What's New in Creative Experience 3DEXCITE 2025

What’s New in Creative Experience 3DEXCITE 2025

Hanen Bdioui

23 March 2025 3 mins to read

Introduction

The latest updates in Creative Experience 3DEXCITE 2025 bring significant improvements in visualization, interactivity, and workflow efficiency. Whether you’re working with cameras, VR, rendering, or animations, these enhancements offer better control and a more seamless experience. Let’s explore what’s new and how it can improve your workflow.

Screen Aspect Ratio Preview

A new Screen Emulation feature allows you to preview content in specific aspect ratios directly from the Canvas Bar. This means you can easily test how your experience will appear on different devices, ensuring better responsiveness and display accuracy.

Easier Object Visibility Control

Managing the visibility of objects in Authoring and Play modes is now much more intuitive. With direct access from the Canvas Bar, adjusting display settings is faster and more accessible. Additionally, a new 2D Actors category has been introduced to improve object organization.

Real-Time Rendering with Stellar

The Stellar Physically Correct Interactive render mode is now more accessible from the Action Bar, offering better performance and rendering quality. Changes include:

The removal of the Stellar Interactive option from the Options Panel.
Updated icons in the View and Rendering sections for better consistency.

Decals for Web and Play Mode

You can now apply decals from design applications to published web and optimized experiences, enhancing the visual appeal of your projects. This is particularly useful for adding branding elements and product highlights.

Easier VR Setup (No IHD License Needed)

Playing VR experiences is now easier—the IHD prerequisite has been removed. You no longer need to purchase an IHD license or tokens to remove watermarks. Instead, you only need a role that includes VR features, such as Marketing Experience Creator. Some outdated VR commands have also been deactivated to streamline the VR experience.

Stellar Rendering in Play Mode

Now, Stellar and Stellar (Interactive) commands can be used directly while playing an experience. This enhancement lets you quickly preview high-quality rendering results. However, keep in mind that activating Stellar mode in Play Mode may cause a brief pause due to renderer initialization, which can impact animations.

Smarter Product Animations

Exposed product animations now support Graphical Properties updates in Play Mode. This means animations will better reflect changes made in engineering applications, including:

Visibility adjustments
Opacity modifications
Color variations

These updates ensure that animations maintain better consistency with their original designs.

New High-Quality Materials

The Creative Experience material library now includes 3DS PBR 25x materials, offering improved realism with new Coating and Volume properties:

Coating: Thin-film options for more accurate reflections.
Volume: Enhanced translucency controls for better light diffusion.

Additionally, three new materials—Plastic (back-colored), Plastic (thin), and Titanium—have been added. These materials are also available for scripting via JavaScript.

Final Thoughts

The Creative Experience 3DEXCITE 2025 update brings exciting enhancements that make visualization, animation, and interactivity more efficient and realistic. Whether you’re fine-tuning VR experiences, optimizing materials, or improving rendering workflows, these updates provide a smoother, more intuitive experience.

What do you think of these updates? Which feature are you most excited to try? Let us know!

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Hanen Bdioui

CEO at ChampionXperience

As a SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Champion, I am passionate about driving innovation in design and technology and dedicated to delivering cutting-edge #CAD and #VR solutions tailored for both educational and business success.