help with lisp

i was wondering if someone could point me in the correct direction for a lisp. i want to open any existing drawing and automatically apply my custom dimstyle instead of am_ansi, and make it current. i dont want it to change any other dimstyles that are already in the drawing. is this possible? can someone help? thanks

what do you mean by apply my dim style?

i deal with alot of drawings from architects that i want to usem my dims and layers in.

i opened one of my blakn drawings from my template then erased all objects in model ans paper space leaving a total blank drawing except the dim styles text styles and layers

then i saved the drawing and called in insert.dwg

now when i want to quickly add my stuff to another drawinf i use the insert cammand and select the insert.dwg and that brings in all my stuff.

yes i want that to take place but i want it to be when i open the drawing

do you have any code started? if so please post it and provide more detail on what you want

i will be glad to help but i will not write it for you

Im not sure how to do i when you open the drawing but you can automate the setting of a current dim style by the -dimstyle command and restoring the dim style you want.

But not the dim style must all ready be in the drawing you can use JohnM way of doing this as i have also found that the best way.

I will try to make a lisp that loads and sets current everytime you open a dwg file but i am still very slow at lisp

do you have any code started? if so please post it and provide more detail on what you want

i will be glad to help but i will not write it for you

i would not know the first step in making a lisp. thats why im asking questions lol

Lisp is not that difficult to learn but you can get as complex as you want

Let me get you started:

 
(defun c:test ( )
(alert “Hello World”)
);_defun

Now read the developers help files on lisp included in your AutoCAD

For what you want to do a lisp will only save a couple of clicks.

What if you open a drawing that already has everything you need?

What if a drawing already has dims,text,and layers named the same as yours?

Having a lisp run automatically when you open a drawing is not always a good idea.

You can however have the lisp load with each drawing then type the command to run it or make a button to run it.

If you use the procedure in my pervious post you can make a button to run it

^C^C –insert “” 0,0 ;; (not tested but close)

thanks. ill mess with that more when im at work thursday.

If you just learn the very basics of lisp you can create a lot of simple routines that are only a couple of lines long that will save you a great deal of time drawing.

I have over a hundred routines that help me along when I need them and if I need something special I just create it even if its just for one job.

create one drawing with the dim style you want an nothing else (lets call is a kind of template)

you have to make this save this in autocads search path to do this type

-insert

randomstuffherethatwillnotbeinyousearchpath

and it will tell you the locations autocad looks for files

save you drawing in one of those or edit them through the autocad settings

Then place this script in you acaddoc.lsp but be carful as this can be dangerious

(command "-insert" "a dwg file name within your serch parh that contains the said dim style")
(command "-dimstyle" "restore" "name of custom dim style")

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?21339-How-to-auto-load-LISP-files

Another way of automatical loading lisps when autoCAD starts

Im not sure how to do i when you open the drawing

Simple... from ACADDOC.lsp:

(if (not (tblsearch "dimstyle" "[color=blue]YourDimStyleName[/color]"))
 ([color=red]YourDimImportFunction[/color]))

** ACADDOC.lsp is a user defined file that, provided it resides within the Support Files Search Paths, will be loaded automatically every time a drawing is opened.

Hope this helps!