To Create and Customize Image Tile Menus

Create and view image tile slides and image libraries.

Create an Image Tile Slide

1. Draw the geometry that you want to appear in the slide.
2. On the Navigation bar, click the arrow on the Zoom drop-down and then click Zoom Center. Find

   As an alternative, at the Command prompt, enter zoom and then enter c for the Center option.

3. At the Command prompt, enter mslide.
4. In the Create Slide File dialog box, specify the file name.
5. Click Save, and add it to a slide library file if desired. You can associate this image slide to a new image tile.

View an Image Tile Slide

1. At the Command prompt, enter vslide.
2. In the Select Slide File dialog box, browse to and select the slide file you want to view.
3. Click Open.

   The slide file should be displayed in the drawing window. Perform a regeneration on the drawing with the REGEN command to clear the slide from the display.

Create an Image Tile Slide Library

1. Place all your slides in a single folder location that you want to add to a slide library.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Windows 7: Click Start menu (All) Programs Accessories Command Prompt.
   • Windows 8: On the Start screen, type command and click Command Prompt.
3. At the DOS prompt, enter CD <folder location of slides>.

   As an example: CD “c:\slides”

4. While in the location of the slide files, enter dir *.sld /b > <file name>.

   As an example: dir *.sld /b > “myslides”

   A text file will be created with the names of the slide files contained in the current folder.

5. With the text file created of all the slide files in the current folder, enter <AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT Install folder>\slidelib.exe <slide library file name> < <text file with slide names>.
6. When you finish, close the DOS window.

Caution: After you create the slide library, place the individual slide files in a safe place so they do not accidently get deleted. This is important if you need to rebuild the slide library later.

Create an Image Tile Menu and Assign an Image Tile Slide

1. Click Manage tab Customization panel User Interface. Find
2. In the Customize tab, Customizations In <file name> pane, click the plus sign (+) next to the Legacy node to expand it.
3. Right-click the Image Tile Menus node. Click New Image Tile Menu.

   A new image tile menu (named ImageTileMenu1) is placed at the bottom of the Image Tile Menus node.

4. Right-click ImageTileMenu1. Click Rename and enter a new image tile name.
5. In the Command List pane, drag a command to the new image tile menu in the Customizations In <file name> pane.
6. In the Properties pane, enter the properties for the new image tile slide as follows:
   • In the Name box, enter the text to display in the list box for the image tile.
   • In the Description box, enter a description for the image tile.
   • In the Slide Library box, enter the name of the image tile slide library that contains the slide for the image tile. The image tile slide library must be in one of the folders that defines the Support File Search Path. If you do not have a slide library, but rather an image tile slide file, you enter its name in the image tile slide library box.
   • In the Slide Label box, enter the name of the image tile slide file contained in the image tile slide library listed in the Slide Library box.
7. Click Apply.