Technical Communications

Turn imagination into reality with impactful content and animation. Enhance your technical communications with 3D manufacturing information, photo-realistic graphics, illustrations, and interactive 3D content.

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SOLIDWORKS Visualize

SOLIDWORKS Visualize is a standalone toolset for creating photorealistic renders. It supports various CAD formats like SOLIDWORKS, Rhino®, SketchUp®, Alias®, and 3ds Max®—making it ideal for designers, engineers, and marketers.

How It Works
Visualize uses a hybrid rendering engine that updates scenes in real-time. It supports CPUs, CUDA GPUs, or both in Hybrid mode for optimal performance.

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Make faster, real-time design decisions and easily share 3D files with stakeholders: Take your project to the next level with the advanced features found in SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional.

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Photorealistic imagery made simple and efficient: The fastest and easiest way to create photorealistic imagery of your 3D data.

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Composer

Turn current 3D design data into impressive graphical assets: Repurpose existing 3D design data to update high-quality graphical assets that are fully associated with your 3D design.

Technical Illustrations
Interactive 3D Communication
Synchronized Design Updates

Model-Based Definition (MBD)

Define, organize, and publish 3D Product Manufacturing Information: Publish 3D model data in industry standard file formats such as 3D PDF and eDrawings.

3D Annotations
Custom Publishing Templates
Standardized Outputs

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Make your technical communications look as good as your actual product by repurposing your data for high-quality graphics, illustrations, and interactive content. Create product communications early in the design process, simplifying its creation, keeping it up-to-date, and delivering it on time.

Art to Part – Lifecycle of a Part From Design to 3D Print

Follow a part through SOLIDWORKS production in our on-demand webinar, from design, photo-realistic renderings, to 3D printing with Markforged for production. Apply this to your own workflows that can be streamlined with a few key tools.

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