- Close Solid works, it only checks the settings we're going to change when it opens - Open the registry editor. The easiest way to do t...
- Close Solid works, it only checks the settings we're going to change when it opens
- Open the registry editor. The easiest way to do this is to hit the start button, and just type in "regedit" and hit enter.
- Click "Yes" to the prompt asking for permissions
- Open the folders in there to get to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Current
- On the right side, double click the entry that is titled "Renderer"
- Copy the "Value Data" there by highlighting it with your mouse, then right clicking and clicking "copy". This is the exact name of your graphics card to Solidworks. Now we're going to tell it that your card is approved to run the Realview graphics.
- Click the "OK" button to close the "edit string" box we just copied the video card name from
- Now navigate regedit down to the "Gl2Shaders" folder (it's just a few folders down for me)
- Open the Gl2Shaders folder
- If you are have a Nvidia Geforce card, go to the "NV40" folder. If you are using AMD Radeon, go to the "RV420" folder
- Right click on either the "NV40" or "RV420" folder, and select New > Key
- Right click inside the name box it makes, and select "paste" to paste the name we copied earlier. If you messed up, you can go back and copy the name again, then follow the steps back. Instead of making a new key, find "New key #1" and right click, then select "rename", and paste your name in.
- Now click on your key, then on the right side of regedit, right click and select New > DWORD (32 bit) Value.
- Name the value "Workarounds". If you mess up, you can just right click and select "rename." Note the the "W" must be capitol!
- Right click "Workarounds", and select "modify"
- Under value data, enter in 30008
- Minimize the registry editor (don't close it yet) , and open Solidworks
- Open a solidworks part (preferably a native solidworks part, not a .IGS or .STEP file from a customer)
- Select the view menu, go down to Display, and realview should be able to be toggled on or off now. If it works, you're done! If it's not, don't worry there's one more thing to try.
- If realview is still grayed out, close solidworks. Go back to registry editor, right click your "workarounds" value, and try each of these until one works:
40008
40408
30408
60408
60008
- If one of those does not work, look at the current directory at the very bottom of regedit and triple check that your key is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders
- If you still can't do it, you're going to have to find the proper workaround value for your card. The best way would be to google your graphics card name, plus architecture. This will get you a "code name" the graphics manufacturer uses for their chip. It will be something like "kepler". Then, google that name and either firepro or quadro, to try to find out what workstation card uses the same chip series. In my case, I found my Radeon 290x uses the "Hawaii" architecture, and so does the "Firepro W9100". If I look in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders\RV420, I see the two entries in the FirePro W9100 are using the workaround values of "30008" and "30408", so one of those should work for my card. Sure enough, the first value 30008 works great
- Intel's integrated graphics cards would use the "other" folder instead of NV40 or RV420. I do not know what workaround value would work for them, and do not recommend trying, as they are not very powerful.
- Open the registry editor. The easiest way to do this is to hit the start button, and just type in "regedit" and hit enter.
- Click "Yes" to the prompt asking for permissions
- Open the folders in there to get to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Current
- On the right side, double click the entry that is titled "Renderer"
- Copy the "Value Data" there by highlighting it with your mouse, then right clicking and clicking "copy". This is the exact name of your graphics card to Solidworks. Now we're going to tell it that your card is approved to run the Realview graphics.
- Click the "OK" button to close the "edit string" box we just copied the video card name from
- Now navigate regedit down to the "Gl2Shaders" folder (it's just a few folders down for me)
- Open the Gl2Shaders folder
- If you are have a Nvidia Geforce card, go to the "NV40" folder. If you are using AMD Radeon, go to the "RV420" folder
- Right click on either the "NV40" or "RV420" folder, and select New > Key
- Right click inside the name box it makes, and select "paste" to paste the name we copied earlier. If you messed up, you can go back and copy the name again, then follow the steps back. Instead of making a new key, find "New key #1" and right click, then select "rename", and paste your name in.
- Now click on your key, then on the right side of regedit, right click and select New > DWORD (32 bit) Value.
- Name the value "Workarounds". If you mess up, you can just right click and select "rename." Note the the "W" must be capitol!
- Right click "Workarounds", and select "modify"
- Under value data, enter in 30008
- Minimize the registry editor (don't close it yet) , and open Solidworks
- Open a solidworks part (preferably a native solidworks part, not a .IGS or .STEP file from a customer)
- Select the view menu, go down to Display, and realview should be able to be toggled on or off now. If it works, you're done! If it's not, don't worry there's one more thing to try.
- If realview is still grayed out, close solidworks. Go back to registry editor, right click your "workarounds" value, and try each of these until one works:
40008
40408
30408
60408
60008
- If one of those does not work, look at the current directory at the very bottom of regedit and triple check that your key is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders
- If you still can't do it, you're going to have to find the proper workaround value for your card. The best way would be to google your graphics card name, plus architecture. This will get you a "code name" the graphics manufacturer uses for their chip. It will be something like "kepler". Then, google that name and either firepro or quadro, to try to find out what workstation card uses the same chip series. In my case, I found my Radeon 290x uses the "Hawaii" architecture, and so does the "Firepro W9100". If I look in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders\RV420, I see the two entries in the FirePro W9100 are using the workaround values of "30008" and "30408", so one of those should work for my card. Sure enough, the first value 30008 works great
- Intel's integrated graphics cards would use the "other" folder instead of NV40 or RV420. I do not know what workaround value would work for them, and do not recommend trying, as they are not very powerful.
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