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by Lee Ambrosius (Author)
Customize and personalize programs built on the AutoCAD platform
AutoLISP is the key to unlocking the secrets of a more streamlined experience using industry leading software programs like AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and more.
AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP provides real-world examples that show you how to do everything from modifying graphical objects and reading and setting system variables to communicating with external programs. It also features a resources appendix and downloadable datasets and customization examples--tools that ensure swift and easy adoption.
- Find out how to remove unused buttons from the ribbon to gain screen space
- Discover how to create macros for frequently performed actions, or add your company's logo to the bottom of every drawing
- Learn to perform more involved customizations, like communicating with a database to validate and update information entered in drawing layers
- Ideal for CAD administrators, senior drafters, savvy users, and other professionals and students
Through detailed discussions and tutorials that include real-world examples, this book gives you the power to enhance your program's experience and output.
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Streamline and customize the AutoCAD platform using AutoLISP
AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP teaches you how to customize and personalize AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and other programs built on Autodesk's industry-leading AutoCAD platform. Written by the foremost authority on AutoCAD customization, this comprehensive learning resource features detailed discussions backed by real-world examples and tutorials designed to help you harness the full potential of AutoLISP. Downloadable datasets and examples are included to ensure a functional understanding of the presented concepts.
- Learn the basics of AutoLISP, and how to author and load LSP files
- Calculate and work with values
- Create and modify graphical and nongraphical objects
- Make choices and repeat expressions
- Work with the drawing environment
- Access directories and external files
- Use the Visual LISP(R) editor
- Work with ActiveX/COM libraries
- Create dialog boxes
Author Biography
Lee Ambrosius is a Principal Learning Content Developer at Autodesk for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT products and has worked on end-user and API documentation for nine releases. He has presented customization and programming sessions at Autodesk University for a decade, and has authored and edited several AutoCAD-related books. Follow him on twitter at @leeambrosius.
