RealityConnect for NX - Release Notes

Version 26.8.0

Release date: 27 August 2026

New features

About dialog — Click About in the Prevu3D ribbon to see the installed version, links to the User Guide and the Prevu3D Privacy Policy, and the path of the current session’s log file. Clicking the path opens its folder in File Explorer with the file selected. The plugin keeps one log file per NX session and retains the five most recent ones.
Organization switching — Switch to a different organization directly from the connection dialog, signing in with another account when needed.
Dockable Working Areas panel — The Working Areas tools now open as a dockable NX panel, alongside the Asset Manager.

Improvements

Reorganized the Prevu3D ribbon for a clearer workflow (Connect, Display Environment, Manage Assets, Working Areas, Settings, About).
Your sign-in is cached securely on your machine, so reconnecting no longer reopens the browser. Use Switch in the connection dialog to sign in with a different account or organization.
Made network connections more robust: secure connections are now validated against the Windows certificate store and follow the proxy configuration defined in Windows, so the plugin connects reliably on corporate networks that use a proxy or inspect TLS traffic.
When sign-in cannot be completed, the plugin now names the address it could not reach and shows a connectivity report covering the result for each address, the proxy configuration in use, and the list of hosts to allow over HTTPS (port 443). The same report is written to the log file, so it can be shared with your IT team or with Prevu3D support.
Georeferenced RealityTwins now display in the correct position in the NX view.
Assets can be loaded without displaying the environment overlay first.
Environment settings now focus on the Triangle Budget (default 10,000,000). The Frame Time Budget control has been removed; last frame time remains visible under System Statistics.
The theme setting now offers Light and Dark.
The installer and the About dialog now identify the plugin as RealityConnect for Designcenter NX.

Release date: 25 May 2026

Improvements

RealityConnect for Nx is now out of beta and available as the first official release.
Renamed the Inspection zones feature to Working Area.

Release date: 20 April 2026

New features

Added support for environment clipping.
Introduced zones that load geometry within a defined budget behind the overlay, allowing users to interact with Nx geometry using existing tools.

Release date: 1 April 2026

Bug fixes

Fixed depth occlusion between environment overlay, assets overlay and NX geometry.
Fixed asset-only rendering clearing NX’s depth buffer.

Release date: 26 March 2026

New features

Improvements

Release date: 6 March 2026

New features

Stream Environment
- Stream RealityTwin environments directly into the active NX 3D view.
- Toggle environment visibility with a single action (Display / Hide Environment).
- In-memory streaming ensures fast performance without generating local files.
- Progressive view-dependent refinement improves visual quality based on camera position.
Load Assets
- Browse and manage RealityTwin assets through the Asset Manager.
- Load and unload selected assets directly in the NX scene.
- Export assets as NX parts stored alongside the current project.
- Locate assets in the scene and synchronize with the latest RealityTwin data.
- Filter assets by name and status, with real-time operation feedback.
Settings
- Customize plugin behavior through General, Environment, and Asset settings.
- Configure environment streaming performance using triangle and frame time budgets.
- Adjust asset quality levels to balance performance and visual fidelity.
- Select UI theme and enable or disable texture overlay display.