Script View

The Script View window displays a readable description of the mathematical construction performed by a custom tool. Use the Script View to review the given object requirements of a particular custom tool, or to investigate how a tool was originally defined. In the Script View, you can add or read comments about the tool written by the tool’s author; change properties—such as color or line weight—of the objects that the tool creates; and even apply the tool’s construction in a step-by-step fashion to objects in your sketch.

The Script View offers an “inside look” at the workings of any custom tool. You should be familiar with using custom tools before working with the Script View.

To display the Script View window, choose Show Script View from the Custom Tools menu or click the Show Script View checkbox in the Document Options dialog box’s view of custom tools. The Script View window sits on top of open document windows and displays the Script View of the most-recently chosen custom tool. To change the tool described by the Script View, choose a different custom tool from the available tools in the Custom Tools menu or in the Document Options dialog box.

Show Script View is only available when one or more custom tools have been added to your Custom Tools menu.

You can reposition the Script View by dragging its title bar and resize it by dragging its resize area. The Script View remains visible until you close it by choosing Hide Script View from the Custom Tools menu, or by clicking the window’s close box.

Subtopics:
Tool Comment
Object List
Using a Custom Tool with the Script View
Applying the Script View Step-by-Step
Printing a Script View Construction