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A slide is a snapshot of a 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®
- For viewing a snapshot of a drawing while working on a different drawing
- For creating menus of image tiles within a dialog box
You create a slide by saving the current view in slide format. A slide created in model space shows only the current viewport. A slide created in paper space shows all visible viewports and their contents. Slides show only what was visible. They do not show objects on layers that were turned off or frozen or objects in viewports that were turned off.
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 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 in 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 click the slide image on the menu, AutoCAD 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.
You cannot edit a slide. You must change the original drawing and remake the slide. If you use a low-resolution graphics monitor when creating a slide file and later upgrade to a high-resolution monitor, you can still view the slide. AutoCAD adjusts the image accordingly; however, the slide does not take full advantage of the new monitor until you remake the slide file from the original drawing.