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Last fall SolidWorks issued this announcement about the retirement of PhotoWorks and the future of PhotoView 360. 
Beginning with the release of SolidWorks 2011, PhotoView 360 will now be the standard photorealistic rendering solution for all SolidWorks software versions moving forward.
PhotoWorks will no longer be available. With the launch of SolidWorks 2011, SolidWorks software and PhotoView 360 will [...]

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 [...]

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted so I thought I’d give a run down of what’s been happening with me.  A ”State of the State “or maybe a “State of the Rob” is a better way to put it.  This could turn into a lengthy post so I’ve broken it up into sections, in no [...]

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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 [...]

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” [...]

What do SolidWorks users do in Buffalo after work?  On Wednesday April 1st some of them will be attending the Buffalo-Niagara SolidWorks User Group (BNSWUG)  meeting.  I’ll be there giving a presentation on RealView, PhotoWorks and PhotoView 360.  I’ll give a good overview each, some tips and tricks, talk a bit about hardware, show some [...]

Images for the 37th PhotoWorks Rendering Contest have been posted for voting.  This is the first rendering contest hosted by Chris Thorn at his new site www.rendercontest.com .  Chris has done an excellent job setting up the new site and automating a lot of the tasks involved with posting and voting.  Over time I think [...]

62 slides, 1 model, 2 videos, a whole lot of sample images and 90 minutes to cover RealView, photoView 360 and PhotoWorks.  You don’t want to miss this!  Join me Thursday March 19th at the Boston Area SolidWorks User Group meeting.  Not only will you have 90 minutes of SolidWorks visualization fun but you’ll also [...]

About a month ago I announced I’d no longer be hosting the PhotoWorks Rendering Contest.  I received many e-mails and comments from people both thanking me for creating and hosting the contest as well as letting me know they were sad to see it end.  I even had a few of people inquire about continuing the [...]