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Using the Scripts Menu

The Scripts menu comes with an assortment of plugins; however, VRED Professional also supports custom Python modules (script plugins). When custom script plugins are loaded, they automatically appears in the Scripts menu, once VRED is restarted.

How to Create a Scripts Menu

If you are running a legacy version of VRED, you may not have a Script menu; therefore, do the following to add one to your menu bar:

For Windows Users

  1. In a browser window, navigate to:

    C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Autodesk\

  2. Right-click and select New > Folder.

  3. Name the folder VRED-<internalVersion>. For example, if you're using VRED v.13.1, you would create a VRED-13.1 folder.

  4. Open the VRED-<internalVersion> folder, right-click, and select New > Folder.

  5. Name the folder ScriptPlugins.

For Mac Users

  1. In a Finder window, from the column to the left, select Documents, then the Autodesk folder in the space to the right.

  2. From the menu bar, select New > New Folder.

  3. Name the folder VRED-<internalVersion>. For example, if you're using VRED v.13.1, you would create a VRED-13.1 folder.

  4. From the menu bar, select New > New Folder. This creates a folder within the VRED-<internalVersion> folder.

  5. Name the folder ScriptPlugins.

Important:

The Scripts menu option won't appear in the menu bar until you've loaded scripts into your ScriptPlugins folder and restarted VRED. See Loading a Script Plugin.

How to Use the Scripts Menu

The Scripts menu updates whenever a script plugin is added. It contains a list of default scripted plugins (see Working with Script Plugins), along with any loaded custom plugins, and VR Menu options.

Scripts menu

VR Menu

Use the list of VR Menu options to customize the tools that appear in the VR Menu panel used in VR.

     
To add tools to the VR Menu, add a check to them. Scripts > VR Menu options VR Menu with checked select tools
To remove tools from the VR Menu, uncheck them. Scripts > VR Menu options VR Menu showing unchecked tools
To remove all tools from the VR Menu, select Hide All Tools. Scripts > VR Menu options VR Menu with Hide All Tools
To add all tools to the VR Menu, select Show All Tools. Scripts > VR Menu options VR Menu with Show All Tools

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