Workstation Installation#

The workstation installation of Isaac Sim is recommended for users who wants to run Isaac Sim as a GUI application on a Windows or Linux workstation with a GPU.

Warning

  • Omniverse Launcher, Nucleus Workstation, and Nucleus Cache will be deprecated and will no longer be available starting October 1, 2025. Functionality may be reduced If these applications are used after this date.

  • Isaac Sim 4.5.0 will be the last release on Omniverse Launcher. See Download Isaac Sim instead.

  • Nucleus Cache is replaced by Hub Workstation Cache.

  • The Live Sync feature is deprecated in Isaac Sim 4.5.0.

Workstation Setup#

  1. Ensure your local workstation meets the System Requirements and Driver Requirements for running NVIDIA Isaac Sim.

  2. Install Visual Studio Code to view and debug source code.

  3. Download the Latest Release of Isaac Sim to the default Downloads folder.

  4. Unzip the package to the recommended Isaac Sim root folder and Run the Isaac Sim App Selector.

    • Run the commands below in Terminal for Linux or Command Prompt in Windows.

mkdir ~/isaacsim
cd ~/Downloads
unzip "isaac-sim-standalone@4.5.0-rc.36+release.19112.f59b3005.gl.linux-x86_64.release.zip" -d ~/isaacsim
cd ~/isaacsim
./post_install.sh
./isaac-sim.selector.sh

mkdir C:\isaacsim
cd %USERPROFILE%/Downloads
tar -xvzf "isaac-sim-standalone@4.5.0-rc.36+release.19112.f59b3005.gl.windows-x86_64.release.zip" -C C:\isaacsim
cd C:\isaacsim
post_install.bat
isaac-sim.selector.bat

Note

  • The Isaac Sim app can be run directly via command line with isaac-sim.bat or ./isaac-sim.sh.

  • The post_install` script is run to create a symlink to the extension_examples folder for the tutorials.

  • Nucleus, Cache and Hub is not needed to run Isaac Sim.

  • Hub Workstation Cache is not fully supported in Isaac Sim 4.5.0 and performance using Hub may vary.

See also

Isaac Sim App Selector#

The Isaac Sim App Selector is a mini-windowed app that helps run Isaac Sim in different modes.

../_images/isim_4.5_base_ref_gui_ui_app_selector.png

Click START to run the Isaac Sim main app.

Isaac Sim First Run#

Congratulations! You have completed the basic installation of Isaac Sim for a local workstation.

Proceed to Getting Started Tutorials to begin the first Basic Tutorial.

Note

  • The first run of the Isaac Sim app takes some time to warm up the shader cache.

  • To run Isaac Sim with a fresh config, use the --reset-user flag. This flag can be entered in the Extra Args section of the Isaac Sim App Selector or when running Isaac Sim in command line.

See also

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