Customize menu > Plug-in Manager
The Plug-in Manager lets you manage plug-ins dynamically without any initialization required. The Plug-in Manager provides a list of all plug-ins found in the Autodesk VIZ plug-in directories, including the plug-in description, type (object, helper, modifier, and so on), status (loaded or deferred), size, and path. The Plug-in Manager provides options to load any plug-in, regardless where it resides on disk. The Plug-in Manager is similar to Summary Info, but with more options.
When you start the Plug-in Manager, it scans through all the plug-in paths specified in the plugin.ini file and lists them in the Plug-in Manager dialog. The information is divided up into columns as described below.
Tag—Use the right-click menu and select Tag Selected to add a check mark for selected plug-ins. Tagging plug-ins lets you perform right-click menu actions on them. Thus you can tag multiple plug-ins and perform a single operation on all of them.
Name—The filename of the plug-in.
Description—A description of the plug-in.
Status—Indicates whether the plug-in is loaded (green) or deferred (yellow).
Size—File size of the plug-in.
Full Path—The disk location of the plug-in file.
These are the plug-in directories listed in plugin.ini. You can also configure these paths via the Plug-Ins panel of the Configure Paths dialog. You can display or hide all the plug-ins in a directory by toggling the check box.
Description—Shows directory description from plugin.ini file.
The right-click menu for the Plug-in Manager works in the list of plug-ins, and in the blank area beneath the list. It does not work in the list of plug-in directories. The commands apply to two possible states for the listed plug-ins: selected (that is, highlighted) and tagged (a check mark appears to the left of the plug-in's name).
Selected Plug-ins—To load plug-ins, highlight one or more plug-ins, choose this item, and then choose Load.
Clear Selection—Removes highlighting from all items in the list.
Tagged Plug-ins—To load tagged plug-ins, choose this item, and then choose Load.
Tag Selected—Tags all highlighted plug-ins.
Load New Plug-in—Loads a plug-in from the hard drive. Use the file dialog to locate the plug-in, and then click Open.