Installing InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED

About this document

Installing InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED is a quick and easy process that can be completed in less than five minutes. For more information on InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED please navigate to the full Getting Started guide.

Installing InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED

VRED versions before 2017 don’t support plugins as such. The InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED script code can be copy and pasted into the Script Editor and executed directly.

Download the latest version of InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED from your InstaLOD Cloud account and follow the steps below:

Windows Installation

Copy the InstaLOD_VREDIntegration.py file to your VRED plugin folder, usually found at C:\<username>\Documents\Autodesk\VRED-<internalVersion>\ScriptPlugins.
Create the directory if it doesn’t exist.
You can get the internal version of your VRED distribution by executing print(getVredVersion()) in the VRED Terminal.

MacOS Installation

Copy the InstaLOD_VREDIntegration.py file to your VRED plugin folder, usually found at /Users/<username>/Documents/Autodesk/VRED-<internalVersion>/ScriptPlugins.
Create the directory if it doesn’t exist.
You can get the internal version of your VRED distribution by executing print(getVredVersion()) in the VRED Terminal.

InstaLOD Pipeline

InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED uses InstaLOD Pipeline as its processing backbone. Please note that InstaLOD Pipeline does not require installation. Simply download the latest version of InstaLOD Pipeline from your InstaLOD Cloud account and store it in a safe location (e.g. in your documents). When booting InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED for the first time, you will be required to specify the location of the InstaLOD Pipeline folder. 

ATTENTION: Please note that no additional license entitlements are required for InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED to successfully utilize InstaLOD Pipeline. You will simply not be able to use InstaLOD Pipeline seperately for batch processing via e.g. the command line. 

Getting started with InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED

Once the integration’s script file is copied to your VRED plugins folder you can start VRED.
If you haven’t used plugins before, a new menu toolbar item will be created with the name Scripts

If the InstaLOD window has been closed, it can be spawned again by selecting Scripts->InstaLOD_VREDIntegration from VRED’s main menu.

Executing InstaLOD for VRED in script mode

Older versions of VRED don’t support plugins but the script code can be executed manually by the user.
The Script Editor can be found in Edit->Script Editor.
Copy and paste the python code of the InstaLOD for VRED source file into the Script Editor and hit Run.
The script will automatically spawn a new window.

On the first start of InstaLOD, it is necessary to point InstaLOD for VRED to the installation directory of InstaLOD Pipeline.
Click the Browse...-button and browse to the InstaLOD Pipeline installation directory on your workstation.

Activate InstaLOD License

If your machine has already been authorized for InstaLOD you can start using InstaLOD for Autodesk VRED without further actions.
If your machine has not yet been authorized, you will be required to enter your license information in the dialog box to authorize your workstation.

Please refer to the InstaLOD Pipeline documentation for an overview of all features.