OctaneRender 2026 for Inventor [TEST and STABLE]

Autodesk Inventor (Integrated Plugin developed by Paul Kinnane)

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This is the recommended thread for downloading, and posting any questions, suggestions or support queries for OctaneRender for Inventor - TEST and STABLE releases.

Inventor Version
The plugin requires Inventor 2025 or 2026, Windows 64bit.

IMPORTANT : After installation of the plugin, go to Tools->Add-Ins and on OctaneRender for Inventor UNTICK Block and TICK Loaded/Unloaded and Load Automatically.

Network Rendering
For Network Rendering, you must use the Octane slave release from the Octane Standalone installer which matches the exact Octane version of the plugin you are using.

Support Issues
If you have a support issue, pls provide the following information:
- Operating System (ie. Win XP, Vista, 7, 8)
- 32 or 64 bit
- Amount of RAM
- Graphics Card(s) - model (ie. GTX 580, 3GB)
- Nvidia driver version
- Inventor version and build number
- OctaneRender for Inventor version (ie. 1.20.1.10)

For more information
- Read the on-line manual
- Post your question on this forum thread

Limitations
Refer to the on-line manual

Download Links

Current STABLE build (Octane 2026.1)
Release Notes

2026.1.0.36 (28-Nov-2025)
- Compiled with Octane 2026.1 - see viewtopic.php?t=85315 for details for this release
- 2026.1 features IN this release : AOV's (partially), Displacement, OpenPBR surface material node.
- 2026.1 features NOT IN this release : Vectron changes, Gaussian Splats, MaterialX, LOD Data, CMYK Halftone texture, Trace sets.
- IMPORTANT: IOR and Anisotropy for all materials are now a texture inputs rather than a float, so scenes from previous versions of Octane will loose their IOR and Anisotropy settings. This applies to the Glossy, Specular, Hair, Metallic, Universal and Specular Materials, and the Metallic and Specular Layers

Paul
Win7/Win10/Mavericks/Mint 17 - GTX550Ti/GT640M
Octane Plugin Support : Poser, ArchiCAD, Revit, Inventor, AutoCAD, Rhino, Modo, Nuke
Pls read before submitting a support question
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