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Is NVIDIA Omniverse still a Revit to 3ds Max route in 2026?

Published 26 August 2026

For anyone on a current release, effectively no. The Omniverse connectors for Autodesk Revit and Autodesk 3ds Max are in maintenance rather than active development, they do not support Revit 2025 or 3ds Max 2025, and the launcher that distributed them was deprecated on 1 October 2025. If your Revit and your 3ds Max are recent, there is no working Omniverse route between them.

This is a change worth knowing about, because Omniverse was a real answer for a while and a lot of writing about the pipeline still assumes it is one.

What changed

ItemStatus
Omniverse LauncherDeprecated 1 October 2025.
Revit connectorDoes not support Revit 2025.
3ds Max connectorDoes not support 3ds Max 2025.
“Send to Omniverse” and “Publish Project” in the Revit connectorDeprecated, scheduled for removal.
Both connectors generallyStill downloadable from the NGC catalog. Patched as needed rather than actively developed.

Nothing here was switched off overnight, and NVIDIA has not deleted the connectors. But a route that stops at the 2024 releases of both applications is not a route most teams can take, and one whose transport functions are marked for removal is not one to build a pipeline on.

Why it was attractive, and what the real cost was

Omniverse promised live synchronisation through USD rather than a file handoff, which is a genuinely different proposition from everything else on the list. Change a wall in Revit and see it in 3ds Max without an explicit reload.

What that description usually left out was the infrastructure. The route required a connector installed in each application and a Nucleus server for the two to meet on. It was a platform commitment, not a plug-in, and that is a large amount of setup for a two-application problem.

What it is still reasonable for

If you are on Revit 2024 or earlier and 3ds Max 2024 or earlier, already run Nucleus, and want USD at the centre of a larger pipeline, the connectors still exist and still work. That is a narrow set of conditions and it gets narrower with each release.

Where that leaves the pipeline in 2026

Shorter than the lists suggest.

RouteAvailable on current releasesThe cost
File Link ManagerYes, native in 3ds MaxObject identity is not stable across reloads. Materials, modifiers and UVW are lost on the elements that get rebuilt.
FBX export and re-importYesRebuilds the scene every revision.
NVIDIA OmniverseNot on 2025 or laterMaintenance mode, launcher deprecated, transport functions scheduled for removal.
SpeckleNoNo 3ds Max connector exists.
Epic DatasmithNot applicableIts exporters write for Unreal Engine, not for 3ds Max.

Two of the five entries that commonly appear on these lists cannot move anything between Revit and 3ds Max at all, and a third no longer runs on current releases.

Frequently asked

Does NVIDIA Omniverse still connect Revit and 3ds Max?

Not on current releases. The Revit connector does not support Revit 2025 and the 3ds Max connector does not support 3ds Max 2025. Both are in maintenance rather than active development.

Was Omniverse discontinued?

Not entirely. The Omniverse Launcher was deprecated on 1 October 2025, and the connectors remain downloadable from the NGC catalog, patched as needed. The Revit connector's Send to Omniverse and Publish Project functions are deprecated and scheduled for removal.

Did Omniverse really give live sync between Revit and 3ds Max?

It offered live synchronisation through USD, which is different in kind from a file handoff. It required a connector in each application and a Nucleus server for them to meet on, so it was a platform commitment rather than a plug-in.

I am on Revit 2024 and 3ds Max 2024. Can I still use it?

Yes, the connectors exist and work on those releases. That window narrows with each new release of either application.

What are the remaining Revit to 3ds Max options in 2026?

The native File Link Manager, an FBX round trip, or a purpose-built plug-in. Speckle has no 3ds Max connector and Datasmith exports to Unreal Engine, so neither is an option.


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