Forum: AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL

Hey Is there a way to have a layer setup and text style etc added to each drawing everytime you open a new one which doesnt have any setup init. Even if you create a new sheet is there a way for...

Hey guys, I have played around with a lisp that is ran through a button i have made in CAD how ever the routine i have written doesnt work. Im not sure why it doesnt so I have attached it below....

I got this message once before, and remember fixing it by putting the *.DCL file in the same folder as the *.LSP file instead of the directory level right above. Pretty simple fix. I'm getting...

Has anyone had good success with this Event? I am trying to use this and sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. It seems to be very unreliable? Maybe the way I am using it is wrong. Here...

I have routine that, if it finds MTEXT explodes it back to TEXT. (I want it to do that..) But I do not know how to create a selection set from the new TEXT entities that made up the body of the...

I have searched and could only find vba code for this, and i kno nothing of the stupied simple code, but any way I am trying to insert a dynamic block with the a paramaters included (defun...

I am trying to write a function that checks if an Excel workbook is open (read only or not), and if it’s open assign a variable to it. I have found many examples of how to test if an Excel workbook...

I work with airfoils quite a bit. Those having an overall length of One unit, and the endpoint begins at 0,0. I was given a couple airfoil conversion programs, but they limit the coordinated...

In VBA I have a series of subroutines that I needed to attach to a specific Drawing, and some of these subroutines need to call on general subroutines I have stored in a project that loads at the...

Hi, Does anyone know blocks by selecting attributes?

I have this routine that allows me to measure distances between devices in X and Y coordinates and adds a drop and rise to the total. It is also set up to be able to keep track of the number of...

I am trying to get this LISP routine going and I am having an issue adding two variables together. When I run the program it returns ; error: bad argument type: numberp: nil here is the code...

Ever since I loaded some lisp programs, an error message pops up when I open any cad files. The error message is: **Express Tools** - unable to load acetutil.arx. This resulting effect of this...

Hi, Is there any way of coding a program so that the user can escape out of the running vba program? I have created a suit of cad tools for our office and some of the comment the managers...

Hi, I'm in need of a lisp or advice on how to replace an object (cross) made up of 2 lines with a block globally. The cross represents a point with its own value in a large area so there are...

Hi all I want to change the properties of the points which are inside the polygon. There are many polygons in the drawing, I want to change the properties based on every polygon... Can anyone...

Hello, New to this ... I made a lisp inserting xref... is that a possibility with lisp to attach xref (overlay) by choosing it from a directory? Is it also important for me that the...

Guys is there anyone who knows how to have a vba that logs what drawings you open with a date - start time and end time into a excel sheet?? Or within lisp - i dont mind

hey guys, got a bit of code to duplicate leadernotes, now i want to be able to change the dimensionstyle of the original leadernote. anyone able to point me in the right direction? nothing seems...

How does one write double quotes to a file? for example: (write-line "alpha beta alpha beta "delta" alpha beta alpha beta") N.B. delta should have double quote marks, I need it all on one...

Hi, Is it possible to create commands ith autocad? i am currentyl creating drop down menus for inserting our standard block. i do like tool palettes but we have a hundreds of standard blocks...