Using Realview-Only patterns with non-compatible graphics card.

I had thought about making my own texture but I want it to look like the proper job and I'd only be able to give shadows etc. from one angle really which is okay but not ideal. I think though this is probably going to be my only option since I can't do the linear pattern because there are literally hundreds of thousands of tiny holes and no matter how big a processor you have, Solidworks just doesn't like working with too many repeated things in one sketch.

Thanks anyway, I think I'll just have to go ahead and make a texture and hope it looks good!

Hi Michael,

I'd actually come across that one before and believe me if it was my computer I'd be doing that straight away but unfortunately it's a work PC and I don't want to mess around too much!

I tried making my own texture with Adobe Illustrator basing it off the wood textures that Solidworks provides (specifically Satin Finish Maple 2D) and it's actually worked surprisingly well - see image for reference (I realise it's only half an image but I wasn't bothered rendering the whole thing when I could already see that it was working quite well). I think my next step is to create the holed texture as a bump map so I can apply it to multiple different types of wood, rather than having to create a whole new texture for each different species.