VRED 2021.3

Learn about new features and improvements in this release of VRED. For technical details and bug fixes, see the 2021.3 release notes and recommended system requirements to ensure Autodesk VRED products are running to their potential.

What's New in 2021.3 and General Improvements

Graphics Requirements

• For GPU Raytracing (VRED 2021.3): We recommend the use of the NVIDIA® driver version 442.50 (or higher). Larger scenes require 8GB or more GPU memory.

  Note:

  The driver is available under Advanced search on the nvidia web site here.

• For OpenGL: Supported NVIDIA® or AMD graphics card with OpenGL 4.3 support and a certified driver.

See the Certified Hardware.

Minimum Requirements

• Processor: 2 GHz 64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor
• Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compliant
• RAM: 8 GB
• Disk Space: 7 GB

Recommended Requirements

• Processor: Intel® Xeon™/Core® or AMD® Ryzen™/Ryzen™ Threadripper™
• Graphics Card: For optimal performance, a card with at least 4 GB of VRAM and 106 GB/s bandwidth is recommended
• RAM: More than 16 GB is recommended

Operating Systems

• Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (64-bit)

For the VRED Render Node:

• Linux Version: Linux with GNU C Library stable release version 2.5 with installed X-Server
• Redhat 6.x: Using version 2.12 of the GNU C Library or above
• Redhat 7.x: Using the stable release version 2.17 of the GNU C Library

Click the cards below for further information on new features and improvements found in 2021.3.

Interactive Depth of Field in OpenGL

This feature provides an approximation of the stillframe depth of field effect for OpenGL realtime rendering to enhance realism.

Dynamic FPS Management

This feature provides dynamic FPS management for Web Streams, so multiple clients can have different frame rates.

Render Snapshots with the Stream App

This feature enables Stream App users to immediate rendering of a snapshot, using either http://localhost:8888/capture.png or the Snapshots feature.

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)

We improved the quality of SSAO (screen space ambient occlusion) when rendering to provide significantly better quality with less artifacts and more possiblities to adjust the appearance.

PNG with Alpha Streaming

This feature provides a way to stream a PNG image with transparency.

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

This feature provides a way for a web application running on VRED to access content from another website, to do something such as play a YouTube video.

Configuring the Web Interface

This feature allows the configuration of a web interface through preferences or other VRED Core settings.

Decouple Service for WebEngines

This feature provides a decoupled service to access WebEngines and expose them in Python, so users can automatically reload a WebEngine in VRED.

Import Layer Folders

This feature provides a way to toggle off the import of Alias layer folders, to stop the scene hierarchy from changing.

NVLink Memory Sharing

This feature provides a way to share memory between two GPUs on systems using NVLink.

Write Your Own Web Apps

This feature provides a way to write your own web applications that are accessible over the network, without the need to install and configure your own web server.