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LISPing Eloquently—How to Draw Using AutoLISP

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Description

This course will move beyond the basics course. It will cover the functions necessary to gather and use various data types. You’ll learn how to get data from the user of your programs, and then manipulate and apply that data in various ways. You’ll learn how to automate the drawing process in AutoCAD software. The course will start with a short review of data types, then move directly into getting, storing, and using these data types. At the end of this course, you’ll know how to access AutoCAD software’s drawing commands via AutoLISP—and will understand how to go well beyond what is taught in the course, applying the learned concepts to your daily work routine—so that your tasks will not be so routine! We guarantee that you can learn this language and become more productive.

Key Learnings

  • Learn how to use the Visual LISP Editor to write and format simple LISP routines
  • Learn how to get and store specific data using the correct LISP functions
  • Pass the stored data to AutoCAD software’s drawing commands via AutoLISP
  • Learn how to automate the drawing process in your working environment

Speaker

  • Craig Black
    Craig Black has been working with Autodesk, Inc., products since 1985. He has been teaching in the Mechanical Design Technologies programs of Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) since 1990. At FVTC, he has developed 2 programs within his department, the CAD Customization Advanced Certificate and the Mechanical CAD Drafting Technical Diploma. He has been presenting at Autodesk University nearly since its inception, offering classes on diverse topics ranging from programming and customization to solid modeling and CAD standards. He is a co-author of the widely acclaimed AutoCAD and Its Applications textbook, published by Goodheart-Wilcox, and he has been contracted to do training all over the United States. When not teaching, he works as a programmer/consultant for a large furniture manufacturer based in Wisconsin. Time and weather permitting, Black likes to squeeze in a few rounds of golf each week, as well as cheer for his beloved 13-time NFL World Champion Green Bay Packers.