Autodesk VRED professional 3D visualization software brings your complex data to life. Create high-quality renderings on premises or in the cloud and more. Visualize, review, and validate with ease and accuracy. Collaborate on any device, including virtual reality (VR).
Why Use VRED?
- Develop Digital Prototypes: Assemble and review a digital twin of the product for use in decision making.
- Enhance Collaboration: Collaborate visually with your team from anywhere on any device.
- Flexibility for Reviews: Expand the use of Extended Reality for evaluation, reviews, and interaction with data.
What You Can Do with VRED:
Review, Validate, and Showcase Realistic Prototypes
VRED 3D visualization software helps designers and engineers create product presentations, design reviews, and virtual prototypes using interactive GPU ray tracing and both analytic and cloud-rendering modes.
Assemble and Maintain Complex Control Models
Transform complex design and engineering data sets into a holistic digital control model that can be used as a single source of truth.
Connect People and Data for Seamless Decision Making
Access the latest design data anywhere, anytime for high-quality collaborative review on desktop, mobile, or in VR using a variety of utilities and streaming APIs.
Specifict VRED Professional Features include:
- Data Preparation: Consume and combine different data formats for accurate visualizations
- Virtual Prototyping: Create realistic representations of CAD data to verify quality, appearance, and function
- Virtual Photography: Generate photorealistic images using physically accurate material, lighting, and shadow information
- Visual Simulation: Simulate and validate ergonomic, lighting, and engineering designs
- Collaboration: Aid design review and collaboration between global teams using a multitude of different devices
- XR Experiences: Explore scenes with a variety of immersive virtual and augmented technologies
- Streaming 3D Data: Collaborate, review, and connect from anywhere using a host of devices and browsers
- Review and Evaluation: Real-time rendering for faster and more informed decision making for any type of CAD design
- Customization and Automation: Fully accessible API through Python scripting to create your custom, automated visualization platform
System Requirements:
Hardware:
- Minimum: 2 GHz 64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor
- Recommended: Intel Core™ / Xeon® processor or AMD Ryzen™ / Ryzen Threadripper™
Memory:
- 8 GB RAM, 16 GB or more recommended
Graphics Requirements:
For GPU Raytracing, Autodesk recommends the use of the following NVIDIA® driver versions. Larger scenes require 8GB or more GPU memory.
- Windows NVIDIA driver requirements:
- v.2025.3 requires an RTX 551.23 or above for RGB raytracing and spectral raytracing
- v.2025.1 - 2025.2 requires an RTX 536.67 or above for RGB raytracing and 551.23 for spectral raytracing
- v.2025 requires an RTX 527.41 or above
IMPORTANT: To use DLSS RR, you will need the NVIDIA driver v.537.13 or above; otherwise, VRED will default to the DLSS from version 2024.1.
- Linux NVIDIA driver requirements:
- v.2025.3 requires an RTX 550.54 or above for RGB raytracing and spectral raytracing
- v.2025.1 - 2025.2 requires an RTX 535.86 or above for RGB raytracing and 550.54 for spectral raytracing
- v.2025 requires an RTX 525.60 or above
VR/XR Requirements
For VR/XR, the minimum requirements regarding runtimes are the following:
- SteamVR 2.5.5 or above for HMDs with SteamVR (OpenVR, OpenXR)
- VarjoBase 4.3.1 or above for Varjo HMDs with Varjo Base (Varjo native mode, OpenXR)
- Meta Quest Link App 65.0.0.499.343 or above for Meta/Oculus HMDs with Meta Quest 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
Operating Systems:
- Microsoft® Windows® 11
- Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
IMPORTANT:- Red Hat 7.x or 8.x as of version 2025
- Red Hat 6.x is not supported as of version 2022
- Windows 7 is not supported as of version 2021
- macOS is not supported as of version 2019.1
For the VRED Render Node and VRED Core:
- Linux Version: Linux with GNU C Library stable release version 2.17 with installed X-Server
- VRED Core on Linux: As of 2025, xcb-util-cursor is a mandatory dependency.
- Red Hat 9.x
IMPORTANT: Autodesk recommends updating to Linux RedHat 8, as Linux 7 will not be supported as of version 2025.
Optional Hardware:
This is a list of optional supported hardware:
- ISV Certified Workstation with a Dedicated Graphics Card
- 3D Mouse (Highly Recommended)
- HP Reverb G2, Oculus Rift & Rift S, HTC VIVE, VIVE Pro, VIVE Pro Eye, VIVE Pro 2, VIVE Cosmos & VIVE Cosmos Elite, WinMR, HP Reverb, VRHero/XTAL, StarVR, Varjo VR-1, VR-2, XR-1, XR-3 HMD, and Logitech VR Ink Pilot Support
NOTE: WinMR and HP Reverb HMDs are supported via OpenVR
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