Learn what's changing for Dimension and Substance 3D Stager users, what to expect in the Beta, and what happens to your files.
Adobe Dimension has been rebuilt as a major update available to Creative Cloud subscribers, and it will replace Substance 3D Stager in the Substance 3D Collection. The new Dimension is built on a modern 3D engine and open standards, including OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description) and OpenPBR, and it runs natively on Apple Silicon and Windows ARM devices.
A beta of the new Dimension will be available at or after Adobe MAX 2026, and general availability is planned for 2027. Current Dimension and Stager subscribers can sign up for the beta of the new Dimension. For details on access, see Beta availability below. Once generally available, current Dimension and Stager subscribers will both have access to the new Dimension through their existing plans at no added cost.
The Beta of Dimension will include early versions of the workflows below. Each one is at a different stage of development, so some may be partly available or evolving during the beta. Features and functionality can change before general availability.
Dimension imports CAD files from SolidWorks, Rhino, and Fusion 360, as well as STEP, IGES, and other formats. On import, Dimension converts the CAD data to a mesh and saves the result as a USD digital twin with the original geometry intact, so you don't have to rebuild the model by hand.
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Variants let you define multiple configurations of a single digital twin, such as different colors or layouts. You can then show the same product in different colorways across shots and scenes. Variant information is stored with the digital twin in the USD file, so when you share the digital twin created in Dimension, its variants come with it.
Shots let you build multiple compositions from those configurations in one scene. Each shot has its own camera, lighting, environment, and object settings.
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Dimension’s Generate Render feature combines a photorealistic 3D render of your product with a scene generated by Adobe Firefly. Dimension creates a photorealistic render of the product from its digital twin, so the shape, materials, and labels accurately match the real-world product, while Firefly generates the environment around it. The final product render and the generated environment are then harmonized into a single result.
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The new Adobe Dimension beta is available as a private prerelease program. Sign-up to join the prerelease here.
Adobe Dimension has been rebuilt as a new app that replaces both the current Dimension and Substance 3D Stager. The new Dimension is designed for creating digital twins from CAD files, then staging and rendering them using either traditional 3D rendering or the new Firefly generative rendering.
No. This is the first major update to Dimension in several years, and Dimension stays in your Creative Cloud plan at no added cost. Earlier versions of Dimension will remain available to download from the Creative Cloud desktop app.
The new Dimension replaces Stager in the Substance 3D Collection. It keeps the staging and rendering workflows you use today and adds updated CAD import functionality, new ways to manage shots and variants, and the new generative rendering workflow with Firefly.
Your Substance 3D Collection plan will include the new Dimension at general availability, so the dates below apply only to the current Stager app.
You'll get 30 days' notice before Stager's end-of-sale date. On that date, the new Dimension takes Stager's place in the Substance 3D Collection, and Stager is no longer offered for new purchase or renewal.
Stager stays supported for one year after the end-of-sale date.
After that year, Stager remains available to download from the Creative Cloud desktop app, but it won't receive updates or support.
Adobe will contact Stager customers directly ahead of the end-of-sale and end-of-support dates.
No. If your current plan includes Dimension or Stager, it will include the new Dimension. You don't need to purchase or subscribe to anything else to get the new Dimension.
The new Dimension opens files saved in earlier versions of Dimension and Stager and upgrades them to the new format. You don't need any additional tools, plug-ins, or services to do this.
Yes. Your current Dimension or Stager will keep working during the beta. Earlier versions of both apps will stay available to download from the Creative Cloud desktop app after the new Dimension is released. Enterprise users can also get prior release versions through their admin console.
Firefly generative features in Dimension, such as Generate Render, don’t use generative credits during the private beta. Starting with the public beta, these features use generative credits. For more information on generative credits and your plan, see the generative credits FAQ.
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