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166 CHAPTER 5 Using VisUalization techniqUes

Figure 5.27
sizing and positioning
the decal

Using Scenes, Lights, and Cameras
Scenes, lights, and cameras are important for visualing and rendering. Rendering is not covered
in this book, because PhotoView 360 and SolidWorks Visualize are not part of the SolidWorks
Standard package. The Scene, Lights, And Cameras DisplayManager is shown in Figure 5.28.

Figure 5.28
Using the scene, lights,
and cameras
DisplayManager

Controlling Scenes
In SolidWorks, a scene is composed of three things: a background, which may be an image, a
gradient, or a color; a floor, on which shadows and reflections are cast; and an environment,
which is a wraparound 3D image (*.hdr or *.hdri—high dynamic-range image) that provides
light to the model in a rendering and will reflect on the model if the model is a highly reflective
material. If the environment is hidden, you see only the background. You can also hide the floor
so there are no shadows or reflections, and the model will appear to hang in space.
Be aware that the small, square image shown for each scene in the Task pane is a thumbnail
rendering of the scene and does not reflect how the scene will look in the graphics window. For
most of this book, I have used the Plain White scene.
Floors and environments appear only when you do a rendering. If you want to remove
shadows from the modeling window while you work, use the View Settings icon in the
Heads-Up View toolbar to do this. This is shown in Figure 5.29.