solidworksmodel.com tutorials – rendering

SolidWorksModel.com provided me with a free copy of its tutorial package for review purposes.

In my first review of SolidWorksModel.com last week I gave a thumbs up to the modeling portion of the tutorial package that is available on the website.  This week I have spent some time on the rendering portion of the tutorials and I was very, very impressed.

To start off, I have NO experience whatsoever with PhotoWorks.  I have dabbled with PhotoWorks 360 but never anything with PhotoWorks.  I figured that this would be good because it would give me a good insight as to how good the tutorials really were.  Let me tell you, I was not disappointed.  All of the tutorials were well written and easy to follow along with.  He broke the rendering portion into sections so that you could see exactly how everything needs to work.

By breaking it down into simpler pieces, it allows you to easily understand how all of the pieces are put together to get your end rendering.  The picture above shows just 1 of the many renders that I created once I completed the tutorial.  The package from SolidWorksModel.com includes assembly files that include cameras and lighting already set up for easy creation of your 1st render.

My Final Verdict 

Definitely 2 thumbs up on the review.  Overall this tutorial package was well composed, easy to follow, and very complete.  Like I mentioned in my 1st post, the modeling portion is not geared to beginner level users.  So if you are looking for a product that will teach you how to use SolidWorks, you should look elsewhere.  But for those of you that have been using SolidWorks for a little while and are looking for a way to sharpen your skills and create a really cool model doing so, this is the package for you.

I would recommend this package to anyone!