clamp in the clockwise direction
f : Open the face selection where to put the clamp
x : Lock / Unlock X axis for clamp positioning
y : Lock / Unlock Y axis for clamp positioning
z : Lock / Unlock Z axis for clamp positioning
  : Move clamp in X or Y
 /  : Move clamp in Z

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Keyboard shortcuts
 On-line help

 Information on selected element

 & Zoom
 & Pan
 & Axial rotation along X
 & Axial rotation along Y
 & Axial rotation along Z
 & Graphical section
 & Spherical rotation
 Reorganize the floating icon bars

 Display/hide the floating icon bars

 + z Undo step by step

 Origin of the current coordinate system

  Display
entered
the previous and next answers previously

 Exit of the current function

 + A Cancel all actions of the current function

 + o Open/close symbolic tree
 + 1! Fit screen zoom
 +  Toggle between open TopSolid documents
 + Spherical rotation
 + Pan
 +  + Zoom
note
Customization of keyboard shortcuts with
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Symbolic tree
Open/close tree with Tools | Open/Close tree

or with double cursor on right hand side of context icon bar.

Once open, select an element to edit.

on an element of the tree to delete, modify, zoom, with contextual

menu with upper section for selected element and lower section for
general options.

on an operation of the tree to move it.

Tree symbol legend

bold Visible element or operation

normal Invisible element or operation

italic Element automatically driven by TopSolid

(generally created in another document)

=0 Operation without intermediary result

=* Operation with intermediary result

<> Geometry of the operation stored

() Deactivated operation
Insertion cursor allows to display the part at different
step of its conception and insert new operations
Simplification cursor allowing you to choose the level
of detail of the simplified shape

Invalid element or operation

Operation de-activated automatically

Built in place element (solid or surface)

Included sub-assembly

Included element
User standard component

Master part

Slave part

Parameter/driver

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Parameters
Creation of parameter on the fly: r=10mm a=2in
Creation of parameter: Parameter | Create

- Parameter bar

- Length parameter

Tolerances: 5mm[-0.1,+0.2] 8mm[0.2] 12mm[h7]

Sharing of same parameter with several entities:
with Parameter | Merge (such as 2 dimensions)
Edition of parameters: with Parameter | Edit list
Data entry field in yellow if parameter name already exists

PI 3.1415926535897932385
COS(x) SIN(x) TAN(x) Cosine, Sine, Tangent
COS(x) ASIN(x) ATAN(x) Arc cosine, Arc sine, Arc
A
tangent of an angle
ATAN2(x,y) ATAN(x/y)
EXP(x) LN(x) LOG(x) Exponential (e^x), Neperian
and decimal logarithm
SQRT(x) Square root
BS(x) MAX(x,y) MIN(x,y) Absolute, maximal and minimal
A
value
AND(x,y) OR(x,y) NOT(x) Boolean operators
WHEN(x,y,z) Returns z if x = 0 and y if not
x==y Returns 1 if x = y
x>=y Returns 1 if x >(or equal) y
x>y Returns 1 if x > y
x<=y Returns 1 if x <(or equal) y
x<y Returns 1 if x < y
x!=y Returns 1 if x different from y
CEIL2(x) Converts a floating value to an
integer by closest upper value
ROUND2(x) Converts by closest value
FLOOR2(x) Converts by closest lower value

Example of condition
If l > 20 then d=l/2 else d=4
Creation of parameter l=15 and parameter
d=when(greater(l,20),l/2,4)

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Sketch and dimension

Sketch mode with (green border of the graphic area)

Start a new sketch with

End sketch with

Modify sketch with Modify element by selecting sketch or part

Sketch colours
Under constrained color Orange
Iso constrained color Green
Unused segment line type
Construction segment line type
Unused segment line width
Construction segment line width
Customization with Tools | Options | Sketch

Constraints
Perpendicular
Parallel
Alignment
Orientation
Tangency
Coincidence

Concentricity

A to toggle line mode to arc mode when sketching.

z to force horizontal/vertical mode.
Move Parents to automatically adjust the constraints.

Insert Element to insert entities in a sketch.

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Layers management
Layers option with on in status bar.

Colour Status Symbol Status

Green Current 0 Not empty
Red Visible X Frozen
Black Invisible - Empty
Blue Grouped/frozen

Activate/Deactivate (visible or invisible)

Freeze/Unfreeze (read only layer)
Name a layer
Group several layers in a named group
Ungroup a group of layers
Selection by type of layer with Types tab options.

Quick layers bar

: Activate/deactivate quick layer (red/black)

: Activate and make quick layer current (green)

: Quick layer options (Name, Insert…)

Redefine: Reorganization of all quick layers according to their contents.

Tools | Options | Icon bars to modify the number of quick layers.

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