How to Guides

Link/Unlink Materials on Your Model
Material Linking When working with a complex model (or even a simple model) it's easy to have multiple copies of the same materials in your scene...
Tue, 4 Feb, 2020 at 2:24 PM
Save a KeyShot Package File
Collaborating on a KeyShot project with a team or customers is fast and easy with the ability to save and share your scene as a single file that can only...
Tue, 4 Feb, 2020 at 2:31 PM
Render Brushed Metals
Metals draw most of their color from the objects around them, which can make them challenging to photograph or render. We describe metal colors using t...
Tue, 4 Feb, 2020 at 2:35 PM
Animate Multiple Pivot Points
If your animation contains multiple pivots, we recommend structuring your scene tree hierarchy in a top-down manner. This allows you to apply a single ro...
Tue, 4 Feb, 2020 at 2:40 PM
Extract Pins from HDZ file
This guide will show you how to extract pins from an older HDZ file.  1. Open KeyShot 7 or later. 2. Click the Environment tab within the Project Windo...
Tue, 4 Feb, 2020 at 3:14 PM
Adding Multiple Cameras to Render Queue
Steps on how you can add multiple Cameras to your Render Queue. 1. Open KeyShot and Load Model 2. Go to Camera tab in Project window 3. Add your Camera ...
Tue, 4 Feb, 2020 at 3:18 PM
Fresh KeyShot software installations
How to perform a fresh KeyShot installation: Uninstall KeyShot Make sure to delete the KeyShot resources folder note: move it to the desktop if you w...
Tue, 23 Feb, 2021 at 10:27 AM
Embedding KeyShot XR into WordPress
After you have created the KeyShotXR, you will find the files in your KeyShot Resources folder under Animations or in the location you selected in the KeySh...
Mon, 14 Dec, 2020 at 10:06 AM
How to read your KeyShot Floating License File
When looking at your KeyShot floating license there are times when some of the information that you are looking at can be confusing and knowing what you are...
Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 at 4:28 PM
Best Practices for using the Mesh Simplification tool
The following is uses and best practices for using our new mesh simplification tool: Our Mesh simplification tool will reduce the surface geometry of...
Wed, 2 Jun, 2021 at 9:40 AM