Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
SOLIDWORKS 2026 introduces a major upgrade to appearances with full DSPBR material support. The entire appearance library has been rebuilt, offering more realistic lighting, better surface detail, and improved control through roughness and normal maps. These new materials also work directly with SOLIDWORKS Visualize so your renderings match the model without extra setup. Visualize Stellar Fast Mode has been improved for near real time rendering on both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
Use the chapters below to jump into the new SOLIDWORKS 2026 appearance tools and Visualize enhancements.
Timestamps
0:00 SOLIDWORKS 2026 DSPBR appearance update
0:07 New appearance library and drag and drop workflow
0:12 More realistic lighting and normal map support
0:21 Custom roughness maps for advanced control
0:32 DSPBR materials compatible with Visualize
0:38 Matching render results on import
0:46 One click rendering inside SOLIDWORKS
1:03 Improvements to Visualize Stellar Fast Mode
1:16 AMD GPU support for faster real time rendering
💡 Learn more and watch our SOLIDWORKS 2026 What's new webinar on-demand: https://hubs.la/Q03TQ2Jk0
🌐 Explore more SOLIDWORKS resources at GoEngineer: https://hubs.la/Q03TQ3KR0
📄 Learn more about SOLIDWORKS Visualize: https://hubs.la/Q03TQ43g0
SOLIDWORKS 2026 introduces a major upgrade to appearances with full DSPBR material support. The entire appearance library has been rebuilt, offering more realistic lighting, better surface detail, and improved control through roughness and normal maps. These new materials also work directly with SOLIDWORKS Visualize so your renderings match the model without extra setup. Visualize Stellar Fast Mode has been improved for near real time rendering on both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
Use the chapters below to jump into the new SOLIDWORKS 2026 appearance tools and Visualize enhancements.
Timestamps
0:00 SOLIDWORKS 2026 DSPBR appearance update
0:07 New appearance library and drag and drop workflow
0:12 More realistic lighting and normal map support
0:21 Custom roughness maps for advanced control
0:32 DSPBR materials compatible with Visualize
0:38 Matching render results on import
0:46 One click rendering inside SOLIDWORKS
1:03 Improvements to Visualize Stellar Fast Mode
1:16 AMD GPU support for faster real time rendering
💡 Learn more and watch our SOLIDWORKS 2026 What's new webinar on-demand: https://hubs.la/Q03TQ2Jk0
🌐 Explore more SOLIDWORKS resources at GoEngineer: https://hubs.la/Q03TQ3KR0
📄 Learn more about SOLIDWORKS Visualize: https://hubs.la/Q03TQ43g0
