Looking for articles/reviews on dual monitors with SolidWorks

I am doing some research on the advantages to having dual monitors. If
anyone has any good articles on the advantages of using dual monitors
(specifically with SolidWorks would be nice), please post them.

Thanks.

 

I by the 24" 1920x1200 as standard monitor for all CAD users.
Had not seen the history tree on one monitor and graphics on the other with
solidworks.

Regards.

 

We use dual monitors extensively with NVidia mid and high end graphics
cards with dual head capability and LCD monitors. Using two large CRT
monitors in a single work area is not practical because of the heat
generated and the space requirements.

We use them with those users who need to have ERP software open
concurrently with SW and/or those with vision problems.

We usually use a lower resolution LCD screen when using dual head
setups, for example two 1280x1024 LCDs as opposed to a 1600x1200 LCD
for a single head user. One reason is simply because the dual head
users would have trouble reading a higher resolution screen.

Settings are everything when setting up this kind of system. The choice
of settings can make all the difference in the world. For example, pop
up windows can be made to pop up on the SW window or on the other
window. This can keep SW uncluttered, but can also confuse the user who
is looking for the pop up on the SW window.

As far as SW is concerned, it doesn't know the difference as everything
is handled in the driver.

We also use dual screen setup with the laptop users. In that case the
laptop provides one screen and the other is a standalone.

 

Hello
I have a friend who uses 2 24" dell lcd monitors 1200x1900 each side by
side with Nvidia card.
One screen holds the graphics while the other is showing the feature
manager and other tools like windows explorer iExplorer etc.
Its impressive and efficient since the amount of zooming in/out is
minimal.
However one should take care not the streach the graphics on both LCDs
as graphic performance drops. So as long as the sw graphic frame is on
one screen its greate.
Dudi Peer

 

Google = 156 hits for "efficiency with" "dual monitors"

I first used 2 & 3 monitors with Mac OS 6 or 7 in the late 80s on 2 D
CAD and it was a terrific boost for being able to keep opent
spreadsheets, outlines, photo images and then CAD (usually on its own
monitor), so it was much easier to keep a flow of work going with the
extra screen space.

What I have seen over 20 years of screen use, though, is that I now
don't need separate monitors as much to keep my head organized,
particularly with Mac OSX.

Bo

 

I have a 24" LCD widescreen (1920x1200) monitor and a Nvidia fx 3500
works very well.
I have tried dual monitors but without much luck mainly due to
perfomance issues.

steve.

 

I like to use two computers with one monitor, mouse and keyboard.

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