There is a tremendous amount of productivity to be gained when implementing the use of keyboard shortcuts in SolidWorks. The ones I use most commonly are below:
Ctrl+TAB+ Cycle between documents-forward
Ctrl+SHFT+TAB+ Cycle between documents-backwards
I use these when I an working on a drawing and I need to go back to the part to make a change, as long as the part is already opened. Same holds true for assembly and part windows.
But my favorite was one that I picked up yesterday. Since SolidWorks 2008, one can simply left mouse click on an object in the FeatureManager Design Tree or in the graphics area and a helpful popup will appear with common commands. If you move you mouse after this pops up, you seem to be out of luck and can’t get it to come back unless you click the feature again. However if you press the CTRL key on the keyboard before clicking on another feature and move your mouse back to where you originally clicked, Voila, your popup is back.
