Tutorial - Using the surfaces as floor to get better rendering in SolidWorks?

Sudhir Gill

4 Feb, 2012 12:46 PM

Here is the tutorial.

1. Step 1:

   Start SolidWorks in Part mode.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Open the part file attached. Choose Front Plane >> Sketch and draw a line which is considerably larger than the part.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Choose Extrude surface in Surface tab.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Extrude it midplane with a length of 1000mm.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Select the body and when the pop-up toolbar appears choose the appearence tool and then body.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Choose Metal>>Chrome>Chromium Plate.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Click OK and now click on the surface and then select the appearence tool >> Surface-extrude1.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Under Stone choose paving stone & Click OK.
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Choose Edit scene in render tools tab.
   

   

10. Step 10:

    change align floor with to XZ plane which is going to be our floor.
    

    

11. Step 11:

    Click OK and now click on the final render or preview window whatever and here is the render.
    

    

12. Step 12:

    There is the quick result.