modo for SolidWorks Kit
Kit for modo 601 / modo 501 (Windows Platform Only)
The modo for SolidWorks Kit is for design and engineering visualization professionals working with SolidWorks data. The Kit allows SolidWorks users to tap into the complete visualization power of modo to produce high-quality presentations and animations that bring designs to life.
“The training videos for the new modo SolidWorks kit are very informative. They give a good overview of modo and the SolidWorks kit. I feel pretty comfortable giving modo and the SolidWorks kit a whirl after viewing the videos. The workflow is logical to a SolidWorks user. The kit is extremely helpful with that. Default modo can be a bit overwhelming to an average SolidWorks user. Think you guys have a hit on your hands.”
– Anna Woods
Auerprecision.com
The modo for SolidWorks Kit facilitates the use of SolidWorks® models inside of modo; one of the most powerful 3D visualization software tools available. As you load SolidWorks parts, bodies and assemblies into modo, their original appearances and decals are retained. The Kit provides options for efficiently importing your data, providing access to modo data structures that conserve memory and leverage instanced geometry across the scene. Inside modo, you are presented with a familiar SolidWorks-style layout and navigation controls, along with drag and drop support for changing materials and selecting lighting environments.
modo provides new levels of control over every aspect of how your model is visualized. New materials can be created or modified and then saved for re-use. Every lighting detail is adjustable, and every camera parameter can be tweaked. A full UV editor is present to adjust how textures are applied across surfaces and there is a full complement of mesh-editing tools to adjust your models or build new ones. You can add props (or people) around your design to provide context or place your design on an image background and cast shadows from your design on the background. modo’s animation system can be utilized to show how your design is assembled and how it operates. Final rendering can utilize up to 32 processors on your workstation and network rendering on up to 50 workstations is supported. As you render in modo, you can create separate render outputs for maximum downstream flexibility in creating your final presentation.
In-depth presentation of modo for SolidWorks Kit
In this full hour presentation, Paul McCrorey takes you step-by-step through the workflow of exporting SolidWorks CAD data into modo using the new modo for SolidWorks Kit.
Purchase the modo for SolidWorks Kit
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$299.00 Includes PAD and SES 1 at no additional cost. |
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| Note: Your Kit will be available for download through your Registered Content page upon purchase. The Kit is licensed to each individual and is not a studio-wide license. |
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Two modo Kits included at no charge
Your purchase of modo for SolidWorks Kit includes these two popular modo Kits:
Product and Automotive Design Kit
($125 value)
The Product and Automotive Design Kit (PAD) is a surface materials library designed to help you effectively finish and present your designs. It extends the materials provided in the base modo package to let you accurately mimic real world surfaces like leather, carpet, tinted glass and mesh grills – or even “x-ray” materials that reveal interior portions of your designs. The three hundred and fifty included presets let you showcase every surface, curve, line and silhouette of your model with incredible speed.
Learn more about the PAD Kit »
Studio Environment Set 1 Kit
($69 value)
Studio Environment Set 1 Kit (SES 1) is a specially designed set of 51 HDRI spherical images complete with ground planes for easily obtaining professional-quality studio lighting for product shots, engineering visualizations, advertising art, or packaging shots. This allows you to choose studio/interior lighting setups without having to invest the time set to create custom lighting set-ups for each project.
Learn more about the SES 1 Kit »
modo for SolidWorks Kit provides:
Enhanced SolidWorks import
The modo for SolidWorks Kit provides additional import options for bringing SolidWorks parts, bodies and assemblies into modo. Benefits include reduced memory usage for large files and the ability to use instances for ease of editing and reduced overhead.
PhotoView 360 compatibility
Your model opens in modo with the same appearance and decal information as shown in SolidWorks.
Familiar navigation for SolidWorks users
The Kit provides user interface and navigation similar to SolidWorks and PhotoView 360 so you have a comfortable and consistent set of controls to work with as you leverage the advanced capabilities of modo.
Efficient Tools for Selecting and Reorganizing Imported Models:
The Kit provides tools for the often complex task of re-organizing your model data so that it is easier to apply materials. You can select imported data by appearance, part, body or face and create new layers in modo to highlight specific parts of your design.
Library of additional materials to apply to your models
The modo for SolidWorks Kit includes the Product and Automotive Design Kit at no extra charge, which provides a library of material presets beyond those included with modo. This allows you to mimic real-world surfaces like leather, carpet, tinted glass and mesh grills – or even “x-ray” materials that reveal interior portions of your designs. The three hundred and fifty included presets let you showcase every surface, curve, line and silhouette of your model with ease.
