If you are using TopSolid’Image and want to easily and quickly create nice renders without having to setup a “scene” everytime, you can download this “Render Studio” by SAG.
Assign material or coatings to walls and floors if you like.
As seen in the video below you can adjust the size of floors and walls by dragging circles and points. You can also change the position of the camera and lights by dragging their positioning points.
There is also a centered Frame for easy positioning of you part/assembly which you can the rotate around the Z axis to your desired position. It doesn´t get any easier than this now does it? ;-)
You can download the rendering studio for free here.
Ever wondered what Frames are all about in TopSolid 7? If you are a V6 user, you know them as “Coordinate Systems” and that´s basically what they are.
Below are a few videos that may help you understand more about frames, what they are and how to use them!
3D cad changed the way we work forever. And sure, it´s awesome and has all kinds of advantages. But sometimes you just want a simple sketch, maybe to present a proof of concept.
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TopSolid 7 offers the ability to create a mechanism by defining the kinematics of the objects included in an assembly. These kinematics can be also be applied to a simple 2D sketch.
The right mouse button is very useful. It offers a menu which is generally used as a shortcut for commands that you could otherwise reach from other places inside TopSolid.
The cool thing about it is that it´s context dependent, meaning that if you right click on a face you will get options that are likely for whatever you click on. Alot of users don’t take full advantage of this. Try to use it more, it will save your arm and hand considerably.
This sure is one of those things that makes for a more efficient workflow but to what extent can you actually use this menu? I decided to try to design a part using nothing but the contextual menu, just for fun.
I think it went pretty well, check out the video below and judge for yourself:
Sometimes you want to go back in your design and maybe even insert a new feature at that earlier stage.
What i used to do was to go to my operations tree (or feature tree if you like) and then change the modeling stage there.
But what i didn´t know was that in TopSolid 7 you can just as easily do the same thing using on the contextual menu which is only as far away as a touch of a button!
Edit: And of course as S Gasmi pointed out in the comment below you can also use the contextual menu to add the new fillet.
Applying constraints automatically is something most CAD systems can do and TopSolid 7 is no exception. Learning how to use this is something that can make your everyday life a little easier. Here´s one example on how to speed up your workflow.
Select geometry to copy, press ctrl key and left mouse button to drag the copied geometry to where you want it and release left mouse button. Both the geometryand parameters are copied.
