VRED 2024

Learn about new features and improvements in this release of VRED. For technical details and bug fixes, see the 2024 release notes and recommended system requirements to ensure Autodesk VRED products are running to their potential.

What's New in 2024 and General Improvements

Important:

For Windows users, 2024 requires an NVIDIA RTX driver v.516.10 or above.

For Linux users, 2024 requires an NVIDIA driver v.515.43.04 or above. Due to Linux dependency for Render Node, set your local directory to /var/opt/Autodesk with write access on the Linux machine that is running the VRED 2024 Render Node.

Installation Changes - A bootstrap file can be downloaded from Accounts after a user has made a selection regarding what and how to install, i.e., Download install or Custom install.

Video Captions: In VRED 2024, we started to modernize and rework the complete user interface. The change also aligns better to the Alias UI.

It all starts with a new onboarding screen, where you have access to different topics, like learning paths, documentation, what’s new, and so on.

When you are in VRED, the first thing that jumps out at you, is the new icon set, which is modernized and optimized for better readability. But it’s not just the icons that have changed. All module windows and the main window have been optimized. And you will see our new blue accent color throughout.

And if you want to dock a window onto the main UI, you can do that now with the middle mouse button or with Shift+LMB, and preselect where it should be docked, which will avoid docking by mistake.

You can also very easily create groups now. And if you want to add a window to the Quick Access bar, you can do that now with a right click on the top border.

You will also recognize that the tabs of the windows are now on the top, as well as the toolbars of each window. And within the windows, you will see our new infinite sliders, where you can easily change values by hovering over the number area.

Another change is with our View Cube. Now, you see a navigation bar appearing containing multiple options, when hovering over it, like different navigation options, and Turntable. You also can change the View Cube’s position size and appearance and hide the view cube and the navigation bar with a keyboard shortcut.

And if you want to have a different color theme, you can do that now, as well. We have 3 different color themes: a dark blue, a light grey, and the dark grey.

For changing layouts, different workflows or personas, we now have a new workspace rollout, where you can save your previously used layouts and quickly switch between them, directly in the main user interface.

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