solidworks 2011 decal 3

[dbrlogan]

I just loaded SW2011 so now I am totally hosed. I have two models of rack mounted equipment that I need to add a decal of the front and back. With SW2010 Photoworks I just create a decal or add a jpeg. No problem.

In SW2011 there is no instruction on how to now create a decal. There is a message to go to the decal property manager and save something??? as a decal but no info on where the property manager is. There is alot of discussion in help about what a decal is but no info on creating one from a jpeg or how to find one or a jpeg that is not part of the default logo or decal folder.

I just want to add decals to a dumb solid. I have done it many times in previous SW Photoworks. Now with SW2011 I have no way of adding, creating or using decals. I had to get this out quickly and with SW2010 it would have already been done. Now I have to email the client and tell him that we can no longer use decals to create images since we have updated to SW2011 and photoworks has been dropped unless someone can quickly tell me how to get around the mess created by SolidWorks.

And now that I have to learn how to create photorealistic images and decaling from scratch since photoworks no longer exists and the photowhatever 360 has taken its place - any suggestions on where I can learn to use this new program as I throw out my photoworks books?

The client is waiting and expected the work tomorrow. Thanks to Solidworks 2011 the client won't be getting his job.

Thanks

 

[Eltron]

Decals essentially work the same now as they did in PW. With PV360 added-in (Tools / Addins) go to the PhotoView 360 menu at the top. Select "Edit Decal". In the "Image" tab click on "Browse" and navigate to whatever image file you need.

Dan

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[rockguy]

Calm down.

Decals in 2011 work exactly the same as they did in 2010 except you don't need PhotoWorks or PhotoView 360 to create and edit them. That functionality has been moved into core SolidWorks (along with all the apperance functionality). Turn on the Render Tools tab on the command manager or the toolbar. You'll see the same decal icon you had in PhotoWorks. Click it. It all works the same.

Your PW book is still applicable ot PV360 really the UI is just a bit different. There is a new PV360 book coming soon. After SW World I'll be posting some free tutorials at my site along with 7 videos explaining PV360 2011.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP

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[dbrlogan]

Thanks to everyone. I took a breath and went to sleep knowing I could try it again in the morning. Ihe files are going out very soon. I can always rely on the help from the excellent people on this site. Thank you very much.

a couple of years ago I had a question that the cclientand the VAT could not answer in 6 months. I started there and put the question on eng-tips. I had the answer in 15 minutes.