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What is an AutoLISP

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What is an AutoLISP

Custom Programming Services on AutoLISP/Visual LISP Routines & .NET Development :

Custom Program Development is a key area of specialization for REY Technologies. We provide custom programs to save your company countless hours of repetitive work & improve CAD productivity. We have worked on different domain drawings like electrical design/drafting, architectural, civil, survey, mechanical, contour maps and drainage system. We have expertise in converting VBA routines (which doesn’t work on the recent version) to AutoLISP. We can also update/modify old AutoLISP routines so that it will work in a more appropriate & faster way.

We have worked on different CAD software’s :

  • AutoCAD with all vertical products
  • BricsCAD
  • GstarCAD
  • ARES Commander
  • ZWCAD
  • ProgeCAD
  • NanoCAD
  • Draftsight

What is AutoLISP & Visual LISP?

AutoLISP is a dialect of the LISP programming language engineered to enable manipulation & customization of AutoCAD & other applications which is listed above.

Visual LISP is an extension of AutoLISP introduced as an add-on to AutoCAD R14, and subsequently fully incorporated into the release of AutoCAD 2000. Visual LISP provides access to the ActiveX/COM and offers many advanced functions to aid with customisation.

*Note : AutoLISP/Visual LISP (*.lsp) doesn’t support in AutoCAD LT version.

How to load/run an AutoLISP program inside AutoCAD?

If you are new to AutoLISP and don’t know how to load or run program in AutoCAD, be sure to see my tutorial.

How to load custom program automatically on every startup of AutoCAD or similar CAD Software’s.