Need help understanding AutoLISP

[majora]

Can anyone give me an Idea what AutoLISP does? I've been trying for awhile to figure out where it is used and how to use it, could someone please help me out. Also what is the Visual Basic Editor for? I'm new to these parts of AutoCAD, I'm running AutoCAD 2000. Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[kpetursson]

AutoLISP is a programmong language for AutoCAD. It may be use to write macros and allow you to automate tasks.

Visual Basic Editor it used for editing visual basic. No Really... You can create programs in visual basic to automate tasks, and such. VB is a more recent addition to AutoCAD. LISP has been there from the beginning, and a lot of the functions you take for granted as a default part of AutoCAD were actually programmed by a user because Eailier versions didn't do it.

You can do most any task, progamming wise, with either LISP or VB. The implementations are not the same, but both will work. The choise as to witch language to learn is upto you.

Kevin Petursson
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"Everyone says quotable things everyday, but their not famous... so nobody cares."... Some Person

 

[kpetursson]

Here is just a few site to help you learn AutoLISP

http://courses.home.att.net/autolisp/index.htm

http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=81944

I'm self taught in programming with AutoLISP. I learnd by disecting existing LISP programs, the help menu, and the internet.

There are a lot or resourced available on the internet for Vb programming and VB programming in AutoCAD.

Kevin Petursson
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"Everyone says quotable things everyday, but their not famous... so nobody cares."... Some Person

 

[majora]

Thank you for the feedback, that really helped me out! I'm hopeing I can figure out how to use it. I'm alot better at the drafting side than any type of programming. Thanks agian.