The Plug-in Manager displays three types of plug-ins:
● Custom, unencrypted plug-ins that you create
● Third-party plug-ins, purchased from developers (encrypted), and encrypted plug-ins you create
● Built-in, encrypted plug-ins that are included with the Vectorworks program
Third-party plug-ins and built-in plug-ins, which are encrypted, may allow limited editing of the plug-in parameters and definition. Options that are not available for editing appear dimmed.
Custom, unencrypted plug-ins are created and edited from the Custom Plug-ins tab of the Plug-in Manager, where you can specify the plug-in type, category, parameters, options, and code for a new custom plug-in. Plug-ins are saved as described in Plug-in File Location.
To create a plug-in:
1. Select Tools > Plug-ins > Plug-in Manager.
The Plug-in Manager dialog box opens.
Click to show/hide the parameters.
2. From the Custom Plug-ins tab, click New.
The Assign Name dialog box opens. Enter the name of the new plug-in item and select the type of the plug-in to create. Plug-in names are limited to 27 characters in length. The appropriate plug-in extension will be appended to the plug-in name. Plug-ins can contain a Python script for execution.
Click to show/hide the parameters.
3. Click OK to create the plug-in item.
4. Define the plug-in properties as described in Specifying the Plug-in Definition.
5. Add the new plug-in to one or more workspaces with the Workspace Editor. See Creating or Editing Workspaces. Once the item has been added to a workspace, it is available to any open file in Vectorworks without the need for importing the associated script into the active file.
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