FAQ

Simply import any CAD file into Skyreal VR. CAD file conversion and preparation are performed automatically. Your file instantly becomes a VR-ready scene while preserving all metadata and the full product tree, with zero manual rework.

Our customers come mainly from aerospace, space, energy, automotive, defense and AEC. They include ArianeGroup, Airbus, Naval Group, KNDS, Safran, Orano, General Motors, and Egis, among many others.

CAD-to-VR software converts CAD models into immersive, interactive experiences. SKYREAL turns any CAD file into a real-time VR scene powered by Unreal Engine 5, enabling engineering teams to review, collaborate, and validate designs in VR rather than on a flat screen.

Yes, we do. XR Center allows you to easily access to your XR content through standard web browsers. To deliver high-end industrial visualizations without the need for powerful local hardware, we leverage Unreal Engine’s Pixel Streaming technology.

By streaming the 3D engine’s output directly to a web browser, we ensure that users can interact with complex high-fidelity digital twins on any device (including laptops and tablets) while the heavy computational processing is handled by a centralized server or cloud instance.

This makes sharing and reviewing your VR projects as simple as sending a URL link, significantly lowering the barrier to entry for stakeholders across your organization.

Yes, absolutely. XR Center is built to support large-scale collaborative sessions, far exceeding the 10-user threshold. Our architecture is optimized to handle massive industrial CAD data while synchronizing multiple participants in the same virtual environment, whether they are in the same room or connected from different global sites.

There is no hard software limit to the number of participants; the capacity primarily depends on your network bandwidth and hardware configuration. This allows for comprehensive multi-disciplinary reviews, where engineers, ergonomists, and stakeholders can collaborate in real-time on a single “Digital Twin” to accelerate decision-making cycles.

Yes. We understand that for our industrial clients data sovereignty and security are paramount. XR Center is designed to be fully deployable on-premise. This means your 3D models, CAD data, and simulation scenarios remain strictly within your corporate network infrastructure.

Our solution can operate in entirely air-gapped environments without requiring an external internet connection, ensuring total compliance with your internal IT security policies.

However, for organizations looking for more flexibility and reduced infrastructure maintenance, XR Center is also available as a cloud-based solution. This hybrid approach allows you to choose the deployment model that best fits your operational needs and IT strategy.

The real obstacle isn’t the headset, it’s the infrastructure: CAD data integration, multi-site collaboration, and data sovereignty. XR Center removes all three barriers from a single platform, deployable in the cloud, on-premise, or in an air-gapped environment.

See also how to successfully industrialize XR and scaling up.

You can start with as little as one person. Our model is designed to be highly flexible: you can begin with a single floating license, which allows different team members to use the software as needed.

From there, XR Center is built to scale seamlessly alongside your projects. Whether you want to add more individual users or expand to large-scale collaborative departments, you can easily upgrade and deploy additional licenses to match your growth and operational requirements.

XR Center is built to meet “Industrial Grade” cybersecurity standards. We understand that for our clients and partners, data is a strategic asset that requires maximum protection. This is why our solution is already trusted and authorized for use by our most demanding clients in highly regulated sectors, including Defense, Energy, Aerospace, Automotive, and Space.

Whether deployed on-premise within secured networks or on-cloud via protected instances, XR Center integrates seamlessly into your existing security frameworks. We ensure that your intellectual property and sensitive CAD data are shielded by robust encryption and strict access controls, meeting the rigorous compliance requirements of Tier-1 industrial global leaders.

Yes. CAD Forge lets you import CAD files to XR from different sources (CATIA, Siemens NX, Creo, SOLIDWORKS, STEP, IFC, etc.) and merge them into a single experience. Processing runs offline, on-premise, to keep your 3D data confidential.

CAD Forge opens CAD files using third-party libraries, then converts them into a neutral tessellated format (triangle mesh) before optimizing them for real-time rendering. The resulting assembly tree, part names, attributes, and metadata are all preserved. Tessellation accuracy is customizable (millimeter-level by default). In XR, every part stays selectable just as it was in the original CAD model.

Once the CAD file has been read, CAD Forge generates the neutral tessellated format. From that format, CAD Forge Max’s multi-agent infrastructure converts the 3D data into assets optimized for Unreal Engine. This step adapts the 3D format to a specific engine (Unreal Engine or Unity, for example) by leveraging that engine’s dedicated optimization techniques, such as Nanite (virtualized geometry) and HLOD (hierarchical level of detail) for Unreal Engine.

