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
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
see
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
appears
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
being
rendered. It is located in the Output
Viewer.
To open the
render
viewport:
- In the
main toolbar,
click
Render
Wizard
.
- In
the Output
page
of the wizard, click Render.
The Output
Viewer
opens with the render viewport visible.