Pivot points hold the key to unlocking awesome animations in SOLIDWORKS Visualize. Check out this walkthrough to learn how to create them easily!
SOLIDWORKS Visualize is equipped with some simple tools to help you get realistic lighting for your product renders.
We have some great prizes to give out from this year's global technology event, and for this year's competition we decided to focus on SOLIDWORKS Visualize. We want to see more great content created by our customers with SOLIDWOKS Visualize, so for t...
Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) is how innovators will rise to meet unprecedented construction industry challenges. Owner-operators, urban planners, architects, engineers and building product manufacturers are cultivating a clear competiti...
Staht is a UK-based start-up that is enhancing the safety of the built environment by revolutionising on-site testing and measuring equipment throughout the construction industry.
If you have been using SOLIDWORKS Visualize 2022 you may have noticed some subtle changes on the import geometry tab from previous versions. These changes weren't listed in the What’s New documentation and were introduced a little under the radar. In...
This weekend is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and to celebrate the momentous occasion a new commemorative 50p has entered circulation. With only 1.3 million minted so far, these 50ps are currently some of the rarest around so we thought a virtual one ...
3D animations are a great way to display your designs, no matter what stage of the design process you are at and can provide companies of almost any industry with huge leverage in improving their operational efficiency. Animated marketing videos are ...
The new release of SOLIDWORKS Visualize brings a number of brilliant enhancements to performance, functionality, interface design and convenience. Below we've picked our top five and for each one we've created a one minute video to explain all about ...
For our final challenge in our Rugby Lions series Solid Solutions and MECAD are competing to create the best renders of the brand new Rugby Lions Trophy. Check out our trophy showcase animation, created with SOLIDWORKS Visualize, along with our model...
Following on from our first blog where we discuss how we modelled a scrum machine, as part of our rugby inspired competition with seller MECAD in this blog we'll take a look at analysing our scrum machine with SOLIDWORKS Simulation.
As the Rugby Lions South Africa tour continues we are launching into a series of CAD competitions between Solid Solutions and MECAD - South African SOLIDWORKS Reseller, battling it out in SOLIDWORKS, as our countries' teams are battling it out on the...
Over the 2021 launch event we ran Render Rumble, a SOLIDWORKS Visualize competition with some amazing prizes. We had a great response with some fantastic entries making it very hard to judge! We were looking for both static renders and animations and...
In 2018 we ran a competition for your most realistic renders. We got some absolutely stunning results and so now to mark the launch of SOLIDWORKS 2021 the competition is back, and this time it’s bigger, better and has a new name! Welcome to Render Ru...
Virtual Reality(VR) videos provide one of the most immersive methods of viewing a design concept and can be used to bring your product showcases to the next level. Recently VR has become a valuable tool for many companies when it comes to design revi...
The need for additional protection in cricket helmets was made clear after the tragic death of Phillip Hughes, who suffered a blow to the back of his head from a cricket ball in 2014. Designed in SOLIDWORKS by Alan, Masuri Helmets have releas....
As huge fans of the show we have been wanting to model something from it ever since the last episode aired. Check out this video to see how SOLIDWORKS could have been used to help design arguably the most impressive piece of engineering in Westeros -...
SOLIDWORKS XR (Extended Reality) is a new and exciting development that sits within the existing SOLIDWORKS products, allowing you to interact with your 3D models like never before. We have created a miniseries of videos to introduce the topic.
Interactive Images are a great export option within Visualize Professional, allowing you to view the model in a series of 360 orbital spins within a web browser. However, what happens if I want to use this interactive method to demonstrate a mechanis...
In this short 4 minute run down, Jamie will explain the key differences between SOLIDWORKS 2019 Standard, Professional and Premium, helping you determine whether an upgrade is right for your business and which one. For a more in depth look at the dif....
Channel your festive spirit into SOLIDWORKS with this Christmas themed modelling tutorial. In this webcast we'll cover how to model and render the perfect decoration for the top of your Christmas tree. Additionally we'll show you how to use SOLIDWORK...
Recently we hosted a competition to showcase our customer's rendering skills, and after a careful review we are now ready to share the results.
Using the new physics options inside SOLIDWORKS Visualize 2019 it is possible to set up a model of a car to drive along a pre-set path, or you can even take control directly using a keyboard or game controller.
