Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Simple lighting and scene in rendering done in Photoview 360 at Solidworks





In Basic tab, for Environment file, use C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\data\Images\textures\background\kitchen.hdr


in Advanced tab:

  1. Autosize floor
  2. Scene file is at C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SOLIDWORKS (3)\data\graphics\scenes\01 basic scenes\11 white kitchen.p2s




In Photoview 360 Lighting tab, pay attention to settings in Background brightness, Rendering brightness, and Scene reflectivity. Also play with Environment Rotation.




Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Die Line checklist

In Solidworks:

_Check scale 1:1  (full scale) on trim sizes
_Check dimensions
_Check correct drawing view(front view, top view, etc.) for die line area
_Add "SHEET 1 of x", etc. to number drawing pages, e.g. SHEET 1 of 1, SHEET 1 of 2
_Add "PRELIMINARY" or "FINAL" bold text in red
_Add isometric view
_Call out dieline areas and number them on isometric view
_Add central line and CL symbol on die line view
_Add product shadow in die line area
_Non-print area

_Change line colors for:
     - bleed area (Red)
     - die line (Black)
     - safety (Cyan blue)
     - live area (Green)

_Add callouts for:
     - bleed area (Red)
     - die line (Black)
     - safety (Cyan blue)
     - live area (Green)

Add trim size callouts (in INCHES ") on:
- width
- height


In Illustrator:

_Add crop mark (In AI, under Objets-> Create trim mark)
_change trim size callouts to:50% gray font in 36 points bold type

In title block
_Fill in project title and item description (project title - item description)
_Fill in Version #
_Fill in Version Date

_Fill in client
_Fill in project number, e.g. LAN16177
_"ART/GRAPHIC DIE LINES" checked in red dot or red X



Friday, June 10, 2016

Solidworks - turn on color mode for output colored drawings




Use this icon to turn on color mode for output colored drawings in PDF format to be tweaked in AI later.

And don't forget to turn it on for regular SW gray scale engineering drawing. Or, oops, it will look like this when it is turned off:










this problem happens in AI because I did not turn off shaded with edge display style in SW. Once I turn to the hidden lined removed display style, it show only line graphics in AI.

Renshape

Renshape - a material for making vacuum forming pattern https://www.freemansupply.com/products/machinable-media/renshape-modeling-and-styl...