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Visualize Rendering · Lesson 1: First render in five steps

Easy Mode, import from SOLIDWORKS with live update, the interface and the raytracing modes.

Lesson goal

Get a first clean image of a SOLIDWORKS model and understand the Visualize interface.

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3 videos

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1 exercise

Beginner

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No prerequisite

1. Watch the videos

Dassault Systèmes videos hosted on MySolidWorks: they open in a new tab and a free account is enough. Watch them in order.

Easy Mode OverviewVideo 1▶Easy Mode OverviewA minimal interface in five steps, from import to final image.↗ Import & CAD Live-UpdateVideo 2▶Import & CAD Live-UpdateImport settings and the link that updates the render when the part changes.↗ Toolbar, Raytracing, and General UIVideo 3▶Toolbar, Raytracing, and General UIThe four areas of the interface and the raytracing render modes.↗

2. Key takeaways

1

Easy Mode guides you in five steps: ideal for a first image or an occasional user.

2

The import setting matters: group by appearance for a quick image, by part to animate components.

3

CAD Live-Update keeps the link with SOLIDWORKS: a change to the part does not force you to rebuild the scene.

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Preview mode is for composing the scene; Accurate mode is for the final image.

Tip

Tidy up your SOLIDWORKS assembly before export (named components, appearances applied per part): the Visualize scene tree will be much easier to read.

3. Do the exercise

With one of your parts or a simple assembly:

  • import it into Visualize, grouped by appearance
  • follow the five Easy Mode steps
  • save an image at 1920 × 1080
✓To check: Change a dimension in SOLIDWORKS, then update in Visualize: the scene stays in place with the new geometry.

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