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Design Visualization for SolidWorks® software

Power SWtoMax | Native translation to 3ds Max for SolidWorks® models and assemblies!

Power SWtoMax is the optimal solution for design visualization of SolidWorks® models and assemblies. Have you ever had to re-create a SolidWorks® model inside of 3ds Max / VIZ?  Are you using a translator that converts your precise geometry into polygons?  If your answer to either of these questions is yes, you need to take a look at Power SWtoMax.  Power SWtoMax will read your native SolidWorks® part and assembly files directly into 3ds Max / VIZ without the need for intermediate formats.  Why waste your valuable time with inferior solutions when you can optimize your design visualization process with Power SWtoMax?





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Power SWtoMax Features

  • Native Translation of SolidWorks® Models & Assemblies
  • Multi-threaded Tessellation
  • Import Precise Trimmed NURBS
  • High Quality Mesh Generation
  • Automatic and Manual Sewing Tools
  • Tools to quickly orient surfaces
  • Trim / Un-trim Surfaces
  • Snapping to Imported SolidWorks® Objects
  • Full integration of 3ds Max tools


Image courtesy of Joe Dunne (SolidWorks marketing and Power Translators customer).  Click on image to view a very high resolution image.  You can also see another of Joe Dunne's images on the cover of the January 2005 Desktop Engineering magazine.

Instead of wasting your valuable time recreating SolidWorks® models inside of 3ds Max, or trying to use translators that are inaccurate, you can load you SolidWorks® models and assemblies directly into 3ds Max / VIZ.  Now you can focus your time perfecting the images (getting the materials and lighting just right, and making your images look photo realistic).  Power SWtoMax saves you time and money providing the most efficient and accurate tool for transferring your valuable SolidWorks® models into 3ds Max / VIZ for rendering and animation.  Import your SolidWorks® files into 3ds Max or VIZ with the push of a button. 

Power SWtoMax reads native SolidWorks® files and creates a precise NURBS based "BrepObject" to represent the precise geometry defined in these files.  There is no need to convert into an imprecise polygonal representation.  That extra step takes time and reduces your data accuracy.  Power SWtoMax can create a mesh at render time to a specified user defined tolerance relative to the size of the object in the image.  For example, a tolerance of 1/2 Pixel will produce an extremely high quality image with very smooth edges that do not have polygonal artifacts.  The "BrepObject" introduced by Power SWtoMax can have materials applied at the sub-object level and is able to utilize most MAX Meshmodifiers (twist, UV Map, etc.).  With Power SolidsWorksToMax, you get an extremely high quality, photo realistic rendering, and it takes less time.  

Power SWtoMax can easily pay for itself on a single project in time savings alone!  Power SWtoMax includes our popular Power Translators product.

See a magazine article from CAD User magazine regarding Power SWtoMax.  See a high resolution version of this magazine article.

 

 


Image generated by importing native SolidWorks file into 3ds Max and rendering.  Click on image to view high resolution version.

 

Image courtesy of Joe Dunne (SolidWorks® marketing and Power Translators customer).  Click on image to view a very high resolution image.