Finding Help

Opens the License dialog, which displays the Autodesk License and Services Agreement.

Opens the product documentation in a browser (Chrome or Firefox are recommended), which is organized a few ways to help you navigate it in a way that makes sense to you.

• The VRED Menus button along the top provides a list of menus corresponding to the main VRED menus. Click an option to open a landing page with links to help for each menu option.

  

• The Table of Contents along the left is organized as follows:

  • The What's New and Tutorials are listed first.
  • The VRED Reference Manual contains all reference material on UI elements, editors, modules, tools, and options. Its Reference Overview topic provides a list of all these.
  • The Workflows in VRED section contains instructional material and is evolving.
  • The ShotGrid for VRED section with content for ShotGrid users.
  • The Autodesk Installation Guide, with instructions for installing for individuals or administrators, as well as information on using the Autodesk Account.

Within the help, we use various tools to help you find what you need:

• is used to draw your attention to additional information, such as video, reference, and instructional content.

• Collapsible sections are used for chunking information to make it compact and quicker to visually scan and navigate.

  

  Collapsible expands for accessing linked content within the collapsible section.

• Hotkey lists can be found at the end of many of the editor and module reference pages.

  

Opens the Data Collection and Use dialog. It states the information Autodesk collections and why. To opt out of the program, uncheck "I want to participate", then click OK. For more information, see Improving Your Autodesk Experience with ADP.

Opens a browser displaying the VRED Python documentation. For more information, see Python Documentation.

Provides two options, a link to the Design Studio Blog and another to the VRED forum.

Opens the Autodesk VRED Beta Changes dialog that lists all added features, improvements, and bugfixes for this version of VRED. For more information on the content listed in this dialog, see the What's New and Release Notes for that release.

The GPU Information dialog provides GPU stats for each graphics card used, such as the kind of graphics card, driver, minimum and maximum video memory used, and whether memory is shared. For rasterization, it provides the image units, combined image units, as well as the maximum texture limits for array layers and dimensions. Find it under Help > GPU Information. When displayed you can still interact with VRED.

There are a few ways to access the Home dialog. Opening VRED will automatically launch it, unless the default is changed. You can also click in the menu bar or select Help > Getting Started in the menu bar.

The Home dialog is the first thing that appears when you open VRED and contains an assortment of useful links for new and returning users. A list of recently opened files are displayed, by default, that you can quickly access and copy file locations. Once a file is selected, the Home dialog automatically closes. Click the other buttons, links, and tabs to the left to access additional content.

New and Open Buttons

These are the buttons found in the Home dialog:

• New - Closes the Home dialog and creates a new scene in VRED.

• Open - Provides two options.

  • Open to open a chosen scene in VRED and automatically close the Home dialog.

  • Open Examples to open the VRED example folder containing sample projects showing how to set up simple constraints, Python scripts, tracking, touch sensors, VR hands, and more. Double-click a file to open it in VRED, automatically close the Home dialog, and begin working.

    Note:

    When using Open or Open Example, if you cancel the Open File dialog, the Home dialog reopens.

Recent

Use the Recent tab to easily access the most recent 30 projects and quickly see a file's name, location, and size. By default, the last modified is the first listed.

Click Recent to display a list of your most recent files.

• Recent Tab - Click to display a list of your most recent files. Double-click a file to load and open it as is.

• File Information - Provides the file name and file path, last modified, and file size.

• Options - Click ... to access the following options:

  • Open - Opens the selected file in VRED. To open a file, either double-click or click ... and select Open.
  • Open File Location - Opens the folder where the file is stored. To open the folder where a file is located, click ... and select Open File Location
  • Copy Path - Copies the path of the file to your clipboard. To copy the file path, click ... and select Copy Path.

• List and Thumbnail - Changes the display of the recent files. Choose from the following:

  • - Click to display the recent files as a list.

    

  • - Click to display the recent files as thumbnails.

    

What's New

The What's New section contains videos, which are updated with each release.

• Click the What's New title to expose the latest topics and display their cards.
• Click any listed topic or card to access video content.
• Within each topic is a Learn More button, which delivers additional video and tutorial resources, along with links for changing language settings.

Getting Started

The Getting Started section contains User Interface, Data Preparation, Variant Sets and Switches, Materials and Environments, Lighting, Cameras, Rendering, Animation, Interactions, Collaboration and VR, and Scripting videos tutorials.

• Click the Getting Started title to expose a list of topics and display their cards.
• Click any listed topic or card to access the content.
• Within each topic is a Learn More button, which delivers additional video and tutorial resources, along with links for changing language settings.

Cards

When What's New or Getting Started is selected, cards populate the area to the right. Click any card to access its content.

In 2024.1, we added an Important Updates card to ensure users would be aware of important changes and updates included in a release. These could include Python API, network service access, security, and system requirement changes or updates.

In 2025 and 2025.1, we added the Scripting card. Click its Learn More button for quick access to the Python VRED Tutorial Example Scripts in the online help.

Links

Provides links to interesting places and things.

• Forum - Takes you to the VRED Forum for sharing your knowledge, asking questions, collaborating on ideas, and exploring popular VRED topics.
• Design Studio Blog - Takes you to the Design Studio blog for conducting conversations, getting inspiration, and providing practical tools.
• Show on Startup - Shows the Onboarding dialog at startup when enabled. Disable this option to stop this. To access the Onboarding dialog at any time, select Help > Onboarding.

Search

Provides a live-search of the online help, once a search term is entered in the search field. Click to display the results in full dialog mode.

Online Help

Opens the online help.

Opens the Info about Autodesk VRED dialog, which provides information on the version you're using, its build date, and copyright. Use its buttons for the following:

• License - View the licensing information.
• Product License Information - Open the License Manager to see the current licenses in use, as well as a list of plugins, add-ons, and extensions. Tap a license to display your hardware details, such as device name and license server, and license details, such as serial number, license behavior, ID, and expiration date.