Installation

System Requirements

Component	Requirement
OS	Windows 10/11 x64
GPU	NVIDIA GPU with CUDA or OptiX support (recommended)
GPU Driver	Latest NVIDIA Game Ready or Studio driver
RAM	16 GB minimum, 32 GB recommended
Disk	~1 GB for the release package

Download

1. Go to the GitHub Releases page.
2. Download the latest industrial-cg-platform-X.X.X-YYYY-MM-DD.zip file.
3. Verify the download integrity by checking the SHA256 hash listed in the release notes.

Install

1. Extract the ZIP file to your preferred location (e.g., C:\Program Files\IndustrialCGPlatform\).
2. Run blender.exe from the extracted folder.
3. On first launch, you should see the branded splash screen showing Industrial CG Platform.

WARNING

Do not extract into a path that requires administrator permissions if you want to avoid UAC prompts on every launch. A user-writable location like D:\Tools\ works well.

Verify Installation

Run the following from a command prompt to verify:

.\blender.exe --version

Expected output:

Blender 5.2.0-2026-06-16 Industrial CG Platform

GPU Setup

For Cycles GPU rendering with NVIDIA:

1. Open Edit > Preferences > System.
2. Under Cycles Render Devices, select either:
   • CUDA — Broad compatibility, slightly slower.
   • OptiX — Faster ray tracing on RTX GPUs (recommended).
3. Check your GPU in the device list.

Coexistence with Stock Blender

Industrial CG Platform uses the same Blender config directory (%APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\5.2\). If you want to keep completely separate user preferences:

• Use the --factory-startup flag for a clean session.
• Or set BLENDER_USER_RESOURCES to a custom path before launching.

OptiX Shader Cache Isolation

To prevent conflicts and stale shader compile states between Industrial CG Platform and official Blender installations, the product isolates its default Nvidia OptiX cache directory from standard Blender.

• Default Cache Location: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\IndustrialCGPlatform\Cache\OptiX\optix7cache.db
• Environment Override: If you define the system environment variable OPTIX_CACHE_PATH, it will override the default product cache location and take precedence.

See Also

• Building from Source — Compile from the GitHub repository.
• Blender Manual: Installing on Windows — Standard Blender installation guide.