Working with Slides

A slide is a "snapshot" of an AutoCAD LT drawing. Although it contains a picture of the drawing at a given instant, it is not a drawing file. You cannot import a slide file into the current drawing, nor can you edit or print a slide. You can only view it.

You can use slide files in the following ways:

For making presentations within AutoCAD LT
For viewing a snapshot of a drawing while working on a different drawing
For creating menus of image tiles within a dialog box

When you view a slide file, it temporarily replaces objects on the screen. You can draw on top of it, but when you change the view (by redrawing, panning, or zooming), the slide file disappears, and AutoCAD LT redisplays only what you drew and any preexisting objects.

You can display slides one by one or use a script to display slides in sequence. Slides also can be used on custom menus. For example, if you create scripts that insert blocks containing mechanical parts you use frequently, you can design a custom image tile menu that displays a slide of each part. When you select the slide image from the menu, AutoCAD LT inserts the block into the drawing.

A slide library is a file containing one or more slides. Slide library files are used for creating custom image tile menus and for combining several slide files for convenient file management.

Creating Slides
Viewing Slides
Creating and Viewing Slide Libraries