Shade command in Solid Works

Shows a model view that is darkened.

A full face is illuminated when you choose a face on a model in shaded view.

You can control:

1. The darkened areas' color.
2. The hue of each part's face.
3. The amount and direction of light on the areas that is shadowed.

The sketch plane appears as a transparent plane in shaded view. The Display plane when darkened option regulates this action. Choose Sketch under Tools > Options > System Options.

Putting a Model on Display in Shaded View

Choose one of the following actions to display a model in shaded view:

• Click Shaded under Display Style (Heads-up View toolbar).
• Choose Shaded (View toolbar).
• Choose Shaded under View > Display.

Drawing's shading

To shade the entities in the current drawing's view, use the Shade command.

The drawing model appears as a wireframe with flat shading (equivalent to the Shade View command with the options Flat and Flat with Edges).

The model's light sources are not considered in the shading process.

Shading the illustration:

• At the command prompt, enter Shade.

The Shade View Mode setting

Change the look of 3D models by using the Shade View command.

The shade mode is set by:

1. Choose one of these:
   • On the menu, select Shade under View.
   • Click View > Render > Shade on the ribbon.
   • Shade View, please.
2. Provide a choice:
   • 2D represents the boundaries using lines and curves.
   • 3D Wireframe uses boundaries to express lines and curves.
   • Hidden uses a wireframe depiction that eliminates any hidden lines.
   • Flat shown as flat-shaded, making entities that use Grouard shading look flatter.
   • Grouard shading is used for display, which gives objects a smoother, more realistic appearance than flat shading.

How to Remove Hidden Lines

Use the Hide View command to show the drawing's current view without the concealed lines.

Hidden lines are only removed from the active view tile when the drawing has several tiled views open.

Getting rid of hidden lines

Choose one of these:

• Go to View > Hide on the menu.
• Click View > Render > Hide on the ribbon.
• Put in Hide View ein.

Revealing concealed lines:

1. Choose one of these:
   • On the menu, select Shade under View.
   • Click View > Render > Shade on the ribbon.
   • Shade Mode ein, type.
2. Choose 3D Wireframe from the menu.

Drawing Production

To render your 3D drawing as it will look after construction, use the ARender command.

Rendering will add realism by:

• Enhances the shading on objects that intersect at certain angles.
• evaluates the drawing's lighting sources

Making the drawing:

1. Choose one of these:
   • Choose View > Animated Rendering from the menu.
   • Click View > Render > Animated Rendering on the ribbon.
   • Specify Arender.
2. Choose the entities you want to render.
   To render the full model, press Enter.
3. Indicate where you want the rendered artwork to appear:
   • Fullscreen: Model takes up the whole display.
   • Window: A separate window shows the model.
4. Rotate the displayed model by dragging with the left mouse button.
   To zoom in and out on the model, hold down the middle mouse button and drag (or turn the mouse wheel).
5. To end Fullscreen mode or close the separate window, press Esc.

Using SOLIDWORKS' Shaded Sketch Contours

We'll go through the fundamentals of the Shaded Sketch Contours tool. That is important to note because not everyone uses this function to its full potential. Closed sketch contours and sub-contours can be shown as shaded entities by using the Shaded Sketch Contours option.

Just the closed sketch forms are tinted when the Shaded Sketch Contours setting is used. Let's look more closely.

We'll begin in SOLIDWORKS using a previously made drawing to get things moving. Initially, we need to confirm that the functionality is activated. Go to the Command Manager for Sketches to accomplish this.

The ability to turn on and off the Shaded Sketch Contours is included here. All of the sketch's contours are darkened once it is turned on. The shading becomes darker when one contour is inside of another.

The main benefit of this feature is that it may be used as a gauge to determine whether your contours are closed.

These minute, unnoticeable gaps can occasionally be unintentionally left in our designs. This function makes it simple to examine your work twice.

You'll see that nothing is shaded in the rectangle that encloses everything in the example below. This serves as a notice that the contour is available to us.

You'll see that nothing is shaded in the rectangle that encloses everything in the example below. This serves as a notice that the contour is available to us.

To get things going, we'll start in SOLIDWORKS using a previously created drawing. We must first make sure the functionality is turned on. To do this, go to the Command Manager for Sketches.

The Shaded Sketch Contours feature is available here and may be turned on and off. When it is on, the sketch's outlines are all darker. When two contours are inside of one another, the shading gets darker.

This feature's major advantage is that it may be used to test whether your contours are closed. To quickly close it up, we may just drag the line in. The rectangle is now darkened, as seen in the image below.

We can reposition the drawings now that we have the contours. By capturing the darkened region, we may do this. We are no longer required to grab a certain object. We can only drag it by specified endpoints or the sketch geometry when sketch contours are not enabled.

We are constrained and must use the Move Entities command if we want to relocate it but don't want to modify the size.

Sketch contours also have the advantage of allowing us to pick them in advance from inside the sketch. We can see several distinct curves in this sketch. By pressing and holding the ALT key, we may pre-select ones to utilize for an extrusion.

By emphasizing the boundaries, we may choose between contour areas and contours themselves.

In the figure below, if we choose Boss-Extrude, we can see that the contours have already been chosen.