I have used Maxwell render as an addin to Solidworks and it is really quite convenient to set things up in Solidworks and then send it to render. Files can expand without re-exporting and reassigning materials etc. If I use Maxwell outside of Solidworks using STL files it adds another layer of work ...

Hello: I am currently looking into unbiased renderers to be used with SolidWorks. Is there any plan to easily export Solidworks formats or perhaps provide an Addin?
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