tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48337250793488776392011-07-08T01:22:15.638+02:00Links and other infos regarding <i><b>DIESEL</b></i>, <i><b>AutoLISP (incl. it's ActiveX-interface)</b></i>,<br><i><b>AutoCAD and BricsCAD VBA</b></i>, <i><b>AutoCAD .NET</b></i> as well as <i><b>ObjectARX and the BricsCAD BRX API</b></i>Stephan Bartlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365431960029620257noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833725079348877639.post-26831078886566809802010-01-18T22:15:00.109+01:002010-07-12T17:05:41.034+02:00

2010/07/12: CHANGED: comments on differences ** This should have been a section showing "all the little differences in behavior" of Bricscad's AutoLISP compared to AutoCAD's. Thus it should have been a helping aid for any AutoLISP programmers working in both worlds. However, especially in the last few months and years Bricscad has improved it's AutoLISP engine so much that at the moment I could

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DIESEL ("Dumb Interpretively Evaluated String Expression Language") is maybe one of the mostly overlooked customization options in AutoCAD. It's not a real programming language, but more than just command-scripting, since it i.e. supports if-statements. It's sometimes called a "macro language". And the good part about it is, that it can be used in AutoCAD LT (i.e. in tool palettes, in menus, in

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With Infos on AutoCAD AND BricsCAD: theswamp.org: VBA Forum !should know! One of the most famous forums. I also found a few BricsCAD related threads there. For using the search option you have to be registered, but that is IMHO well worth it. With Special Focus On AutoCAD: Autodesk Discussion Groups: Forum: Visual Basic Customization AUGI: VBA Forum AutoCAD Everything: VBA for Beginners

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First be aware that also for VBA there is a chapter in the AutoCAD Developer Reference that you find among the help files that come with your AutoCAD installation. Secondly I want to point out that the tutorials linked here are actually written for AutoCAD. If you want to write VBA code for BricsCAD I would suggest to have a look at the material here and then adapt it to BricsCAD by means of the

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Starting with AutoCAD 2010 VBA is NOT shipped with the installation package anymore. For right now (and maybe a few years to come?) you are still able to download and install it separately into AutoCAD (see here). But on the long run that means that VBA will cease to exist in AutoCAD. For BricsCAD it is the same although they sill have it installed in their pro-version by default. They say that

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NEW: 10/22/2009: DailyAutocad: Free AutoCAD Downloads, Utilities & Tools The programs / code on the following linked websites are / is protected by copyright laws and may be subject to various other restrictions. Please pay attention to the corresponding information on each of the linked websites. FreeCADapps.com and FreeCAD / CAD Utilities are two database-sites offering access to various free

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NEW: 10/28/2009: CAD Panacea (label "Lisp") JTB World Blog (label "LISP") HyperPics: Beyond the UI (label "AutoLISP/Visual LISP") Autodesk University Online Classes (keyword "LISP") AutoCAD Services & Support (page "Customization") Daily Autocad (label "AutoLISP") Through the Interface (label "AutoLISP / Visual LISP") Nikolay Poleshchuk's CAD Page (page "Articles") There are only about 4

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As mentioned in the introduction, this site deals with AutoCAD- and BricsCAD-programming. I chose to include BricsCAD, because it's programming interfaces (as well as the rest of the program) are highly compatible to AutoCAD's programming interfaces. For developing Add-Ons it for sure is the most compatible CAD-program to AutoCAD of all the competitors that I know of. (The user interface may be a

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With Infos on AutoCAD AND BricsCAD: theswamp.org: AutoLISP Forum !should know! One of the most famous forums. I also found interesting BricsCAD related threads there. For using the search option you have to be registered, but that is IMHO well worth it. With Special Focus On AutoCAD: Autodesk Discussion Groups: Forum: Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Issues AUGI: AutoLISP Forum

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EDIT: 2010/04/19: The issue has meanwhile been solved at it's roots since the whole AfraLISP-website got a redesign. I already know of some users, that had problems in FireFox 3.5 to display the AfraLisp.net pages correctly. (Some others experience no problems.) I also had that problem. The text displayed as white text on a white background. That it is still there you could only see, if you

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2010/02/08: ADDED: AutoLISP Coding Stlye-Link CHANGED: Title ** AutoLISP Coding Style (Reini Urban's AutoLISP FAQ) !should know! Some links in this article are broken, but the information available is still useful. ACET Functions at afralisp.net or ACET Functions at jtbworld.com (zip -> pdf) !should know! The documentation of a part of the ACET-functions (ACET = AutoCad Express Tools), which are

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The following links take you to freely downloadable course material of former Autodesk University (AU) courses. For downloading you have to register for free, which is IMHO well worth it.Fundamentals of AutoLISP (AU material)"The class provides over 30 examples of code to help the student understand the syntax of this programming language. The material is designed for intermediate-level AutoCAD

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2010/06/21: entry updated (-> AutoCAD's Commands Reference (at cadmaro.de)) ** AutoCAD Commands and System Variables:The AutoCAD user's help file of course has lists of the commands and the system variables (sorted alphabetically). However, these are only for the current AutoCAD version. Here are some more listings which also take older versions into account: AutoCAD Commands (at hyperpics.com)

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I really only now German AutoLISP books.But if someone knows about a good English AutoLISP book I would be happy to read about it in the comments. Thanks.But maybe ... my best tip for a real AutoLISP beginner would be:AutoCAD: Secrets Every User Should Know (link to amazon.com)by Dan Abbott; ISBN-10: 0470109939; ISBN-13: 978-0470109939Why? Because it has 2 chapters (92 pages) about AutoLISP, wich

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As mentioned in my AutoLISP-Intro for Beginners be aware first that there is an AutoCAD Developer Reference for AutoLISP that you find among the help files that come with your AutoCAD installation. Beyond that the following links might be of interest.General AutoLISP and the "old" DCL:AutoLISP Learning SeriesThe first of a series of 14 lessons on AutoLISP published by Autodesk. This is another

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A First Thought About AutoLISP: At first, because of a few people talking AutoLISP down and claiming that it won't be here for much more longer (maybe they are confusing it with VBA?), I want to emphasize that AutoLISP will still be around for quite some time going by what Autodesk (AutoCAD) and Bricsys (BricsCAD) related people write. It also makes sense for Autodesk and Bricsys to keep it,

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