Bring Your SOLIDWORKS Models into VR with SimLab Composer

Rıdvan Polat

9 March 2025 4 mins to read

Did you know that before moving to production, you can bring your SOLIDWORKS models into VR with SimLab Composer for a realistic and interactive experience? With SimLab VR technology, you can visualize your designs even in the early stages, operate mechanisms as if they were real, and analyze your product in detail as if it were physically manufactured. This allows you to optimize your development process and make informed design decisions.

SimLab Composer SOLIDWORKS Plugin

SimLab Composer offers integration support for various CAD programs, including SOLIDWORKS. After enabling the free plugin from the SOLIDWORKS Add-in panel, you can automatically transfer your designs or animations to SimLab Composer and quickly view them in a VR environment.

Transfer Your SOLIDWORKS Designs to a VR Environment

You can automatically transfer your design to SimLab Composer by selecting the Link Render command in the SOLIDWORKS command manager panel. This allows you to quickly bring your design into a VR environment and review it in real-time.

With SimLab Composer’s library of pre-built 3D environments, you can quickly visualize your design in a factory, workshop, or other settings.

Additionally, SimLab Composer features a 3D model library, where you can drag and drop free models effortlessly to enrich and enhance your environment with greater detail.

Transfer Your SOLIDWORKS Animations to a VR Environment

When designing a mechanism and creating its animation in SOLIDWORKS, SimLab integration continues to support you. You can transfer your animation to SimLab Composer with just one click.

To do this, simply select the Link Animation command from the SOLIDWORKS command manager panel. SimLab automatically starts processing the animation, calculates the necessary parameters, and checks for updates. It then triggers SimLab Composer, opening the software and importing both the model and its associated animation.

You can either view this animation directly in the VR environment or convert it into a sequence, allowing the animation to be triggered by a designated object. In the VR environment, when you interact with or move the trigger object, the sequence will activate, and the animation will play.

Viewing and Accessibility in a VR Environment

With the SimLab VR Viewer software that comes with SimLab Composer, you can store your VR projects on secure servers and access them on multiple devices.

You can explore your projects on a computer, navigating freely as if in a video game, or experience them in virtual reality using a VR headset, either with a computer connection or as a standalone device, allowing you to gain a more detailed understanding of your design from every angle with a realistic sense of presence.

SimLab VR Viewer is compatible with Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS, enabling you to access your VR projects from any device. Furthermore, the software is available on the Meta and Pico VR headset app stores, meaning you can enjoy a completely PC-independent VR experience.

Multi-User VR Support

SimLab’s collaboration mode allows you to review your projects in a VR environment together with your teammates or clients. It also supports multiple devices and operating systems working together simultaneously, enabling you to collaborate interactively and efficiently with a broader audience.

This feature not only allows you to improve your products but also enables you to demonstrate product installations or repair processes interactively in real-time within the VR environment. Additionally, you can stay connected through voice communication support for seamless collaboration.

Furthermore, with the note-taking feature, your clients can provide feedback through voice, text, or annotations within the VR environment. Best of all, you don’t even need to be in the same location—or even the same country—as your team or costomers!

How to use Simlab Discount Code?

To compare products, simply visit the Simlab Composer page via the provided link. Once you’ve selected the product that aligns with your needs, apply the coupon code at checkout to receive a 10% discount.

Simlab Composer Pricing
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Conclusion

If you want to realistically examine your SOLIDWORKS designs in a VR environment before moving to production, enhance your trade show or customer presentations with interactive experiences, and achieve all this without requiring any coding knowledge, all while keeping costs affordable, visit our website or send an email to [email protected] to request a demo.

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Rıdvan Polat

Co-Founder at ChampionXperience

Ridvan Polat is a SOLIDWORKS Elite Application Engineer, Founder of ChampionXperience, and a recognized SOLIDWORKS, ENOVIA, and 3DEXPERIENCE Champion. He specializes in CATIA & ENOVIA technical support and 3DEXPERIENCE early engagement adaptation, helping organizations optimize PLM workflows.