very poor rendering quality

[trialAndError]

Hi,

I've been experimenting with SW2012, and had a shot with PhotoView to try rendering a model.

I've played about with the settings, got a camera just where I want it, placed lights so that the shadows look good and so on, set the rendering settings to maximum, set it up to render from the camera's perspective and left the computer to render.

What I got was a real disappointment. The image is quite dull, and becomes pixellated with any attempt to zoom in. It's just a 75 kb jpg! I get a far better quality image just adding the model to a drawing and saving it as a pdf.

I think I must be missing something fundamental, but have run myself ragged trying to see what could be wrong - the example images I see on the net look stunning - nothing like my pathetic attempts.

I tried uploading the image to engineering.com, but that failed too! - here's a link to the image:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0M1lik-XGL0RUZrdXJlRDZsMDA

Thanks for any suggestions.

Pete

 

[ctopher]

It could be your video card.
But, I use 2011. I get worse rendering quality than I did with previous versions.

Chris
SolidWorks 11
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[AnnaWood]

It has nothing to do with your video card if you are using PV360. PV360 is a CPU renderer, does not use the video card. RealView is processed by the video card.

Post your file so we can look at your settings.

PV360 is a very capable rendering package with the proper settings.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
SW2011 SP5, Windows 7 x64

http://www.renderbay.com

http://www.solidmuse.com

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[trialAndError]

Hi Anna,

My file is pretty big - 12 MB. Clicking on '...or upload your file to ENGINEERING.com' doesn't do anything, in IE or Chrome.

Am I missing a trick trying to add an attachment? Is this file too big to post anyway?

Thanks,

Pete.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

The Reply dialogue is undergoing some re-design at the moment. The ENGINEERING.com upload is currently not working.

 

[trialAndError]

I've realised why my attempt at rendering didn't work, where the pixellated images came from. Stupid error!

The model I used uses 'Appearances', images laid over the objects. It's these images that obviously don't render - duh!

Sorry to waste your time with such a dumb mistake!

Pete