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.
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To import Photoshop files, click Open
(Standard toolbar) or
and select Adobe Photoshop Files
(*.psd) for Files of
type.
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To save SOLIDWORKS data as Photoshop files:
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Click and select Adobe Photoshop
Files (*.psd) for Files of
type.
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Click Options.
See TIFF, Photoshop, and JPEG Export Options.
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.