We also talked about a fix that used Photoshop as a middleman:īut some users started asking if there wasn't a way to avoid STL exports, to stay inside SOLIDWORKS more, and complaining that some types of texture mappings are hard to do in Photoshop (it's a 2D program trying to do 3D operations after all). In my first tutorial about color 3D printing, we talked about how decals applied in SOLIDWORKS files don't transfer over to GrabCAD Print: It applies for anyone who has SOLIDWORKS Professional or Premium (2017+) since we'll be using the new SOLIDWORKS Visualize tool to map the textures. Note: Although SOLIDWORKS 2016 is the first version to include VISUALIZE, the above toolbar macro is not available in this version.This tutorial shows an 'easier' workflow for applying full-color textures to CAD parts for 3D printing, if you are using SOLIDWORKS. When a file is exported through this toolbar, it will now automatically export to VISUALIZE 2018. This will add a new ‘SOLIDWORKS Visualize’ tab into the SOLIDWORKS 2017 command manager toolbar at the top of the screen. Default location is:Ĭ:Program FilesSOLIDWORKS 2018SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZESWXPlugin Browse to the SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE 2018 installation location. Open SOLIDWORKS 2017, go to ‘File’ > ‘Open’ and select the ‘Add-Ins (*.dll)’ file type.Ĥ.This can be done through any SOLIDWORKS 2018 installation media or download and assumes up-to-date licensing. Install only the VISUALIZE 2018 software.You can achieve this by modifying the 2017 installation through the Installation Manager. Make sure VISUALIZE 2017 is “not” installed on the machine.First, recall that VISUALIZE Standard comes included with SOLIDWORKS Professional and Premium packages. Taking the above situation, let’s see how to launch VISUALIZE 2018 through SOLIDWORKS 2017. There is a small caveat although VISUALIZE can open most all 3D CAD file types (including non-SW), they must be the same or earlier version as the current installation of VISUALIZE. This means SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE can be installed and used on a machine that contains other versions of SOLIDWORKS.
The short answer is, “YES.” SOLIDWORKS and VISUALIZE are separate, freestanding products. Is it possible then to utilize VISUALIZE 2018 on the same computer without upgrading the earlier version of SOLIDWORKS? So, you have to stay on SOLIDWORKS 2017 to remain compatible with your PDM software, yet you would really like to use VISUALIZE 2018 for the very latest in photo-realistic rendering.
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