SOLIDWORKS PhotoView 360 does a really great job of creating amazingly realistic renderings. We’ve discussed before how to add your own background image in SOLIDWORKS to use in a render, but what if you want a PhotoView 360 Transparent Background Rendering? The approach to get…
A great new feature in SolidWorks 2013 is the ability to use Luxology native appearances for PhotoView 360 renders. This opens up to SolidWorks users the ability to make use of the huge selection of additional appearances in Luxology’s online library. But even better, for customers with an…
My SOLIDWORKS pick of the day is the new behavior for the SOLIDWORKS Shadow Orientation in OpenGL mode. I really like the fact that shadows are now being controlled by the Scene dialog box in all display modes: OpenGL, RealView and PhotoView 360. No more confusion! Watch this:
Do you want to know how this spinning coin effect was created with SOLIDWORKS Motion Manager and PhotoView 360? About a year ago, I took full advantage of the newly introduced custom surface finish options in PhotoView 360 and “minted” a gold coin in the honor…
If you like my previous post about a rendered cruise boat video, you should see PhotoView 360 Rendered Animation too. The Javelin office just moved to a new location earlier this year, so I decided to make something interesting about the new office building. Please…
In past versions of SolidWorks inserting a background image into a model was a fairly difficult operation requiring changes to system options, creation of special files and normally at least two cups of coffee. The new “Display Manager” introduced in SolidWorks 2011 however makes it…
Designing a Labyrinth game with SolidWorks
I’ve been a fan of the game of Labyrinth for a while. I spent hours as a kid mastering the X-Y controls to move the steel sphere from Start to Finish to Start to Finish, back and forth continuously. It was almost an obsession. I…
When you have layers of transparent materials in your model (like a glass containing water), you get a better result when rendering with PhotoView 360 if the “liquid” body interferes by a small amount with the “glass” body. Take a look at two renderings showing…
Getting your Expert Certification in SolidWorks (CSWE) can be compared to winning a Gold Medal in a top competition! There is only one very small, but somewhat important difference, though: Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation will not present you with an actual gold medal. Nope, no medal for you!…