Hi Martin,

Modo is really great for this kind of render, but it requires a little bit of time to master.

Thanks to Michael, you can take advantage of the modo contours rendering (photoview for solidworks is in fact modo render engine)

http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3926.01

The npr kit can be handy for some more advanced effect :



(Image from GwynneR)