Setting up Omniverse on Ubuntu 24.04 (2025 Ver)

NVIDIA is deprecating support for Omniverse Launcher.

Instead, each application and extension should be installed separately.

Omniverse now comes as Omniverse Kit SDK.

Download Kit

Go to the Omniverse website and scroll to the Get Started section.

Click "Linux" to download a zip folder.

Extract the zip folder at a known location. Here, we put it under /home/tk/Documents/Omniverse/kit-sdk-public@106.5.0+1102.eecf68f2/.

Running Omniverse

To launch Omniverse, go to the kit install directory and run

./omni.app.full.sh

The Omniverse should now be running.

Setting up Extensions

By default, this version of Omniverse do not have most of the Extensions enabled. We need to manually configure them in the UI interface.

Setting up Onshape exporter

In the Omniverse application window, go to Window -> Extensions.

Search for Physx, install, enable, and set to be autoload

Similarly, search for Physx bundle and do the same

Then, search for onshape

Now the Import from Onshape should be available under File

Configuring default scene frame

Go to Edit -> Preferences

Under the Stage tab, set Default Up Axis to be Z.

Then, create a new stage with File -> New, or Ctrl + N

The frame should be updated.