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SmackHACK! Custom SolidWorks Scenes without PhotoWorks

Started by Josh M · 8 months ago

What do ya say we cause a little trouble? Last week I made some extremely riveting points about setting up your SolidWorks interface for a better workflow. I’m sure it cause mild shaking and maybe a distant shriek of terror.
However, one thing that frustrates me to the point ... Continue reading »

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SolidWorksHackPolice
8 months ago

We know where you live, Mings, and we're coming to get you and your little dog too!

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Charles Culp
8 months ago

I have to assume not. Mark B. hinted at how to do this a year ago on the SW forums, before SW2008 actually came out. Thanks to Josh, though, for actually detailing it out!

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Josh M
8 months ago

yeah, it's nothing against the License agreement for sure. They had to go and make it easy though huh? It would be nice if the scene editor was included since even basic SolidWorks uses scenes now.

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Charles Culp
8 months ago

What I would *really* like is to be able to "hack" the lighting effects for materials. Regular solidworks can use "appearances" now, but you have to have PhotoWorks to edit those appearances. So I'm stuck with castings that look like they are high-gloss plated instead of matte...

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