Import CAD, BIM, or point-cloud data with Pixyz Plugin

Leverage engineering data directly and create optimized assets. Pixyz Plugin (included with Unity Industry) turns precise engineering data from CAD and BIM formats into lightweight meshes, which is also useful for technical artists’ workflows. Demo: Once you’ve installed Pixyz Plugin, you can directly import CAD parts or assemblies, adjust the import settings and look of your model, and start using them in your 3D project.

Pixyz Plugin imports metadata along with models

Data imported with Pixyz Plugin retains its material assignment and metadata, preserving context and hierarchy as you bring models into Unity. Demo: A user selects their Pixyz-imported CAD assembly, then reviews its metadata.

Pixyz Plugin can optimize data for any use case

Pixyz Plugin makes it simple to optimize 3D models for accuracy with a high-polygon mesh (for desktop applications), or optimize for performance with a lower-polygon mesh (for mobile, VR, and web). After import, you can also create levels of detail (LODs) for your assets at different distances to further improve performance - an exclusive feature of Pixyz Plugin. Demo: A user decimates (reduces the polygon count) of a tire mesh – resulting in a still accurate but lighter-weight model. Pixyz algorithms retain the critical geometry, with 50% fewer triangles.

Implement realistic lighting in scenes

Unity has a wide range of tools to create realistic environments – giving you full control over light and shadows, raytracing, subsurface scattering, and more. Many of these tools are available through drop-down menus and don’t require programming. Demo: The user created a light, enabled soft shadows using a drop-down Inspector menu, then rotates the light through the scene.

Apply realistic physics to your simulations

Unity has many tools to simulate real-world physics for your projects – allowing you to modify the friction of a rainy road as cars drive along it, the collisions of a tractor lifting soil, or the jostling of items across a conveyor belt. You can access many of these physics interactions from the menus – and program detailed behaviors using C# scripting. Demo: A user drags a Pallet prefab into their scene and applies physics components (Rigidbody for physics).

Add user interaction with scripting

In Unity, you can create any type of interaction and behavior with scripting. This includes user interaction (walking the floor, opening panels, controlling machines), as well as automated elements of your project (products on an assembly line, vehicles on the street). Demo: A user applies a previously written script that lifts the forks of a forklift when a slider is dragged.

Deploy Unity content to web browsers

Nothing has more reach than a 3D experience hosted on the web – Unity supports WebGL technology. A user can select the WebGL deployment target in their build settings, and build their experience to a folder. That experience is then embedded into a customer-facing website.

Deploy to VR, AR, and MR headsets

Unity is uniquely well suited for VR and AR headsets, and has deep partnerships with every XR and spatial-computing headset manufacturer. A user can test their XR application on their VR headset, without having to leave the Unity Editor.

Access Unity Asset Manager files in the Editor

Unity Asset Manager

With the Unity Asset Manager available within the Unity Editor, it acts as a single source of truth for your Unity projects. You can access your assets in the Unity Asset Manager, from your DCC tools, or even at runtime. Demo: The user selects the asset they’d like to import from the Unity Asset Manager, then drags and drops the asset into their scene.

Version control for your developers and artists

DevOps Version Control

Version control is critical for small and large teams working on the same project. You can go backwards and forwards in time in your project, rolling back changes, or selectively merging different versions. Demo: The user makes modifications in their project, checks in those changes, and adds a comment explaining what has changed.