Rendering Software for Solidworks

I really wish the software developers of the big cad tools like SW and Creo would develop more into the core rendering tools than they do. Interface designers say ‘expose more of the tool’ indicating it’s just an interface thing. The render engine for Creo is now Mental ray and using that in Maya I can see 70 options for leather. In Creo and SW there is less than 5 settings for the same tool.