


SURFACE PRO 4 - 8GB/256GB - Windows 10 - Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 540 Opened SW and did nothing, Realview was on by itself. Windows 7 64bit /w GeForce GT525M, activated Realview in SW2014, following steps Leucetius wrote, with the mentions Plecostomus Prime wrote.ĥ.) Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2015\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders\NV40"Ħ.) On the left side (the treeview) rightclick on "NV40" and choose "New / Key"ħ.) Rename the new key with the copied value (Ctrl+V) RealView with all bells and whistles with an GTX 970. And for SOME who keep telling "You need a Quattro card": look at the appended screenshot. Doubleclick the DWORD "Workarounds" and change the "Value data" to 30408ġ4.) Fire up Solidworks and try again to activate Realview (Part or Assembly open)Įdit: Reported working solution. Create a new part / open an old one and try to enable RealView.ġ3.) Close Solidworks and go back to the registry editor.

The right side should be empty but an entry (Default) whose data is "value not set"ĩ.) rightclick in the right side and create "New / DWORD (32-bit) Value"ġ0.) Rename the DWORD to "Workarounds" and, after that, doublecklick itġ1.) Leave the "Base" to "Hexadecimal" and enter 30008 into the field "Value data"ġ2.) Leave the Registryeditor open and start Solidworks. It is important to copy ALL what's in value.ĥ.) Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2015\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders\R420"Ħ.) On the left side (the treeview) rightclick on "R420" and choose "New / Key"ħ.) Rename the new key with the copied value (Strg+V)Ĩ.) Click another Key and back to your newly created to make sure you are editing the right values. Yours will be different, mentioning an AMD card. Since I have a GeForce Card mine is "GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2". > "regedit")Ģ.) Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2015\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Current"ģ.) On the right side doubleclick on "Renderer" 1.) Open up the registry editor (Start Button -> Run.
