Important Updates

Find information on the latest required Windows and Linux drivers, minimum requirements for VR/XR runtimes, and other changes in this article. And don't forget to check out the change to the Data Translator Toolkit.

New Data Translator Toolkit

The New Data Translator toolkit has become the only translator for VRED 2027 that supports NX, SolidEdge, SolidWorks, and CATIA V4 and V5 files. The Legacy Translator has now been removed, including the option to switch between them. Please report any translator issues to Customer Support.

Operating Systems

For Windows users, the software requires Windows 11 as the supported operating system.

For Linux users, as of this release the software requires Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9) as the minimum supported operating system. Earlier Linux distributions and versions are no longer supported.

Drivers

Important: At the time of release, the recommended driver is v573.96. Versions between 580 and 590 were found to cause performance downgrades.

For Windows users, the minimum NVIDIA driver required is v.572.61 or above.

For Linux users, the minimum NVIDIA driver required is v.570.24 or above.

VR/XR

For VR/XR, the minimum requirements regarding runtimes are as follows:

SteamVR 2.14.5 for HMDs with SteamVR (OpenVR, OpenXR)
VarjoBase 4.13.1 for Varjo HMDs with Varjo Base (Varjo native mode, OpenXR)
Meta Horizon Link 1.115.0 for Meta/Oculus HMDs with Meta Horizon Link App (OpenXR)
VIVE XR Elite requires VIVE Business Streaming v.1.15.11c and the VIVE Business Streaming App v.1.0.21.14

Newer versions may also be suitable but have not been officially tested.

Installation Updates

We've made some updates to the Network License Manager Compatibility Check for VRED 2027.0.

Network License Manager Compatibility Check

Starting with this release, the installer performs a compatibility check between the embedded FlexNet client and the configured Network License Manager (NLM) servers. Installation may be blocked if:

The detected NLM server version is lower than the required version (based on major/minor comparison), or
The installer cannot determine the server version due to unreachable or obsolete license server entries.

For VRED 2027.0, the embedded FlexNet client requires an NLM server compatible with version 11.18.x or later (major/minor alignment required).

If the installation is blocked:

Verify that the NLM server version meets the minimum requirement.
Ensure that environment variables or Windows registry keys such as ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE or LM_LICENSE_FILE do not contain obsolete server entries.
Remove stale entries from the file: %ProgramData%\Autodesk\AdskLicensingService\nlm-server-info.json.
Retry the installation if necessary.

Miscellaneous

We updated to the following:

MaterialX was updated to 1.39.4
MDL SDK was updated to 2025.0.3