RealityConnect for Plant Simulation - Release Notes

Version 26.8.0 (beta)

Release date: 18 August 2026

New features

• Choose which 3D view the live twin overlay is displayed in — a Target frame selector on the Sites and Assets tabs pins the overlay to the view you pick. Leave it on Automatic to keep the previous behavior.

• The Assets tab now opens with a header card for the connected site, showing the site name, its connection and display status, and the Display the site toggle.

• Very large assets that are automatically re-cut to a lighter level of detail during import now show an Optimizing… status, so the extra processing time is visible instead of the import appearing to stall.

Bug fixes

• Loading an asset no longer fails with a syntax error.

• Signing in no longer expires before the browser sign-in is finished, and a failed sign-in now reports the reason it failed instead of a generic error.

• Sign-in and streaming now work on corporate networks that inspect TLS traffic — certificates are validated against the Windows certificate store, so an inspecting proxy’s certificate is trusted.

• The grayed-out Target frame selector and disabled button labels are now legible — previously the disabled text was too faint to read.

• The asset search box caret now lines up with the typed text, and the field supports normal editing: click to position the caret, arrow keys, Home/End, Delete, and paste.

Version 26.7.0 (First release, beta)

Release date: 8 July 2026

New features

• Initial support for Tecnomatix Plant Simulation 2606.

• Stream Environment

  • Stream RealityTwin environments directly into the active Plant Simulation 3D view.

  • Toggle environment visibility from the Sites tab using the Display the site switch.

  • In-memory streaming ensures fast performance without generating local files for the overlay.

  • Progressive view-dependent refinement improves visual quality based on the camera position.

• Load Assets

  • Browse and manage RealityTwin assets through the Asset manager (the Assets tab).

  • Load and unload selected assets directly into the active model; imported assets become native Plant Simulation objects under .UserObjects, placed at their real-world location in the twin.

  • Reality-capture assets import with their captured photo textures — including very large photogrammetry scans.

  • Set a per-asset import Quality (Low / Medium / High) that controls the level of detail of the imported geometry.

  • The asset catalog remembers which assets are already imported into the open model — they stay marked as Loaded after reconnecting or reopening the model — and unloading an asset removes its object from the model.

  • Filter assets by name and track their lifecycle through colored status pills (Ready, Loading…, Cancelling…, Loaded, Failed), with a live Selected · Loaded · Total counter. Cancel an in-flight load from its status pill.

• Sites and Authentication

  • Sign in to Prevu3D from the Sites tab and pick an organization when multiple are available.

  • Browse organizations, divisions, and sites from a unified tree view, with collapsible divisions and site counts.

  • Connect and disconnect to a site inline on each site card, with live status (Status: connected, and Not displaying site / Loading display… / Rendering… / Displaying site / Display failed for the streamed overlay).

• Settings

  • Streaming quality preset (Low / Medium / High) to balance coverage and framerate. Changes apply immediately to the active stream.