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The Retirement of PhotoWorks.

In a recent blog post Matt Lombard breaks the news about the retirement of PhotoWorks after the SolidWorks 2010 release.  This news probably doesn’t come as a surprise to most SolidWorks users since I think most expected PhotoView 360 to take over the SolidWorks rendering duties at some point.  The announcement really just gives us a [...]

New Step By Step Guides Now Available.

SolidWorks has just released the new PhotoWorks and MotionManager Step By Step Guides!  The Step By Step Guides are learn at your own pace manuals designed to be used by various skill levels.  As a beginner you can work your way through the chapters, each chapter covering a new topic and building on skills learned in previous chapters.  As an intermediate [...]

New PhotoView 360 Video Tutorials

Clicking the “Gallery” icon in PhotoView 360 takes you to the SolidWorks gallery.com website.  Up until now this website has been just what it’s named, a gallery of images.  That changed today when a collection of PhotoView 360 video tutorials were made available.  There are 7 tutorials in all.  The 5 tutorials in the “general” [...]

Appearance Conversion Confusion

If you’ve found yourself struggling to understand how colors and textures from previous SolidWorks versions are converted into appearances in SolidWorks 2008 & 2009 you’re not alone.  You might also be confused as to how the new appearances are shown in RealView and PhotoWorks as is the case with the posting at this Solidworks Discussion Forum [...]

Voting For PhotoWorks Rendering Contest # 36

 
The images for the February PhotoWorks Rendering Contest have been posted for voting.  We have 14 entries this month.  To keep voting as fair as possible we will follow the “3 vote” rule we’ve used in the past.  Instead of voting for your favorite image this month you’ll want to vote for your top 3 [...]

Presentations From SolidWorks World 2009

I’ve posted my presentations from SolidWorks World 2009.  In the downloaded zip file you’ll find a PDF version of the PowerPoint and all the required supporting files.  To download simply click on the appropriate image.  I’ll also be posting video versions of these presentations as I complete them.  All feedback about the presentations is welcome.