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Setting Up Your Network

To set up your client and coordinator machines to perform network renders:

  1. Install PhotoView 360 Net Render Client on the client machines using the SolidWorks Installation Manager. You select the software on the Product Selection page.

    You do not need a SolidWorks license to install the PhotoView 360 Net Render Client.

    You can use up to 50 client machines, but for most renders 3-4 client machines is ideal, and using more might even slow down renders, due to network latency.

  2. On the client machines, confirm that the PhotoView 360 Net Render Client is running in client mode. When the software is in client mode, the Render Client dialog box appears with the message Waiting for a job.

    Client machines must be turned on, with the Net Render Client running in client mode to assist with renders.

  3. If the PhotoView 360 Net Render Client is not in client mode, do one of the following:
    • Click Enter Client Mode Now.
    • Set the options on the Schedule tab and click Start Schedule.
  4. On the coordinator machine, in the SolidWorks application, click PhotoView 360 > Options.
  5. Select Network Rendering and set the options.

    When you initiate a render on the coordinator machine, it uses the processing power of the available client machines to accelerate the render time.



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