Solidworks Realview Graphics Hack

Dec 08, 2016  Just thought I would write out a guide to enable realview graphics in Solidworks, while using a normal gaming card, (Radeon or Geforce). I've used this method on both my Geforce 970m laptop at work, and my home PC with Radeon 290x in crossfire, as well as several Co-workers PC's.

Howto: Enable Solidworks realview graphics on gaming video cards. Apr 23, 2016. Just thought I would write out a guide to enable realview graphics in Solidworks, while using a normal gaming card, (Radeon or Geforce). Jun 03, 2013  In this video we take a close look at the troubleshooting steps you can take in order to enable RealView Graphics in SOLIDWORKS. Key Topics Covered: - RealView Graphics Overview - Hardware Compatability - Software Issues - Troubleshooting Methods. Solidworks real view graphics let the designer illustrate the 3d model as close to reality as possible. This option is generally reserved for a high-performance computer with dedicated graphics card. How to activate RealView Graphics if the icon is grey? Real view graphics' in my 'Solidworks 2015 X 64 Bit,SP2'? You may be able to soft mod or hack the card.

Solidworks real view graphics let the designer illustrate the 3d model as close to reality as possible. This option is generally reserved for a high-performance computer with dedicated graphics card. As real view graphics is mainly dependent on heavy GPU rendering, therefore is the reason that in default settings real view graphics is disabled in order to maintain fluidic performance over all type of work-stations with or without dedicated GPU.

Solidworks Realview Graphics Hacked

Look at these designs made in Solidworks with and without real-view graphics feature.

Left Image settings turned 'off', whereas Right Image settings turned 'on'

It is clear from above-shown images that the designs look more realistic after these settings are 'on'.

So, in order to get real-view graphics working you have to edit your computer registry in order to let the computer know that your computer has a dedicated GPU installed.

The steps wrote below are for the computers with NVIDIA 10 series graphics card.

These are the steps you need to follow:-

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1.Open the registry (Run -> regedit)

2.Navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER>SOFTWARE>Solidworks>SOLIDWORKS 2017>Performance>Graphics>Hardware>Current'

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3. Double click on the 'Renderer' key and copy the text under 'Value Data'. For example, for the GTX 1070 mine was 'GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2'

4.Navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWARE>Solidworks>SOLIDWORKS 2015>Performance>Graphics>Gl2Shaders>NV40'

5.Right-click on the NV40 folder on the left pane and select 'New -> Key'

6.Rename the new key with what was copied in step #3

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7.The only key in this folder should be a '(Default)' key

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8.Right-click on the right pane and select 'New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value'

9.Name this new key 'Workarounds'

10.Double-click on the 'Workarounds' key and enter the value '30408'. You should be in Hexadecimal mode.

11.RealView should now be available. If it is not, try setting the value in step #10 to '31408' or '30008'.

The next time you design something in Solidworks with real-view graphics turned on, it will take you closer to reality with better-rendered and high fidelity 3-D images which are essential for an academic project or presentation for your clients at work.