Hi, I used SolidWorks Premium at my previous job for 9 years - but recently (literally last week) switched to a new job where I only have SolidWorks Professional and Visualize Professional. We have products going to market and require videos/animations in 14 calendar days.
Question: Does anyone know of free or otherwise purchasable tutorials and product literature? SolidWorks/3DS pulled all Bunkspeed online info & support. Our SolidWorks/Visualize reseller knows zero about Visualize. I've successfully made still-shot renderings using Visualize, but can't figure out the keyframe+camera logic for animations. Due to intellectual property and patents pending, I cannot outsource this work at the moment.
On a personal note: I've been a die-hard SolidWorks fanboy for 9 years and never actually worked as a reseller. Moreover, I have convinced others to buy-in - literally hundreds of licences purchased by those I've convinced - but I've never seen a penny of it. So I ask: what happened to the SolidWorks customer-support oriented business model? If this is their new modus operandi, I just can't encourage others to switch to SolidWorks and 3DS products.
Hi Charles
I believe more content is coming very soon online on MySolidWorks, not sure about a manual. I work for a UK reseller and there has been plenty of interest from our customer base so we plan to offer our own training course from the summer.
I think most re sellers were a little caught out by the launch and, the best prepared had been playing with the beta release! I did webcasts on standard and professional within a couple of weeks of release, but unfortunately you have to be one of our registered customers to see.
However see the below quick video demo video
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23695963/Visualize%20Keyframe%20Animation.mp4
if you can't access the video the easiest process to my knowledge is below
1. Drag right hand arrow to set length of animation
2. Right click on the item, e.g. camera or object then click add keyframe. , this adds a key track to the timeline for that item.
3. Move the timebar, in the case of cameras keyframes are automatically added unless camera is locked (padlock symbol)
4. to move objects move the timeline to where you wish to start moving, select the item (i find group selection best) and right click > add keyframe, again this adds a key track for that item
5. Move the timebar to where you want the movement to finish, more the item using the move triad
6. Place another keyframe either by clicking the key shape or right mouse button > add keyframe
Alternatively use the auto keyframing mode, this means you don't have to manually add a keyframe each time you move an object apart from when you first choose the item you wish to move.
Cheers
Alan