RealView™

Fully dynamic, semi-photorealistic scenes in SolidWorks

SolidWorks® incorporates state-of-the-art visualization by taking advantage of the latest capabilities of today's graphic cards. These capabilities give users realistic representations of their part models and assemblies that are fully dynamic without the need to render.

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RealView helps designers communicate their designs effectively

Reality 24/7

Whether you are a machine or product designer, RealView effectively communicates much more than a CAD model, it describes materials and finishes just as you'd see them in real life - and without the need to render. SolidWorks offers a comprehensive set of product design materials ranging from brushed and matte metals to textured plastics and glass.

Create presentations in a matter of seconds

With a comprehensive library of materials and several background scenes to choose from, product designers can create semi-photorealistic presentations at a moment's notice. Furthermore, these RealView scenes can be explored dynamically in real-time from any angle bringing your presentation to life. Environmental reflections, floor shadows, self shadows, lighting and bump map materials all in real-time. Communicate with your colleagues in a way never before possible.

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Say goodbye to static images - Not only can you present your concepts to others with stunning materials and scenes, you can have RealView enabled throught your entire SolidWorks modeling and assembly sessions helping you to better visual while you design.

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RealView and PhotoWorks - RealView is a fully dynamic method for quickly defining and previewing materials semi-realistically. When the designer requires photo-realism whether it is to present your final design or create box artwork, with a click of a button, PhotoWorks™ renders a more accurate, fully ray-traced scene with HDR (Hi-Dynamic Range) indirect illumination whichin many cases is indistinguishable from a real photograph. Because RealView and PhotoWorks share the same material database, RealView compliments PhotoWorks as a very quick and easy method for assigning and previewing materials.

RealView on the left - PhotoWorks on the right

What type of hardware is required to take advantage of Realview? - RealView capabilities are made possible by certain capabilities built into today's graphics cards.