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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.
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
2012\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.
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