So you installed a plugin, but now you cannot find out how to access the plugin in Softimage.
If the plugin added a menu command, and it’s a scripted plugin, we can find it by checking the plugin code (in the Plugin Manager > Tree, right-click the plugin and click Edit).
Find the definition of XSILoadPlugin.
In the XSILoadPlugin function, look for any calls to RegisterMenu.
def XSILoadPlugin( in_reg ): #{{{ in_reg.Author = "kim" in_reg.Name = "EPSexportPlugin" in_reg.Email = "" in_reg.URL = "" in_reg.Major = 1 in_reg.Minor = 0 in_reg.RegisterProperty("EPSexport") in_reg.RegisterMenu(constants.siMenuMainFileExportID,"EPSexport_Menu",false,false) # register the export command # KA_EpsExport( Application.Selection, OutputFile, CullBackFaces, doInnerLines, doBorderLines, InnerLineThickness, BorderLineThickness, AutoDiscontinuity, Xres ) in_reg.RegisterCommand("KA_EpsExport","KA_EpsExport") return true
RegisterMenu uses what’s called a “menu anchor” to define a new menu command. In this example, the menu anchor is siMenuMainFileExportID.
Google the menu anchor or search the SDK docs, and you’ll find a page that describes the menu anchors:
Nice Tip ! The Menu Anchors is only where plug-ins / addons can be written to, no other location other then what is listed in the menu anchors ?