No, it isn’t. Only the tessellated 3D data is retained (plus product structure and metadata); the original construction data (NURBS) is never uploaded, for cybersecurity reasons.

CAD Forge takes advantage of recent rendering technologies that no longer require geometry decimation (reducing the triangle count), because they rely on advanced cluster-based LOD techniques (Nanite). The chord error (SAG), the maximum deviation between the CAD surface and its mesh, never exceeds the value set at import.

SKYREAL distributes commercial licenses across Simulation and Training, Automotive and HMI, Architecture and Real Estate, Film and TV, Virtual Production, and direct industrial VR applications.

Any organization generating more than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue must use a commercial license to deploy Unreal Engine in production. Free licenses are reserved for individuals and companies with annual revenue below this threshold.

On average, you will get an answer from the support team within 2 days.

You can find the documentation here.

If you have a problem using a SKYREAL product, you can contact our support team.

Nicolas Monsel, SKYREAL Support Manager

Mail : [email protected]

Our solution is regularly updated to improve performance and your experience.

It is possible to access the documentation of previous versions and the versions are sent as packages. 1 package = 1 version full of new features!

The cost of the SKYREAL solution is adapted to your needs, so the price fluctuates according to the products, the number of users and the features you want to access.  Contact our sales team.

To launch your first SKYREAL project, you just need to have in your possession a CAD file that will be visualized in VR with SKYREAL.

Our customers come from many different industries, all of which have one thing in common: they design and produce large and/or highly complex systems.

Customers who currently derive value from SKYREAL on a daily basis come from aerospace (Airbus, ArianeGroup, ATR, Safran), energy (Baker Hughes, GE Renewable Energy, Framatome), shipbuilding (Naval Group, AKP, TechnicAtome), automotive (Kautex, Plastic Omnium), manufacturing (ADF Group, Ascent Aerospace, Airbus Atlantic), defense, as well as other industrial sectors such as Construction, Education, and Transportation (Rail).

SKYREAL supports most types of CAD file formats including :

A seat license grants one named user the right to use Unreal Engine commercially. Enterprise deployments typically require multiple seats. SKYREAL can advise you on the licensing structure best suited to your team size and use case.

We offer two types of licenses: STUDIO licenses (the full suite) that allow you to prepare your own immersive scenes, customize them and work in them and PLAYERS licenses that allow you to join a scene prepared by a STUDIO user to work.

SKYREAL’s license format is adaptable to your needs, so you can choose to have a license per Virtual Reality headset (or CAVE) or to have a license per connected user (floating license).

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SKYREAL is a 4.0 solution for industries to design and industrialize complex systems faster and more efficiently. At the forefront of the market, SKYREAL offers a turnkey software to allow its customers to project themselves in Virtual Reality at 1:1 scale in their 3D / CAD data and work on it.

With more than 15 years of experience, SKYREAL knows how to answer the complex challenges of large industries. Our software is very didactic, thus simplifying the change management, and offers the best graphic performances of the market based on the 3D Unreal Engine.

Virtual Reality is a new digital tool that allows industries to be more efficient and to accelerate the construction of tomorrow’s world.

At SKYREAL we are convinced that the world is living a digital technological revolution, led by the world of video games and social networks (the famous concept of metaverse). So, we want to make these new technologies available to the industrial world and accompany this radical change from the design of systems to the training of technicians through production and sales.

VR collaboration is one of SKYREAL’s strong points since you have the opportunity to work and interact with several people simultaneously in the same virtual world (also called the industrial metaverse) with a VR or non-VR headset and from a distance.

A few hours are sufficient to learn the basic engineering functions, and a day or two is sufficient to master the entire solution.

HMDs are the most common way to work with VR. Most HMDs should work with SKYREAL, but we officially support:

• Oculus Rift / Rift S / Quest 2
• HTC Vive / Vive Pro / Vive Cosmos
• Windows Mixed Reality (HP Reverb)
• Valve Index

As an authorized Agent Partner, SKYREAL provides direct support throughout the licensing process — from assessing your needs to managing administrative procedures with Epic Games. You get faster turnaround and a local point of contact with deep knowledge of your industry.