Studio lighting environments let you quickly light your models:
The modo for SolidWorks Kit includes the Studio Environments Set 1 Kit at no extra charge. This provides a set of 51 HDRI spherical images complete with ground planes for easily obtaining professional-quality studio lighting for product shots and engineering visualizations.
Training videos get you up to speed fast
Training videos prepared by experts in both SolidWorks and modo guide you in the use of Kit, including the SolidWorks-specific user interface, CAD tools, workflow and rendering creation.
Note: You need not have SolidWorks available on your system or network to use the modo for SolidWorks Kit. The modo for SolidWorks Kit is for use with the Windows versions of modo only (Macintosh is not supported).
“The modo for SolidWorks Kit is an outstanding addition to my workflow. I use the importer every day in my work and it has totally streamlined the import process. With the modo for Solidworks Kit, the models imported into modo are logically arranged and maintain the same part, body, assembly structure, material assignments and decals that were created in SolidWorks. All of this will help those new to modo to quickly get up to speed and easily leverage modo’s amazing rendering and animation tools.”
– Paul McCrorey
Owner of McCrorey Digital, LLC.
Features of the modo for SolidsWorks Kit
- Loads SolidWorks 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 model sldprt, sldasm (Windows 32-bit and 64-bit)
- Reads material edits from files saved in PhotoView 360 (2010) including appearances and decals
- SolidWorks viewport navigation style (zoom, pan, rotate)
- PhotoView 360 component selection modes (Part, Body, Face, Appearance)
- Drag/Drop Material and Drag/Drop Environment preset application
- PhotoView 360 style render quality presets
- Convert Bodies to Meshes and/or Static meshes
- Convert Parts to Meshes and/or Static meshes
- Select Connected by Face/Part/Body/Appearance (select a polygon and then choose the command to select all polygons tagged with the same data)
- New Mesh from Selection (Performs Select Connected, and then places them into a new mesh item with option to rename new layer
- New Mesh from Face/Part/Body/Appearance (User sets mode, selects a polygon and runs the command to create new mesh with option to rename new layer)
- Includes nine training videos (described below)
- Library of pre-built materials presets (Product and Automotive Design Kit) are included in the Kit
- Library of pre-built studio lighting environments (Studio Environmental Set 1) are included in the Kit
Training Videos
modo for SolidWorks Kit includes these videos:
Video 1
modo for SolidWorks Kit Overview
Topics Covered
- Product overview
- Download instructions
- User Interface overview
- Where to get help
Video 2
SolidWorks Kit User Interface
Topics Covered
- SolidWorks Layout
- Render tab
- Scene Setup tab
- Tool palette
- Import options
- Navigation tools
- Selection tools
Video 3
Prepping the SolidWorks model
Topics Covered
- Applying appearances
- Applying decals
- Image Quality Settings
Video 4
Importing the SolidWorks data
Topics Covered
- Explore import options
- Explain mesh types and optimal usage
- Explain Item list
- Explain Shader Tree
Video 5
Render Specific Workspace
Topics Covered
- Explore Shader Tree
- Explore presets
- Apply and edit material and environment presets
- Explore navigation tools
Video 6
Scene Setup Specific Workspace
Topics Covered
- Explore Item list
- Explore assets (mesh, light, camera)
- Explore selection tools
- Explore transform tools
Video 7
Output
Topics Covered
- Selecting cameras
- Explore render settings
- Render presets
- Processing a render and saving to file
Video 8
Basic Animation
Topics Covered
- Turntable
- Camera
Video 9
Trouble Shooting SolidWorks file issues
Topics Covered
- Handling surface normals
- Hidden geometry
- Model reorientation
- Importing SolidWorks files prior to “SolidWorks 2009-2011” version
- Mesh selection issues
- UI conventions
- Render preview control
- Transform tools use
Video 10
Brief introduction to modo
Topics Covered
- modo default layout overview
- Where to get help
- Replicators
- Texture basics
- UV mapping
- Fur Material
- Displacement
- Animation
- Morph mapping
- Sculpting
Create images like these with modo for SolidWorks Kit
Modeled by Daniel Herzberg in Solidworks. Materials derived from PAD Kit. Lighting environment derived from SES1 Kit. Post work in Photoshop.
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