Loading plugins per button script?

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Hi,

is it possible at Rhino 6 to load a plugin per button script only if it is needed? I have some render plugins like Enscape or Octane I want to start very seldom only.
I want to keep not needed plugins unloaded to avoid long Rhino start times and conflicts between plugins.

I have seen that I can load a plugin at the plugin manager without to enable it for permanent startup load. So, my hope is it can be done per script too.

Ciao,
Micha

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hi Micha, looks like the plugin loading is possible via command line -_Options _Plugins _Load “[plugin path goes here]” _Enter
so you should be able to make a macro in a button to load the plugins…

–jarek

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Hi Jarek,

thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I found I need to add _FileName for the path, but now I have the problem that the space in “Program Files” cause a wrong read file path.

-_Options _Plugins _Load _FileName “C:\Program Files\Enscape\Bin64\Enscape.Rhino6.Plugin.dll” _Enter

Also I tried the plugin ID way, but the GUID ID doesn’t work, it seems to be an other number.

Do you have one more idea? :wink:

-Micha

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Strange, after some tests it works. Maybe there was a wrong sign.

-_Options _Plugins _Load _FileName “C:\Program Files\Enscape\Bin64\Enscape.Rhino6.Plugin.dll” _Enter

Thank you Jarek.

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