The Render tab contains all commands you need to work with rendering, materials, lights, cameras, and animations. 
-  Render. Contains commands for rendering a model or a region of it, defining render settings, generating a render output file, and opening the Advanced Render settings palette. 
 
-  Materials. Here, you can open the Materials palette, activate and deactivate materials and textures, and set the material mapping. 
 
-  Sun and Location. Here you can set parameters for natural sunlight. 
 
-  Lights. Contains commands for setting spotlights and shadows, selecting international lighting units, and enabling photometric lighting. 
 
-  Camera. Contains commands for creating and adjusting camera views. 
 
-  Animations. Contains commands for creating a WMV animation, as well as a model walk-through and fly-through.