[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":113},["ShallowReactive",2],{"s_szuo1MQaR_lOlhWDEgdc-cdKtuhdqUBe6m1MLcKAo":3,"article_benefits-solidworks-visualize-boost_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":111,"_apollo:identified":112},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","benefits-solidworks-visualize-boost","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":110},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":30,"content":31,"date":32,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":33,"masterings":45,"globalTags":49,"products":68,"disciplines":80,"seo":99,"__typename":109},"cG9zdDozMTg1MQ==","The Benefits of SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fbenefits-solidworks-visualize-boost","\u003Cp>Learn some of the benefits of using SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost in your…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":29},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":25,"thumbnail":26,"srcSet":27,"sizes":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost-1024x642.jpg.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost-768x481.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost-150x150.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost-1024x642.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost-300x188.jpg.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost-768x481.jpg.webp 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost-1536x963.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fcover20image20-20benefits20of20visualize20boost.jpg.webp 1659w","(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>So what is SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost, you ask? What can it do for me and why should I be using it every day? I know you ask yourself these questions in the shower each morning, so let’s finally give you the answers you seek.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Let me paint you a picture, that happens all too often at design and engineering firms each day. Say you’re working on a project and your boss or someone from marketing comes over and says, “hey, I need a few rendered images of the project you just completed ASAP.” But you still have a ton work on another project they just assigned to you earlier that week?? Or what about your design manager needs this complex animation rendered out by the end of the day to show important clients and the hardware on your laptop alone just won’t cut it and would take days to render this animation?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Enter SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost to the rescue. Visualize Boost is our network rendering technology allowing you to send render jobs to a dedicated cluster of machine(s) to instantly boost render speed and content productivity. Similar to a printer queue in your office, Visualize Boost allows any number of Visualize Professional users to send render jobs to other machine(s), freeing up your main machine to keep using Visualize, CAD, or other demanding applications.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fboost20workflow20graphic-615x564-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31853\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fboost20workflow20graphic-615x564-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fboost20workflow20graphic-615x564-1-300x275.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Visualize Boost is a separate installation and a product add-on to Visualize Professional only. It should be installed on a separate computer and can be set up as a single node, or as a cluster so that you can scale your productivity efficiently as demand increases. Once installed and ready to render, Visualize Pro will scan your network for any connected Visualize Boost machines; there is no limit of machines you can connect!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Simply put, Visualize Boost helps you complete renders in a fraction of the time. And as we all know, time = money.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Ffree20boost20seat-615x134-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31854\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Ffree20boost20seat-615x134-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Ffree20boost20seat-615x134-1-300x65.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Whoa, Visualize Boost at no cost?!? How awesome is that! This is 1:1, meaning if you have five seats of Visualize Pro all on active Subs, then you receive five complimentary seats of Visualize Boost!*\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Need to buy more seats of Visualize Boost but need some help convincing your boss? Download the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsw-visualize-boost-justification-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"31857\">SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost Justification Sheet\u003C\u002Fa> to help make your case. Visualize Boost will not only accelerate your renders, but it will also allow you to render loads more content in the same amount of time! Basically, Visualize Boost makes you look like a rockstar in front of your boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To show you a real-world example of Visualize Boost’s benefits, take this exploded view animation below, courtesy of the folks at Myomo:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"ds-video\">\u003Ca data-3ds-videoplayer=\"modal\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=DyJ09_GSP5A\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan class=\"ImageCover Border Block\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\u002F\u002Fimg.youtube.com\u002Fvi\u002FDyJ09_GSP5A\u002Fhqdefault.jpg); width:100%; height: 100%;\">\u003Cspan class=\"Btn--circle isCenter\">\u003Ci class=\"Icon Icon--playBig\">\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cp>On my laptop, this would have taken about four hours to render. BUT using Visualize Boost and powerful NVIDIA graphics cards, check out the insanely fast render times!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To give you an idea of render performance on your projects with Visualize Boost, check out these two charts below. Moral of the story is, put all your budget towards buying NVIDIA GPUs and your render jobs will finish in a fraction of the time! Just think of the render speed if you had 10 NVIDIA graphics cards across multiple Visualize Boost machines! Whoa.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>1x NVIDIA M4000 = 60 minutes\n2x NVIDIA M4000 = 40 minutes\n4x NVIDIA M4000 = 20 minutes\n2X NVIDIA M6000 = 15 minutes\n1x NVIDIA VCA = less than 5 minutes!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Here are some of the benefits of using Visualize Boost in your pipeline:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Instantly boost your design productivity by stacking up multiple jobs in your Render Queue, send to Visualize Boost machines and offload your local machine to work on other tasks.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Iterate at breakneck speeds which shortens design cycles and saves cost. Faster content production means accelerated design process, which means faster iterative cycles.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Squash your competition and beat them to the market, ultimately making more money.