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RE: vintage shading

None that I know of--but that would be perfect for patent figures!

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.

RE: vintage shading

Some time back I asked a similar question and posted similar pics and was asked "why would you want something like that when you can get a photographic rendering?"

There must be a demand for it because SW introduced a "rough draft" appearance in 09.  It may not be exactly what you are asking for, but it looks like it is heading in that direction.

I haven't tried the pre-release of 09, but you can see the rough draft appearance on p. 23 of the "what's new":
http://files.solidworks.com/Supportfiles/Whats_new/2009/English/whatsnew.pdf

I am currently downloading the 234 Mb. 3DVia Composer and will give it a spin.

Flores

RE: vintage shading

I downloaded the "free trial", installed it, but it is asking for a license, I sent the email to them but haven't received anything back yet.  Anyone get the trial to work?

CSWP
SolidWorks 2007 SP5.0/2008 SP3.1
2xDual-Core AMD OPTERON 280 / 8GB Ram
Quadro FX3450
3DConnexion SpaceNavigator
 

RE: vintage shading

They sent a license via email and Microsoft Outlook blocked the link.  I copied and pasted that link in Firefox and got the following error:

Quote:

"You already requested this file. This URL is not valid anymore!"

I sent a license request and I got this from 3DVIA.Composer.Support@3DS.com:

Quote:

Hello Sir,

Unfortunately, the person in charge of generating manually a license file when such an issue happens is currently in vacation.
She will be back on Monday.
I will forward her this email.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Flores

RE: vintage shading

I have Autodesk Impression. I can save a SolidWorks drawing and open in Impression and make similar images as you show.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Jul 13, 2008)

RE: vintage shading

The 3DVia Composer is available from the Solidworks customer portal download, but I noticed PhotoView 360 is available for download also.

Will PhotoView 360 work with SW 2008 or do you need 2009 for it to work?  It's a 400 MB download and I don't want to eat up the bandwidth if it won't work with 08.

Flores

RE: vintage shading


*** OUCH ***

My VAR informed me that 3D VIA Composer is ~$14K.
Ya gotta be doin' a lot of composing to justify that price!!!

cheers

RE: vintage shading

Flores, from what I've seen on the blogs, PhotoView works only with 2009 (pre-release 2, methinks).

$14,000 for software of that type?  I think not.  Wow, that would certainly pay for lots of hand-drawn patent figures.

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people who value security over freedom will soon find they have neither.

RE: vintage shading

If you were doing lots of manuals and/or animations, it would probably pay-off in the long run. That price includes subscription BTW.

cheers

RE: vintage shading

Ctopher,

How much is that Autodesk Impression program? I was looking for the ability to do this type of shading when I did patent drawings with SolidWorks but could not find an easy or cost-effective solution.

Best Regards,
Jon Knabenschuh

Gemini CAD Solutions
http://www.geminicadworks.com

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Solidworks 2007
 

RE: vintage shading

I'm not sure. We get discounted, but I'm not sure what we paid. I'm not involved with cost. You can download a 30-day trial. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?siteID=123112&id=11601634

Attached are some examples:
One I created in SolidWorks, the other is importing the drawing into Impression 2.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Jul 13, 2008)

RE: vintage shading

Looks like Autodesk Impression is only $495.00 per license and seems to be a standalone product.  The link I found to download a trial is below:

http://www.brothersoft.com/autodesk-impression-60042.html


I think this is worth it if it really does what it says. I wish I would have found this when I was doing patent drawings. It would have made them look so much better.

Best Regards,
Jon Knabenschuh

Gemini CAD Solutions
http://www.geminicadworks.com

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Solidworks 2007
 

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