Authoring your own scripts

[jmaida]

How does one enter tcl commands from within ac3d?

[Andy]

If you put a tcl script file (something.tcl) into the script folder, AC3D will read the script when starting.

[MrSteve]

and where do these scripts appear in the program itself?

[Geoffm]

Originally Posted by MrSteve

and where do these scripts appear in the program itself?

Rather a long time since these questions were asked. Editing scripts - use notepad. Or a much more complete editor with context help, syntax colouring etc is Komodo Edit (http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit).

To learn Tcl, download and install Tcl. I recommend the ActiveState version - http://www.activestate.com/activetcl and look for the Community free edition. There is a manual with it.

Demo. Create a file (in notepad or KomodoEdit) containing the following line:

.mbar.tools.menu add command -label "Hello world" -command "tk_messageBox -message {Hello World}" -underline 0

(it is all one line, no carriage returns). Save in your AC3D program directory as

<Program File>/AC3D <VVV>/scripts/helloworld.tcl

(substitute the correct directories for Program File and VVV version).

Start AC3D; there should be a menu entry under Tools "Hello world". Select that option and a popup window saying "Hello World" appears. YOU did that. There are many other commands that could replace tk_messageBox, for example "ac3d select_all" instead of "tk_messageBox -message {Hello World}" will cause the Hello World menu entry to select all objects in your display.