Textures Materials and Appearances for SW

grabcad

In my quest for textures "appearances" in Solidworks Sites, specifically for use in SW Visualize, I couldn't find any! If anyone knows where these elusive ".SVAP" files are, please share. During my search, I stumbled upon GoEngineer's tutorial on converting a PhotoView texture to an SW Visualize texture. It was helpful because Solidworks has textures that Visualize doesn't have, making it annoying to switch back to Solidworks for texture changes. I decided to convert the installed SW textures into Visualize ones, only to find most didn't work or looked terrible in Visualize. Many were from GrabCAD and other sources, but I cleaned them up as much as possible. The list of files seemed endless, but I got most of them. This might be helpful for those seeking variety in their renders beyond cars. I also included some quick renderings in Visualize to demonstrate the odd materials.