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Learn Timesaving Features for the Drawing Template 539 7. Lastly, make sure the Use Document Settings option is enabled in the Border section. This will make it easier to adjust the appearance of the table in the Document Properties if the need arises. 8. With all the appropriate options enabled, click the green check mark and the revision table will be inserted in the drawing template. Saving Changes to the Revision Table Template Just like with drawing templates, you can make modifications to any of the revi- sion table templates to meet your needs and save the template for future uses. For the drawings in this book we need to make a minor change to the revision table that we will be using. Rather than just have the change reflected in the drawing template, we will also save the change to the revision table template. The default template that we used does not have a table header designating it as Revision History. We will add this header to the table and save it in the draw- ing template and update the revision table template as well. 1. Select the top row of the revision table to edit the cell. 2. With Caps Lock on, type REVISION HISTORY into the cell. 3. Select the text you just typed, and deselect the Use Document Font but- ton on the Formatting toolbar. We always prefer to have text items in drawings use the document font because when you make a change in the document properties, all the text items will update as well. But for this case, you do not necessarily need to have the table header update. 505434c16.indd 539 1/27/10 1:35:04 PM Chapter 16 • Creating Your Own Templates: Part 2 540 4. After deselecting Use Document Font, an additional row will be added to the Formatting toolbar, allowing you to adjust the font for the selected text. Change the text height of the Revision Table header to 14, and click anywhere outside the table to accept the change. The change you just made to the table will be reflected only in the drawing template and is not automatically made to the actual Revision Table template. To update the Revision Table template, you need to overwrite the existing table temple or create a new one. Here’s how: 1. Right-click anywhere inside the revision table, and select Save As from the menu. 2. Browse to the folder where your revision templates are stored. 3. Select the file named No Zone Column.sldrevtbt, and click Save. 4. When prompted to replace the existing template, click Yes. The tem- plate has now been updated for future use. Save and Share the Sheet Format and Template Once you have made all the required modifications to the drawing template and sheet format, it is time to save the changes and make them available for use. You will need to save the drawing template and sheet format separately since they both have their own set of tasks. The sheet format can be saved and used in existing drawings to change sheet size or format. The drawing template will be used to create new drawings. Save the Sheet Format Saving the sheet format will allow you to be able to use it in existing drawings. This is helpful if you have a drawing that was created with a different template and you want to change the border and title block to meet your company standards. 505434c16.indd 540 1/27/10 1:35:04 PM Save and Share the Sheet Format and Template 541 You can also use saved sheet formats to change the size of a drawing sheet. For example, if you have a drawing that was originally created as a size A sheet and you decide that the sheet is too small, you can replace the sheet format with a larger size sheet without losing any other information you have already added to the drawing. 1. Once you complete all the modifications to the sheet format, hover over or click the SolidWorks logo on the menu bar. 2. Select Save Sheet Format from the File menu. 3. The Save Sheet Format window should already display the current sheet formats. If that is not the case, browse to the folder that con- tains the other sheet formats available for your system. 4. Instead of overwriting an existing sheet format, renaming the file will allow you to maintain different sheet formats for differing tasks. For our purposes, name the file b - landscape - FDC.slddrt, as shown in Figure 16.29. FIGURE 16.29 Renaming a sheet to incorporate another sheet format 5. Click Save. The newly created sheet format is now available for use in existing drawings. Figure 16.30 shows the sheet format available in the Sheet Properties window. By right-clicking in an existing drawing and selecting Properties from the menu, you can change the sheet format to the one you just created. O You can refer to the Sheet Format Folder Location setting in the System Options window to deter- mine which folder SolidWorks is using. 505434c16.indd 541 1/27/10 1:35:04 PM Chapter 16 • Creating Your Own Templates: Part 2 542 FIGURE 16.30 Selecting the sheet format in the Sheet Properties window Save the Draw Template It is now time to save the drawing template for later use. After the template is saved, it will be available for selection when creating a new drawing. All the changes made to the template including the options, custom properties, title block, revision table, and predefined views will be included when creating a new drawing. 