Version 2025.5.390 of 3DViewStation, released on October 7, 2025, introduces significant improvements in interoperability, visual rendering, and advanced search functionalities. This update strengthens 3DViewStation's position as a universal CAD visualization solution for industrial enterprises, offering extended compatibility with the latest market formats and optimized analysis tools.
Extended CAD Format Compatibility
Parasolid 38 Support
3DViewStation now integrates support for Parasolid 38, the geometric modeling kernel developed by Siemens PLM Software. This evolution ensures the reading of models from the latest versions of CAD systems using this kernel, including Solid Edge, NX, and other major industrial applications. The Parasolid-XT format stands out for its kernel-based architecture and its ability to handle complex B-Rep geometries including solids, surfaces, wireframes, and non-manifold topologies.
New GLTF/GLB Importer
Version 2025.5.390 integrates a new importer for glTF (Graphics Library Transmission Format) and GLB formats, open standards for efficient transmission of 3D models. These formats, widely used in web applications, augmented reality, and online visualization platforms, now enable easier integration of CAD models into digital collaboration environments. This addition complements 3DViewStation's import/export ecosystem, which already supports over 70 native and neutral formats.
NX 2506 Series Support
3DViewStation's 2D importer now supports NX files up to version 2506.4000, ensuring compatibility with the latest drawings and technical plans produced by Siemens NX. This update guarantees users immediate access to the most recent design data without conversion delays.
Selection Rendering Improvements
Visibility of Selected Elements
A major overhaul of the selection system significantly improves user experience when analyzing complex models. Selected parts located behind other components are now visible in the foreground, eliminating occlusion issues that could complicate element identification in dense assemblies. This functionality activates automatically but remains configurable according to user preferences.
Selection Contour and New Color
Selected elements now benefit from a distinctive contour facilitating their visual identification in the 3D viewport. The default selection color has been changed from red to green, offering better contrast with typical color palettes of industrial models. These parameters remain fully customizable through the interface configuration options.
Enhanced Rule-Based Search
Advanced Logical Operators
3DViewStation's rule-based search engine now integrates sophisticated logical operators allowing the construction of complex queries. Users can employ parentheses to define nested conditions, as well as the symbols & (AND), | (OR), ! (NOT), and == (strict equality) to refine their selection filters. This evolution transforms attribute searching into a powerful tool for analyzing large assembly structures.
New Node Properties
Four new queryable properties enrich filtering capabilities: node.hasnormals (presence of normals), node.haswires (presence of wireframes), node.hasfaces (presence of faces), and node.isselected (selection state). These criteria enable targeted geometric selections, particularly useful for model simplification operations or technical documentation preparation.
User Interface Optimizations
Measurement Display Redesign
The measurement display overlay has been completely redesigned to improve readability and ergonomics during dimensioning and metrology operations. 3DViewStation offers a complete suite of measurement tools including length, diameter, angle, bounding box, minimum distances, and thicknesses, essential for quality controls and design reviews.
Structure Tree Scrolling Control
A new setting allows disabling automatic scrolling of the structure tree to the selected element. This option addresses the needs of users working on assemblies containing thousands of components, where automatic navigation could disrupt manual hierarchy exploration.
Grid Display in Foreground
A display option now enables visualizing the reference grid on top of the model rather than in the background. This functionality facilitates spatial alignment and precise positioning during transformation operations or section plane creation.
WebViewer Enhancements
Extended Session Pool Configuration
The WebViewer's session management system now offers advanced configuration options to optimize server resource utilization. This evolution enables administrators to better size collaborative visualization infrastructures based on actual usage loads. 3DViewStation's WebViewer is distinguished by its zero-client installation architecture, with server-side rendering and unique shared cache between users.
Corrections and Stability
SolidWorks and Inventor Import
Reading of SolidWorks 2025 files has been corrected to ensure reliable loading of assemblies and parts. The Inventor importer resolves a WebSocket communication issue when loading models with a large volume of attributes, thus improving stability for comprehensively documented projects.
Optimized PLMXML Import
Two significant corrections improve PLMXML file import: correct loading of attributes from representationRefs and resolution of structure issues for referenced JT files when using the new importer. These adjustments guarantee the integrity of complex assemblies from Teamcenter and other PLM systems.
2D Performance and Vector Export
The stability and display of 2D scenes with performance rendering have been strengthened, while vector export from 2D scenes offers improved quality. The correction of font thickness during SVG export now ensures faithful restitution of annotations and technical texts.
High-Resolution Interface
The behavior of the Desktop and Setup interfaces has been optimized for high-resolution screens with significant system scaling. This improvement addresses the needs of users equipped with 4K and higher monitors, ensuring optimal readability of menus and control panels.
VisShare Improvements
The VisShare collaborative platform benefits from several optimizations: improvement of user access rights editing dialogs, refined manager role handling, and optimization of 3DVS file conversion. These evolutions strengthen security and workflow fluidity for distributed teams.
3DViewStation Evolution Context
Continuous Development Cycle
Version 2025.5.390 is part of a regular update cadence aimed at maintaining 3DViewStation at the forefront of CAD interoperability. Developed by Kisters, a German company founded in 1963 with 750 employees, the solution equips over 3,000 industrial companies worldwide. 3DViewStation development relies on 30 years of expertise in visualization technologies.
Multi-Platform Architecture
The 3DViewStation product family comes in several complementary versions: Desktop for Windows workstations, WebViewer for browser access with server rendering, VR-Edition for virtual reality, ActiveX for integration into third-party applications, and the KAS Automation Server for batch conversions. This modular approach enables meeting the specific needs of each department in the manufacturing enterprise.
Industrial Use Cases
3DViewStation addresses multiple business scenarios: design review, supplier collaboration, manufacturing preparation, technical documentation, after-sales service, and maintenance. Companies like Leonardo Helicopters use the solution to visualize complete assemblies of 160,000 unique parts (250 GB of native Catia data), loaded in 14 seconds on a standard laptop. GSI, a research institute partnering with CERN, deploys 3DViewStation WebViewer to manage 60 GB assemblies representing complete installations.
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