Keyshot rendering solidworks assem2/12/2024 ![]() There are significnat headache savers in the settings tab, these include being able to rotate and scale the model within keyshot! There was nothing that drove me more insane with version 1.9 than when you imported a CAD file and having it positioned upside down or sideways on the normal axis, and there was no way to rotate it…so frustrating!!! This meant you had to go back into your CAD program tweak what plane the model was on and then reopen it again! This is now thankfully resolved. There are a number of new mapping options that make applying decals seamless especially when you have the ability to choose where you want the centre of the decal to be with just a simple mouse click on your model…wa-la! Some of the new mapping options include: UV coordinates, box map, cylinder map, spherical map and so on. Keyshot 2 is particularly fantastic if you’re applying a decal to a complex curved shape. The quick flip label horizontal or vertical option is a huge time saver from the previous version which would sometimes map your textures the wrong way around, which meant you had to go back into photoshop flip your image to the desired orientation and then add in the new decal ahhhr frustration! You can now put more than one decal or as Keyshot now calls it ‘label’ on a material. Decals, Whoops I Mean Labelsĭecal management is way better in version 2.0. ![]() I get quite frustrated when a rendering program is just a screen full of settings or they are in no particular order, I always freak out that I have missed some tiny setting somewhere. This interface could still be made even better, for example, by grouping the render and screenshot tabs together in a different section of the interface would show a distinction between settings you must apply vs output buttons, this would be beneficial.Īpplying materials is great as you can drag and hover a material over the top of a part and it will give you a live preview of what that part will look like in that colour even before you drop it! This is actually way more useful than you may think and trust me you will use it everytime you apply a material from now on. This tab system from left to right makes it a real simple step by step process to get to your finished render, which is fantastic for beginners. Settings – adjusts settings like camera settings and preview quality etc.Screenshot – takes a screenshot of the live render preview incase you are in a rush.Backplate – change the background image or colour (optional).Environment – change environment lighting (HDR).Materials – apply materials to different components.Import – import your file into the program.The user interface is more logical as well,by having a tab system with labels like: The user interface is aesthetically more modern, cleaner and more intuitive than the previous version. However if you happen to be fortunate enough to have a multicore processor you will find renders will be substantially faster due to a new parallel architecture to support multi-core and hyper-threaded systems. The render quality in version 1.9 was good and after my initial testing the results in version 2.0 aren’t noticeably better. But in Keyshot 2 these issues are resolved and there are some other great things going on in Keyshot 2, and simply put, Keyshot 2 I believe is a cut above all other rendering programs in many areas important to industrial designers. Also you couldn’t do simple but necessary things like adjust the perspective of the render. ![]() However, Keyshot 1.9 wasn’t perfect, its decal management wasn’t great (for starters you couldn’t even apply more than one decal per a component!). ![]() It’s good quality render results, fast rendering times and best of all, instantaneous and extremely accurate previews of the final render before you take the render leap of faith was spectacular. In a previous post ‘What is the Best Rendering Program for Solidworks?’ I gave Keyshot 1.9 a delightful review. Keyshot is built for 32 and 64 bit Windows and also has a MAC version using cocoa so it runs fast baby! For more information you can always check out the Keyshot website: What’s New and Improved in Keyshot 2 Keyshot 2 is a rendering program that can be used in conjunction with CAD programs like Solidworks, Rhino, Solid Edge, Modo, Maya and the list goes on, you can pretty much import any file that you require. Article by Martin Gibson – Twitter: Wait What on Earth is Keyshot 2?
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