1. Hover over or click the SolidWorks logo in the menu bar. Select Save As from the File menu. 2. In the Save As Type field of the Save As window, select Drawing Templates (*.drwdot). The folder location will automatically change based on the location for templates defined in the System Options window. 3. In the File Name field, enter the name for the template as FDC Size B. 4. Click Save. 5. With all the changes saved, you can now close the drawing. Click the X in the top-right corner of the graphics area. 505434c16.indd 542 1/27/10 1:35:04 PM Save and Share the Sheet Format and Template 543 Once the template is saved, it will become available for use and will be dis- played in the Advanced view of the New SolidWorks Document window, as shown in Figure 16.31. FIGURE 16.31 New template available in New SolidWorks Document window Share Templates and Sheet Formats over a Network Some organizations prefer to have their templates and sheet formats stored on a network drive for all the users in the organization to share. This approach saves the CAD manager time by allowing him or her to update only one template with no need to distribute it companywide. The only difference in procedure described earlier is to add the network location to the File Locations section of the System Options window. tIp Of course, practice makes perfect, especially when making tem- plates, since they can be a huge time-saver if set up correctly. Instead of re- creating the same template from scratch, it is a good idea to build up your library of drawing templates and sheet formats for the other sizes of draw- ing sheets. Using the same steps described in this chapter, create drawing templates and sheet formats for the size A, C, D, and E drawing sheets. 505434c16.indd 543 1/27/10 1:35:04 PM Chapter 16 • Creating Your Own Templates: Part 2 544 Are You Experienced? Now You Can… Create a drawing template Use the Title Block Manager Tell the difference between First Angle and Third Angle projections Add a revision table Add predened views Save templates and sheet formats 505434c16.indd 544 1/27/10 1:35:04 PM Chapter 17 Creating Simple, Stunning Renderings Use the PhotoView 360 User Interface  Create Your First Rendering  Customize Your Rendering Even More  Create Renderings with Depth of Field  505434c17.indd 545 1/26/10 2:50:10 PM Chapter 17 • Creating Simple, Stunning Renderings 546 T hroughout the preceding chapters, you have learned many new skills in SolidWorks that will ensure your success in future designs. If you were to stop reading here, you would be able to create new designs, share them with other users, and even see your designs manufactured. But, you would be missing out one other skill that was previously considered too difficult and time-consuming to be a realistic option. Prior to SolidWorks 2008, photorealistic renderings needed to be created with software packages such as PhotoWorks, Maya, and others. PhotoWorks is a pow- erful rendering program that is fully integrated within the SolidWorks environ- ment. Although very powerful, many users have found the program too complex to be usable for even the simplest of renderings. Luckily, PhotoView 360 was introduced by SolidWorks to take the task of cre- ating photorealistic renderings from the hands of the elite and introduce it to the rest of the SolidWorks community. PhotoView 360 is a slicker, easier-to-use stand-alone application that is included with the SolidWorks Professional and SolidWorks Premium packages. Even though PhotoView 360 sports a simple, easy-to-use interface, it does not skimp on the quality of images that can be created. By the end of this chapter, you will have the skills needed to create some images that can rival those cre- ated with other, more complex rendering software packages. NOte The 2011 release of PhotoView 360 will include even more tools that were previously available only in PhotoWorks. Subsequently, PhotoWorks will be discontinued after 2011. Use the PhotoView 360 User Interface The advantage of PhotoView 360 over PhotoWorks is its simplicity. Take one look at the user interface, as shown in Figure 17.1, and you will fall in love with its ease of use. Everything that you need in order to create stunning renderings is available in the drop-down menus at the top of the window and three separate toolbars. Without going into too much detail, we will cover what the menu and toolbars contain. 505434c17.indd 546 1/26/10 2:50:10 PM Use the PhotoView 360 User Interface 547 Menus View Toolbar Preview Image Selection Toolbar Task Toolbar FIGURE 17.1 PhotoView 360 user interface Menus Just like with almost all Windows-based programs, the drop-down menus at the top of the window provide you with some basic commands, but the majority of operations you will be performing will be through the toolbars. The menu bar is broken down into the following five items: F i l e The File menu contains the commands necessary for opening and closing scenes, as well as loading background images and environments. E d i t The Edit menu contains the commands to undo the last function and redo the last undo. View The View menu contains the commands to stop or rest the preview in the preview image. All elements that were hidden previously in the preview image can be shown with the Unhide All command. R e n d e r The Settings and Render windows can be called from the Render menu. You can also recall the last rendered image and save the current preview image. 