There is a file conversion wizard in the SW Task Scheduler.
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SW 2011 SP 3.0
Very slight changes to PV360 in 2012. I miss the 2010 UI as well ;)Switching over to modo solves that problem though ;)
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SW 2011 SP 3.0
My guess is your running out of memory. Try rendering a smaller image (640 x 480 maybe or something similar)at a render quality setting of good and see if that completes. If it does then you can keep increasing the size/quality until it fails. Then you'll know your systems limit.
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I'm using Composer a fair amount now. I think it will handle your project(s) OK but it's a hefty price tag to pay for a simple animation tool. If it had photorealstic capability I'd be able to swallow the price a little easier.
It's fairly easy to learn and use although I'm no expert. I find...
In your camera properties manager you can select a path for both the camera target and the camera location. If you pick the path you created there will be a slider underneath the TARGET selection and CAMERA selection. The sliders allow you to control where you are on the path.
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Calm down.
Decals in 2011 work exactly the same as they did in 2010 except you don't need PhotoWorks or PhotoView 360 to create and edit them. That functionality has been moved into core SolidWorks (along with all the apperance functionality). Turn on the Render Tools tab on the command...
tiff ot png If he's not seeing the transparencey in PS it's because of his settings and I'd guess that's because he's not a very good PS user.
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Bump up your ambient lighting setting in the model to something like .9
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SW 2007 SP 2.0
You might be able to run SW 2006 in XP compatibility mode in Win 7?
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SW 2007 SP 2.0
No, I agree there are some good alternatives out there. KeyShot, Shot (GPU intensive I think) (I own KeyShot, Shot and HyperShot), VRED are all options. I'd also throw Modo out there. I'd say at $999 it's actually the best value because it includes animation, SDS modeling and has no...
Do you have SW professional or Premium? If so you have PhotoView 360. KeyShot is a great application (it's HyperShot) but I wouldn't pay for it if I already had PhotoView 360. PhotoView works in a very similar fashion and the quality is as good or better than KeyShot.
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You can do this PV360 2010, not 2009.
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SW 2007 SP 2.0
There will be both a mac and linux version in the fall.
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SW 2007 SP 2.0
They are called ESNAPS in DWG Editor. You just need to click the "ESNAP" button near the bottom of the window. I'm not sure there is a specific toolbar for this? Just like AutoCAD you can set which snaps are active.
www.draftsight.com also has this functionlality and is a bit more user...
On the portfolio page www.axiscadsolutions.com image 8 was created using clear glass. This was in PhotoWorks with my own custom environment set up.
Image 24 was colored glass and created in PV360 2009 with one of the default environments.
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I've had this happen as well from time to time Scott. Not sure why? It seems to fix itself at some point and then could reappear. I haven't figured a reliable way to reproduce.
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If the face you're converting the holes from or the face you're converting the holes too is at an angle the projection will account for this.
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I use top down design all the time. It works well for me but.....my assemblies are typically 100 parts or less. Even in assemblies this size I notice a performance hit. Too bad really. I think its a great way to work but on large assemblies I think it would be too slow.
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Hey Jeff,
I don't want to make it seem like Animator isn't buggy. It is and it can be frustrating. I think it would be a better product if it were a bit more disconnected from core SolidWorks. I'd say the same for PhotoWorks.
Rendered animations offer a whole other level of complextion...
