AI (beta) panel

Open AI Folder

Explorer on the folder where Ask AI writes its tools.

On the ribbonStacked button, AI (beta) panel

NeedsAt least one tool created

CommandPYOPENAIFOLDER

ShortcutNone set (bind one in Shortcuts)

What it does#

Opens %APPDATA%\pyACAD\extensions\AI.extension\AI.tab\Generated.panel in Explorer. Every generated tool is an ordinary bundle folder there: read it, edit it, copy it into your own extension, or delete it. Before Ask AI has created anything it says so in a toast instead of opening an empty window. The command is PYOPENAIFOLDER.

Good to know#

Deleting a tool's folder and clicking Reload removes it from the ribbon.
Renaming a folder changes its bundle key, so a chord bound to it in the Shortcuts editor would need binding again.
To keep a generated tool for good, copy its folder into your own extension and give it a proper icon; the AI tab is meant as a workbench.

Source#

The tool's own files, word for word as shipped in AI_(beta).panel/Setup.stack/Open_AI_Folder.pushbutton. Every pyACAD tool is an ordinary bundle: copy these into your own extension and change what you like.

script.py Runs on a click. View on GitHub

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Shows the generated-tools extension in Explorer.

Ask AI writes every tool into AI.extension under the per-user extensions
folder. Until the first tool is created there is nothing to show, and saying
so beats opening an empty Explorer window.
"""

import clr
import os

clr.AddReference('PyAcad.Runtime')
from PyAcad.Runtime.Ai import GeneratedExtensionWriter

from pyacad import script, toast

root = GeneratedExtensionWriter.DefaultRoot

if not os.path.isdir(root):
    toast.info('No AI tools yet', 'Ask AI creates this folder with your first tool')
else:
    panel = os.path.join(root, GeneratedExtensionWriter.TabFolder, GeneratedExtensionWriter.PanelFolder)
    script.show_in_explorer(panel if os.path.isdir(panel) else root)

bundle.yaml The bundle contract: the keys pyACAD reads for this tool. View on GitHub

title: Open AI Folder
tooltip: Opens the folder where Ask AI writes its tools, AI.extension under your pyACAD extensions, in Explorer. Every generated tool is an ordinary bundle there, so you can read it, edit it, or delete it like any other.

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