505434c17.indd 547 1/26/10 2:50:10 PM Chapter 17 • Creating Simple, Stunning Renderings 548 H e l p In addition to the providing access to the help file and release notes, you can also view online video tutorials that will walk you through various render- ing tasks in detail. tIp If a keyboard shortcut is available for any of the menu items, it will be displayed to the far right of the menu next to the corresponding command. Tasks Toolbar The Tasks toolbar contains all that is needed to create a rendering. Even if you have never used PhotoView 360 before, you will be able to quickly determine the steps that you need to follow to create a rendering since the buttons in the Tasks toolbar are shown in order that you will use in most cases. We will be covering each one of the following buttons in the process of creating the various render- ings in this chapter: Open File The very first thing that you need to do to create a rendering is open a SolidWorks part or assembly model. The Open File button will display a stan- dard Windows file dialog box. Appearances Clicking the Appearances button will open a new window that contains the entire materials database for PhotoView 360. The Appearances win- dow is then broken down into logical sections based on the material type. 505434c17.indd 548 1/26/10 2:50:10 PM [...]... modeling In this book, we covered many aspects of SolidWorks that should allow you to be able to take and pass the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam and be well on the way to taking and passing the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) exam If you take one thing from this book, we hope it is that there is more than one way to do things in SolidWorks The best way to truly master the software... or assembly Just like how appearances are shown in RealView in SolidWorks, the appearances do not affect the model in any way other than how it is represented on the screen PhotoView 360 comes with a fairly large database of material appearances, most of which can also be found in SolidWorks In fact, an appearance added to a component in SolidWorks will carry over into PhotoView 360, which can be a... make your renderings even more stunning Open a Model Before you can create a rendering, you need to open a model Since there are no modeling tools in PhotoView 360, the models must first be created in SolidWorks That includes any additional parts or props that you want to include in the rendering Since you do not need to do anything special at this time, you can open the desk lamp assembly as it is... couple ways First, you can locate and double-click the PhotoView desktop icon, or you can open the program through the Start menu To open the program through the Start menu, click Start ➢ All Programs ➢ SolidWorks 2010 ➢ PhotoView 360, as shown in Figure 17.2 F i g ur e   1 7 2  ​ Application icon in Start menu 2 Click the Open File button in the Task toolbar, as shown in Figure 17.3, and browse to... and camera settings Final Render ​  ​ his begins the final rendering in a separate window based on T the previously selected settings Gallery ​  ​ his opens the default web browser and takes you to the SolidWorks T website where users have previously uploaded images created in PhotoView 360 549 550 C h a p t e r 17 • C r e a t i n g S i m p l e , S t u n n i n g R e n d e r i n g s Help ​  ​ his opens... SolidWorks In fact, an appearance added to a component in SolidWorks will carry over into PhotoView 360, which can be a huge time-saver Since you already applied some material appearances to the assembly in SolidWorks, you will not need to do it all over again at this point However, in order to illustrate the process for applying appearances, you will change how the brass components in the assembly will appear... previously applied appearances at the part level Appearances ​  ​ electing Appearances applies a new appearance to all items S that share the same appearance If an appearance was previously applied in SolidWorks, only the items that had their appearances applied in one operation will be selected View Toolbar The View toolbar provides you with the tools necessary to manipulate the view of the model in . it to the rest of the SolidWorks community. PhotoView 360 is a slicker, easier-to-use stand-alone application that is included with the SolidWorks Professional and SolidWorks Premium packages. Even. the SolidWorks environ- ment. Although very powerful, many users have found the program too complex to be usable for even the simplest of renderings. Luckily, PhotoView 360 was introduced by SolidWorks. be dis- played in the Advanced view of the New SolidWorks Document window, as shown in Figure 16.31. FIGURE 16.31 New template available in New SolidWorks Document window Share Templates and