A Viewport dominates most of the area in the SOLIDWORKS Visualize window.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize has a 3D Viewport, plus additional tabs
that appear when you open images in the image viewport or render a model.
3D Viewport
The 3D Viewport shows the open project with the currently selected camera. When you move the camera around the scene or change any content, the 3D
Viewport updates in realtime.
Image Viewport
The image viewport displays images that are in the Image library. Screenshots and renders are saved to the Images library, so the
image viewport is a convenient way to look at output images.
To open the image viewport:
- Click .
- In the Open Project dialog box, navigate to the location
where you have saved screen shoots and renderings.
The default
location is install_dir\SOLIDWORKS Visualize
Content\Images.
- Select the image to view and click Open.
The name of the image you are viewing is shown in a tab below the menu bar.
The image viewport contains these controls:
 |
Fit to window |
 |
Zoom in |
 |
Zoom out |
 |
Previous |
 |
Next |
Render Viewport
The
render
viewport displays the image that is currently being rendered.
It is located in
the Output Viewer
tab.
To open the
render
viewport:
- Click
.
- In the dialog
box,
on
the Render
tab, click
Start Render.
The Output Viewer tab opens with the render viewport
visible.