SOLIDWORKS Add-in Release Notes

KeyShot 2025

Version 1.9 (July 10th 2025)

• Fixed an issue where KeyShot Studio could stall if Lightweight components were not resolved

• Added a new option in the plugin to Snap to Ground on transfer of the model

Version 1.8 (May 6th 2025)

• Added support for transferring Decal textures from SolidWorks to KeyShot Studio

• A fix to material assignment on parts

KeyShot 2024

Version 1.7 (January 22nd 2025)

• Updated year in EULA

• Fixed an issue that caused model hierarchy to not transfer correctly to the Studio scene tree

• Fixed an issue where appearance was not correctly transferred in multi-level assemblies

Version 1.5 (December 4th 2024)

• Rebranded plugin

Version 1.4 (April 10th 2024)

• Added support for SOLIDWORKS 2024

• Made the plugin KeyShot versionless

  • This plugin runs on all KeyShot versions with an active lifecycle

 

KeyShot 2023

Version 1.2 (March 14th 2023)

• Initial Release

 

KeyShot 11

Version 1.3 (October 5th 2022)

• Orthographic camera distance is kept when sending a scene to KeyShot

• Improved Unicode handling

Version 1.2 (July 5th 2022)

• Fixed issue where some imported parts would scale incorrectly

• Fixed issue where motion studies would not be sent to KeyShot

Version 1.0 (February 9th 2022)

• Initial Release

 

KeyShot 10

Version 1.0 (November 17th 2020)

• Initial Release

 

KeyShot 9

Version 1.3 (updated May 5th 2020)

• Plugin uninstaller has been signed

• Fixed an issue where uninstalling did not remove the registry entries correctly

Version 1.2 (updated February 5th 2020)

• Improved license support

Version 1.1 (updated November 5th 2019)

• Initial add-in release for KeyShot 9

 

KeyShot 8

Version 1.2 (updated May 9th 2019)

• NURBS crash fix

• LiveLinking™ support for material change and suppression state

Version 1.1 (updated October 1st 2018)

• Initial add-in release for KeyShot 8

• Support for SOLIDWORKS 2019

 

KeyShot 7

Version 1.7 (updated May 9th 2019)

• LiveLinking™ support for material change and suppression state

Version 1.6 (updated March 28th 2018)

• Support for patterns/instancing added

• Fixed LiveLinking™ issue for new KeyShot 7 installations

• Fixed respect for scene units on .bip files exported from SOLIDWORKS

Version 1.5 (updated January 28th 2018)

• Fixed duplication of motion study animation

• User interface updates

Version 1.4 (updated January 16th 2018)

• General updates and improvements

Version 1.3 (updated January 12th 2018)

• Initial add-in release for KeyShot 7

• Added support for SOLIDWORKS 2018

• Added support for SOLIDWORKS Motion Studies

• Added option to separate materials by part

Version 1.2 (updated December 14th 2017)

• Add-in Beta release for KeyShot 7