AutoLISP has been around for a long time. But it is still a great tool to create programs inside of AutoCAD. The latest release of AutoCAD 2021 has made a couple of improvements to the AutoLISP and DCL environments. We take this as a commitment from Autodesk this oldie is still a goodie. AutoLISP Improvements Improvements have been made to AutoLISP and DCL. These … [Read more...] about AutoLISP lives on – Improvements in AutoCAD 2021
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Good AutoLISP Programming Techniques
By R. Khouri, May 2017 When creating AutoLISP routines, the programmer should keep in mind not only correct syntax, but also a well-structured program that is easy to comprehend, forgiving of mistakes, easy to debug, and easy to edit. Formatting You can format manually while you type. But Visual LISP includes helpful formatting tools. They automatically insert tabs and spaces … [Read more...] about Good AutoLISP Programming Techniques
Network deploy AutoCAD profiles
QuestionIs there a way to deploy and install new profiles and updates for all of my users without going to each machine?SolutionCreate the /p target reference in the users AutoCAD shortcut pointing to a specific network directory. Example:Right click on the AutoCAD 200x desktop shortcut and select properties.In the Target text box you should see: "C:Program FilesAutoCAD … [Read more...] about Network deploy AutoCAD profiles
AutoLISP Lesson 10 – INPUT AND OUTPUT
(April 1999)The most important part of any program, other than the internal calculations that occur, will be the input / output section. These are the parts of your program that deal with getting Information from the user and storing or retrieving data from a storage area. The Dialog Control Language (DCL) will not be covered in this text, due to the expansive nature of the … [Read more...] about AutoLISP Lesson 10 – INPUT AND OUTPUT
AutoLISP Lesson 9 – DATA STRUCTURES
(April 1999) All data structures in AutoLISP are list's. Everything in AutoLISP is a list, if it's not a function, it's a list. If it's a list, it's a data structure.A list is nothing more than a single dimension array. If you have a list of lists, then you have a two dimensional arrays. It is even possible to nest two-dimensional lists, inside another two dimensional … [Read more...] about AutoLISP Lesson 9 – DATA STRUCTURES
AutoLISP Lesson 8 – LOOPING
(April 1999)There are three basic styles of loops you can use, the first is the counting loop, the second is the continuously evaluating loop, and the third is the endless loop. The counting loop goes through the loop a certain predetermined number of times. The continuously evaluating loop, loops until some condition is met at which time it terminates. The endless loop … [Read more...] about AutoLISP Lesson 8 – LOOPING