PhotoWorks (ray tracing software)

Transmission made in SolidWorks and rendered with PhotoWorks

PhotoWorks is a raytrace rendering program created by Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation, formerly supplied as a photorealistic rendering add-in for SolidWorks. The program is based on the Mental Ray rendering engine. It has a library of scenes and materials that can be used with user-created SolidWorks files to create still frame images within the SolidWorks GUI.

Since the 2011 release of SolidWorks, PhotoWorks has been replaced by the PhotoView 360 rendering utility.[1] A 2010 review comparing PhotoWorks with three other rendering programs for SolidWorks (including PhotoView 360) gave the program high marks for render speed and built-in materials, but low marks for realism and user interface.[2]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "PhotoView 360". www.solidworks.com. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  2. ↑ "What is the Best Rendering Program for Solidworks?". embody3d.com. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-03.