Oct 28, 2022

Setting Enable RealView on SolidWorks

 1. Open the registry (Run -> regedit)

2.  Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER>SOFTWARE>Solidworks>SOLIDWORKS 2015>Performance>Graphics>Hardware>Current"
3. Double click on the "Renderer" key and copy the text under "Value Data". For example, for the GTX 770 mine was "GeForce GTX 770/PCIe/SSE2"
4. Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWARE>Solidworks>SOLIDWORKS 2015>Performance>Graphics>Gl2Shaders>NV40"
5. Right-click on the NV40 folder on the left pane and select "New -> Key"
6. Rename the new key with what was copied in step #3
7. The only key in this folder should be a "(Default)" key
8. Right-click on the right pane and select "New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value"
9. Name this new key "Workarounds"
10. Double-click on the "Workarounds" key and enter the value "30408". You should be in Hexadecimal mode.
11. RealView should now be available. If it is not, try setting the value in step #10 to "31408" or "30008"