MechDesigner Reference & User Interface > 1: General menus & toolbars

The Help menu

Help menu commands

Open Local Help

The help file-name is MechDesigner.chm.

To open it, you must first Download Latest Help - see below.

On-line Help

You need an Internet connection.

MechDesigner opens the MechDesigner's Help Welcome Page on the internet.

The On-Line Help is usually the most up-to-date.

Download Latest Help

Download the Latest Help to your PC to get contextual help with the and F1 key on your keyboard.

The file you download is: MechDesigner.chm

There are two ways to download the help file:

Use the Help Menu :

1.Click Help menu > Download Latest Help...

Dialog-DownloadCHMHelp

2.Click Download Now button

The file downloads to the correct directory.

Reasons you cannot download the local help file:

•You do not have Administrator Privileges:

Even if you think you have Administrator Privileges:

oRight-click MechDesigner start button or icon, and click Run as Administrator

•Virus-checker:

oAdd an exception for MechDesigner

Directly from PSMotion :

1.If necessary, exit MechDesigner

2.Click this link MechDesigner.chm to open the next dialog

Dialog-OpenCHM-File

3.Click the Save File button

Save the file to: C:\ProgramData\PSMotion\Help\

4.Start MechDesigner

Edit Language Database

Note: Generally, do not touch this dialog!

Toggle Hints

Use to show 'tool-tips' next to your mouse-pointer.

•Click to 'Toggle Off' (You may need to click this two times).

•Click again to 'Toggle On'

Tutorials:

About dialog tabs:

MechDesigner :14.2.134: (the Release, Version and Build).

Graphics - your Graphics Card Supplier, and OpenGL Version, Graphics Card Model, OpenGL Extensions.

Type-Libraries: Last Used Installed version of SOLIDWORKS and installed version of the SOLIDWORKS Type Libraries

Protection Key : Your License Settings.