Adobe Photoshop (*.psd) Files
You can import Adobe® Photoshop® (.psd)
files and save SolidWorks data (sketches, parts, assemblies, and drawings)
as Adobe Photoshop files. SolidWorks data saved as Adobe Portable Document
Format (.pdf) files are also accepted
in Photoshop.
To import Photoshop files,:
Click Open
(Standard toolbar) or File,
Open and select Adobe
Photoshop Files (*.psd) for Files
of type.
To save SolidWorks data as Photoshop files:
Click File,
Save As and select Adobe
Photoshop Files (*.psd) for Files
of type.
Click Options.
See TIFF,
Photoshop, and JPEG Export Options.
With PhotoWorks Studio added-in, click Render to File (PhotoWorks
tool bar) and select Adobe Photoshop
file (*.psd) for Format.
Single-layer and multi-layer Photoshop images
are imported as SolidWorks Sketch Pictures. For multi-layer Photoshop
files, you select which layers to import and the layers are merged into
a single image.
Photoshop files can be used as image backgrounds
in SolidWorks. Photoshop file types are available in the Decals
menu for images and masks and in the Materials
menu.