Overview

The Autodesk Showcase SDK Developer Guide describes how to use the Showcase SDK libraries and other tools to communicate with the running Showcase application, for the purpose of adding customized behavior and controlling native functionality, including controlling Showcase from a web browser on a remote client.

Using the SDK, add-ins can be quickly developed to:

• Add custom menu items
• Perform operations in the background
• Control Showcase functionality from a custom UI
• Extend Showcase functionality
• Perform sophisticated actions on scenes

For example, to add a new menu item to a Showcase menu:

1. Write a Python script using the Showcase SDK.

   This particular add-in can be based on one of the sample add-ins provided (TemplatePlugin.py).

2. Start Showcase.
3. Direct Showcase to load the Python script using the Add-in Manager (File Add-in Manager).
4. Restart Showcase to load the Python script.

   The new menu item appears in the Showcase menu.