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Render more content faster than ever before!\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Create product animations, camera flys and interactive web content, rather than only still images…in the same amount of time!\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>You can even install Visualize Boost on existing CPU or GPU render farms, since it’s hardware agnostic! Obviously GPUs are way faster than CPUs, but Visualize Boost doesn’t care what kind of hardware; it just works.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Dramatically increase ROI on each product cycle\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>To give you an idea of render performance on your projects with Visualize Boost, check out these two charts below. And just think of the render speed if you had 10 graphics cards across multiple Visualize Boost machines! Whoa.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This one is comparing the latest NVIDIA Pascal-series cards:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fnvidia20gpu20performance20chart20-20pascal-615x319-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31855\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fnvidia20gpu20performance20chart20-20pascal-615x319-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fnvidia20gpu20performance20chart20-20pascal-615x319-1-300x156.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>And this one is comparing the previous NVIDIA Maxwell-series cards:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fnvidia20gpu20performance20chart20-20maxwell-615x402-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31856\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fnvidia20gpu20performance20chart20-20maxwell-615x402-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fnvidia20gpu20performance20chart20-20maxwell-615x402-1-300x196.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Get out there and start using Visualize Boost today! For more information and detailed step-by-step to configuring your Visualize Boost cluster, check out the Visualize Online Help \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.solidworks.com\u002F2017\u002FEnglish\u002FVisualize\u002Fc_about_visualize_boost.htm?id=eddb0f9dfe1a4a90b83d81b20327bd7a#Pg0&ProductType=&ProductName=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"31857\">here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Don’t forget to follow SOLIDWORKS Visualize Product Manager @bhillner on twitter for product news and updates, and share your SOLIDWORKS Visualize creations on social media with #swvisualize and #gettinvizzy!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>More Resources to get started with SOLIDWORKS Visualize:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.solidworks.com\u002Ftech\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fobtaining-complimentary-serial-number-visualize-standard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"31857\">DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE SEAT OF SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE\u003C\u002Fa> right now to bring your products to market faster than ever before.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsw\u002Fresources\u002Fvisualization-recorded-webinars.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"31857\">WATCH TWO WEBINARS\u003C\u002Fa> on SOLIDWORKS Visualize and its many benefits to up your render game to a whole new level.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmy.solidworks.com\u002Fmylearning\u002Flearningpaths\u002F61\u002Fsolidworks-visualize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"31857\">WATCH THE TUTORIALS\u003C\u002Fa> to master SOLIDWORKS Visualize in no time and impress your boss with photo-quality content.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsw\u002Fproducts\u002Fvisualization\u002Fsolidworks-visualize-professional.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"31857\">UPGRADE TO SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE PROFESSIONAL\u003C\u002Fa> for an enhanced 3D visualization experience. Contact your Reseller now!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>*Falling off Subscription on Visualize Professional will remove your complimentary license of Visualize Boost.\u003C\u002Fp>","2017-07-27T08:00:41",{"node":34,"__typename":44},{"nicename":35,"description":36,"slug":35,"name":37,"firstName":38,"lastName":39,"avatar":40,"__typename":43},"brianhillner","Brian Hillner is a Senior Product Portfolio Manager for SOLIDWORKS, responsible for Education and Early Engagement, and specializes in the intersection of business, technology & user experience. He focuses on creating customer-driven software products tailored for schools, educators and students to develop designers, engineers and dreamers of the future. Prior to joining the Education team, he was the Product Manager for SOLIDWORKS Visualize, eDrawings and the Extended Reality (XR) workflows.","Brian Hillner","Brian","Hillner",{"url":41,"__typename":42},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fhillner-profile-photo_square.jpg-96x96.webp","Avatar","User","NodeWithAuthorToUserConnectionEdge",{"nodes":46,"edges":47,"__typename":48},[],[],"PostToTaxonomy_masteringConnection",{"nodes":50,"__typename":67},[51,57,62],{"id":52,"name":53,"slug":54,"uri":55,"__typename":56},"dGVybTo5NjAx","3D CAD","3d-cad","\u002Ftags\u002F3d-cad\u002F","Taxonomy_tag",{"id":58,"name":59,"slug":60,"uri":61,"__typename":56},"dGVybTo5NjM1","Rendering","rendering","\u002Ftags\u002Frendering\u002F",{"id":63,"name":64,"slug":65,"uri":66,"__typename":56},"dGVybTo5NjAz","SOLIDWORKS","solidworks","\u002Ftags\u002Fsolidworks\u002F","PostToTaxonomy_tagConnection",{"edges":69,"nodes":77,"__typename":79},[70],{"isPrimary":71,"node":72,"__typename":76},false,{"id":73,"name":64,"slug":65,"uri":74,"__typename":75},"dGVybTo1Ng==","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002F","Taxonomy_product","PostToTaxonomy_productConnectionEdge",[78],{"id":73,"name":64,"slug":65,"uri":74,"__typename":75},"PostToTaxonomy_productConnection",{"nodes":81,"edges":94,"__typename":98},[82],{"id":83,"name":53,"slug":54,"uri":84,"parentId":85,"disciplines":86,"__typename":93},"dGVybTo2MA==","\u002Fdisciplines\u002F3d-cad\u002F","dGVybTo1OA==",{"nodes":87,"__typename":92},[88],{"title":53,"uri":89,"parentId":90,"__typename":91},"\u002Fdisciplines\u002Fdesign-engineering\u002F3d-cad","cG9zdDozNzcz","Discipline","Taxonomy_disciplineToDisciplineConnection","Taxonomy_discipline",[95],{"isPrimary":71,"node":96,"__typename":97},{"parentId":85,"id":83,"name":53,"slug":54,"uri":84,"__typename":93},"PostToTaxonomy_disciplineConnectionEdge","PostToTaxonomy_disciplineConnection",{"canonical":5,"title":100,"metaDesc":5,"opengraphAuthor":5,"opengraphDescription":101,"opengraphTitle":15,"opengraphUrl":102,"opengraphSiteName":103,"opengraphPublishedTime":104,"opengraphModifiedTime":105,"twitterTitle":5,"twitterDescription":5,"readingTime":106,"metaRobotsNoindex":107,"__typename":108},"The Benefits of SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost - Blog Solidworks","Learn some of the benefits of using SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost in your…","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fbenefits-solidworks-visualize-boost\u002F","Blog Solidworks","2017-07-27T12:00:41+00:00","2026-02-13T02:02:44+00:00",5,"noindex","PostTypeSEO","Post","RootQueryToPostConnection",{},{},1776257023340]