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To 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
Regen on the drawing to clear the slide file from the display.
To 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 Click Start menu ➤ (All) Programs ➤ Accessories ➤ 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 Install folder>\slidelib.exe <slide library file name> < <text
file with slide names>.
As an example: “C:\Program Files\AutoCAD
2011\slidelib.exe”“myslidelib” < “myslides”
6 When you finish, close the DOS window.
WARNING 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 one day.
To create an image tile menu and assign an image tile slide
1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customization panel ➤ User Interface.
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