Topics

• Purpose
• Displaying Commands
• Hiding or Showing Commands
• Suppressing or Activating Commands
• Changing Command Names
• Command Hint

Purpose

The Xpresso Task Pane lists all of the active commands in alphabetical order on the right side pane of SolidWorks. In the Task Pane, you can Suppress or Unsuppress (activate) commands, Hide or Show commands, and change the Spoken Phrase of the command. The Task Pane also show a Command Hint (Tool Tip) of what the command does. The Command Editor can be accessed through the Xpresso Task Pane and allows user customization of the spoken command phrase used in Xpresso.

When Xpresso is first installed only a small set of the most common commands are activated and shown. This small set of frequently used commands dramatically improves command recognition and accuracy. However, the Task Pane and Command Editor can be used to activate or change the name of a command for a custom user experience.

To show the Xpresso Task Pane, click on the Xpresso Icon on the right side of the SolidWorks screen.

Displaying Commands

The Task Pane allows the user to adjust which commands are visible. Show active selection will only show commands that SolidWorks will allow (e.g. mate will only be active when working on an assembly). These commands appear in black in the Task Pane. This option greatly reduces the number of commands visible.

The Show all selection will show all commands that are available in Xpresso AND commands that are not available. Commands that are shown, but are not available in SolidWorks are shown in red.

Checking the Show hidden box will show commands that the user has hid from the Task Pane. Hidden commands will be recognized if spoken, but will hot show up in the unless this option is checked. Hidden Commands are shown in blue.

The Show Suppressed option shows commands that you have suppressed. These commands ARE NOT recognizable by Xpresso and are shown in gray.

Hiding or Showing Commands

Commands may be hidden or shown in two ways.

• Scroll through the Xpresso Task Pane and right-click on the desired command. Select Hide from the right-click menu.
• Double-click on the desired command and select the Hide check box in the Command Editor.

TIP: To quickly scroll to the desired command, Click once into the Command Editor Window, and type the first letter of the desired command on your keyboard. This will jump to the first command with that starts with that letter.

Suppressing or Activating Commands

Commands may be suppressed or unsuppressed (activated) by two ways.

• Scroll through the Task Pane and right-click on the desired command. Select Suppress from the right-click menu.
• Double-click on the desired command and select the Suppress check box in the Command Editor.

TIP: Suppressed commands are not loaded into the speech engine database. The fewer commands in the speech engine database limits false recognitions because there are fewer commands to choose from. Therefore, suppressing unused commands can improve your speech recognition experience.

Changing Command Names

To change the Spoken Phrase that activates a command:
1. Select the desired command in the Xpresso Task Pane.
2. Right-click and select Edit (or double click on the desired command). This brings up the Command Editor.
3. Type a new word or short phrase into the Spoken word or phrase feild will change the spoken phrase used to activate the command.
4. When you are done editing a command click OK and all your changes will be saved.



TIP: When changing the spoken phrase be sure to keep these tips in mind:

• Use one, two or three words only. Two words phrases usually are the best
• Make sure the new phrase is unique and phonetically different than other commands
• Do not use any punctuation and capital letters do not matter
• You can use single letters and numbers (3 D Sketch instead of Three Dee Sketch)

Command Hint

Xpresso offers command hints for available commands. Hovering over a command will display a short sentence about the command. You can also access this command hint by double-clicking a command and to open the Command Editor. With over 600 commands it can be difficult remembering what they all do.