Calling all furniture and interior designers: the days of creating square cabinets are over. What if we told you there's a much easier way to bring your products to life?Here’s 10 reasons why we feel SOLIDWORKS is better than any other software, espe...
Solidworks allows you to set appearances of your parts for your particular requirements, I will show you in this log how to set them as well as create your own custom appearances.You can open the appearances window by either clicking the ‘Edit Appear...
To help make our training courses easier to understand and more relatable to real life working situations we have purchased a 5 axis milling machine to demonstrate the outputs from these programs in action. We have created an animation using SOLIDWOR...
Like Rendering and fancy a chance at winning an iPad or other prizes? Then enter our Visualize Rendering Competition for your chance to win
A brand new "super feature" to SOLIDWORKS Visualize, AI Denoiser. Create your renders 10x faster! Employing the latest machine learning technology and artificial intelligence SOLIDWORKS Visualize can quickly produce stunning images, animations, 360 s...
Applications Engineer Richard Earley presents 'Visualize - Advanced Appearances' in this weeks Webcast Wednesday.
Applications Engineer Richard Earley presents 'What's new in SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional 2018'.
Applications Engineer, Richard Earley presents this weeks Webcast Wednesday.
How to use multi-layer appearances to add bling to renders in SOLIDWORKS Visualize
Discover the top 10 enhancements in SolidWorks 2018.View the Video here
Applications Engineer Russell Richardson presents 'Visualize Hints and Tips'.
Applications Engineer Russell Richardson presents 'SOLIDWORKS Visualize Recourse'.
Applications Engineer, Chris Boyles delivers this weeks morning webcast 'Whats in SOLIDWORKS Visualize 2017?'
Applications Engineer, Alan Sweetenham shows us the impact 'SOLIDWORKS Visualize' has on renders in his latest blog post.
In this webcast we will look at the new ways we can render out animations and look at some top tips for you to make your animations stand out.
In this webcast, applications engineer, Chris Green looks at ways within Visualize to improve the realism for your renders including advanced materials, alternative lights, Depth of Field and decals.
Elite Applications Engineers, Olly Smith & Patrick Musgrave gain new SOLIDWORKS qualification by successfully designing new PCB design from scratch!
Creating still images really helps bring designs to life without having to create prototypes and can save companies a lot of money, however 2D images have their limitations. Here is when animations come into their own.
Last month, I built a six-metre rowing boat in SOLIDWORKS. I was interested to know just how much I could find out about this boat using Simulation- for example, how many people could fit in here before it sank?
Learn about the different Model Sets & the Formation Tool available within SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional in this Blog.
With all the joys and excitement, we often forget the hard work and long hours that go into the delivery of our Christmas gifts. With the help of SOLIDWORKS motion analysis, (available with SOLIDWORKS Premium) we can simulate the production line of S...
Visualize Standard 2017 is intergrated with the normal license manager and is available as part of subscription for SOLIDWORKS Standard and Professional users. Now it is part of the SOLIDWORKS install a new serial number is required, this is availabl...
SOLIDWORKS Visualize uses a non-biased rendering engine, which allows for physically accurate lighting within a scene. It generates images with high amount of realism and correct set up can replicate photo studio lighting.
In this blog we will be look at the post-processing options that can be found in SOLIDWORKS Visualize
There are a few different animating tools within Visualize Professional but in this blog we will use the watch to illustrate the power of the automatic rotation animations, a method of doing quick and easy rotation animations with little effort.
Discover how to model the Olympic Sun Sculpture in SOLIDWORKS, with our Elite Applications Engineer Gordon Stewart!
Explore the Walkthrough function on SOLIDWORKS Visualize.
Improvements and fixes for SOLIDWORKS Visualize 2016.
Ever wondered how the big automotive companies create their impressive long exposure renders? Well wonder no more, with this webcast you will the see the vast and powerful range of features from SOLIDWORKS Visualise professional using options such as....
Why Go Pro? Looking at Render Queuing within SOLIDWORKS Visualize
Enhance the quality of your renders with SOLIDWORKS Visualize.
Why Go Pro? Looking at Configurations within SOLIDWORKS Visualize with our placement students Hannah Barnes & Nick Barlow
It’s What’s New time again! With SOLIDWORKS Composer we get two releases per year, find out about the time saving new automatic “Animation Tools” Workshop in SOLIDWORKS Composer 2016 SP3