This book -updated for Release 2019- aims at guiding he who uses AutoCAD
on a daily basis in becoming a true expert. That kind of AutoCAD expert
that is acquainted with, understands and can manipulate the program’s
inner workings to achieve the desired output in a fast and efficient
way. That expert who is not satisfied with what comes out of the box,
but demands more. Like automating the creation and shaping of 3D
objects, whether 3DSolids, subdivision meshes, associative or NURBS
surfaces and setting the points of view and visualization modes that
help in understanding the generated models. To these and other advanced
techniques, including parameterization, reactors, the graphical user
interface and building applications, more than half of this book is
dedicated. For this we use Visual LISP, the tool of choice to customize
and extend AutoCAD’s features, be it by its capabilities as a basic
scripting language to automate repetitive tasks or taking advantage of
advanced drawing database access possibilities and the management of
properties and methods exposed through the ActiveX interface. LISP
programming techniques, including the use of the Visual LISP Integrated
Development Environment, are explained starting from scratch. No
previous experience in programming is required to profit from this
book's contents. User support is available at the author's blog: http://lispexpert.blogspot.com/. The source code for all the examples
included in the book can be downloaded freely from it |