Alias 2025 introduces USD (Universal Scene Description) as an additional file import and export format.

These updates include the following: USD all versions for import and export For more information about the USD file format, see Universal Scene Description ( USD ) file format support.

File Variant Choose which variant of the USD file format you want to use. USD - Can be either ASCII or binary based.

Universal Scene Description ( USD ) File Format Support Alias 2025 introduces USD (Universal Scene Description) as an additional file import and export format.

File Format Import (read) Export (write) CATIA V5 R6 to V5-6R20 (Alias 2025) All above formats and V5-6R2024 (Alias 2025.1) R10 to V5-6R2023 (Alias 2025) All above formats and V5-6R2024 (Alias 2025.1) CATIA V4 All versions Not supported DWG/DXF All versions All versions EDF All versions All versions FBX All version Up to FBX 2016, FBX 2018 to 2020 IGES All versions 5.3 Inventor Up to Inventor 2025 Not supported JAMAIS (flavor of IGES) All versions All versions JT Up to 10.9 8.1 (Alias 2025) 9.0 (Alias 2025.1) NX Unigraphics V13 to NX 11, 12 NX Series 1847, 1872, 1899, 1926, 1953, 1980, 2007, 2206, 2212, 2306, 2312 (Alias 2025) All above formats and NX 2406 Series (Alias 2025.1) V15 NX 1.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 8.0, 10, 12, 1980 Series (Alias 2025) All above formats and NX 2212 Series (Alias 2025.1) OBJ All versions All versions Parasolid Up to 36 9 to 36 Pro/E Wildfire 5.0 Granite 9.0 - 16.0 (Alias 2025) Granite 9.0 - 17.0 (Alias 2025.1) Creo Parametric Version 10.0 Up to Granite 16.0 (Alias 2025) Up to Granite 17.0 (Alias 2025.1) SAT SAT: up to 7 SAT 7 SolidWorks 2001 Plus to 2024 Not supported STEP AP214, AP203E2, AP242 AP214, AP203E2, AP242 STL All versions All versions USD All versions All versions VDAIS (flavor of IGES) All versions All versions VDAFS All versions All versions Related pages File Format Reference Import File Export Active As

This is on by default. USD Options USD Options Logfile Output Produces a report containing a list of path names of imported file(s), and a list of warning and/or error messages.

ALS-28982 Fixed an issue that caused tessellation to be off by a factor of 10 when exporting NURBS to USD . ALS-27607 Fixed an issue with JT import that created incorrectly scaled geometry in specific situations.

Users reported that there is no no -help option output from the Alias to USD tool provided in the Alias 2025 distribution.

True to form, this new release of VRED touches on many key areas within the software including: Ease of use and convenience across editors, and enhanced onboarding screen experience Major rendering improvements including visual quality, new materials introductions as well as support for volumes Support for the import and export of several new formats including USD Watch the video below for detailed information on these and much more!

However, at a price of $39. USD , I may end up buying one in the future and alternating between the two.