SOLIDWORKS® Visualize
provides a suite of stand-alone
tools
that combine advanced rendering capabilities with visual design-oriented features and
workflows, so you can create highly realistic images of 3D CAD models.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize products are available in two packages:
A complimentary seat of SOLIDWORKS Visualize Standard is included with
each SOLIDWORKS 2020 Professional and Premium license on active subscription. To
activate the complimentary seat, you need an additional serial number, which you can
find by logging into the SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal and clicking My Products. You can no longer use your SOLIDWORKS
Professional or Premium serial number to activate your complimentary seat of SOLIDWORKS
Visualize Standard.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize also supports SolidNetWork Licensing (SNL) license
types such as floating, as well as offline activation.
Using the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager (SLDIM), you install SOLIDWORKS
Visualize as part of the Individual installation. You can install it as a stand-alone
application, which is an advantage if you want to use separate computers for modeling
and rendering. It does not consume a SOLIDWORKS license.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost is a service that allows you to distribute rendering
from a computer running SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional to one or more computers on a
network. You can perform other tasks on your computer while the
rendered
image
generates,
and the final rendered images are available sooner.
Image rendering can
take
place
on a single computer, or on a cluster of several computers running Visualize Boost.
A complimentary seat of SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost is included with each
seat of SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional 2020 on active subscription.
Visualize Boost is a product add-on for Visualize Professional only.
Visualize Boost does not work with Visualize Standard.
You
can
install Visualize Boost on a computer separate from the one that is running SOLIDWORKS
Visualize Professional. You can also install Visualize Boost as part of the Individual installation in the SLDIM.