Total Newbie needs tutorials

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by biot023, Apr 14, 2004.

  1. biot023

    biot023 Guest

    Hallo.
    I'm totally new to LISP, Visual Lisp, & anything else related, but I need to learn fast!
    Can anybody recommend any online tutorials - esp. dealing w/ forms, etc.?
    Thanks for any help in advance!
    Doug.
     
    biot023, Apr 14, 2004
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  2. biot023

    Rudy Tovar Guest

    Stick around and you'll learn plenty.

    As for online, well...., I would suggest just getting familiar with all the
    function names and settings, which are not many.

    Then learn how to combine phrases and functions to get the results you need.

    Simple example:
    Adding: (+ 1 1) = 2
    Multiplying: (* 2 (+ 1 1)) = 4
    Assignments: (setq a (getreal "\nEnter number: ")) = What ever you enter at
    the keyboard
    Variables: a= 4 (* a 2) = 8

    Etc.........
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    Rudy Tovar, Apr 14, 2004
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  3. biot023

    OLD-CADaver Guest

  4. biot023

    btlsp Guest

    btlsp, Apr 14, 2004
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  5. Hi Doug,

    If you intend to use forms with lisp, forget the word "Fast". The method of
    writing forms in Lisp was invented by an associate of the "Spanish
    Inquisition" where time didn't matter, only pain.

    If forms are significant requirement then you would be infinitely better off
    in VBA.

    --

    Regards


    Laurie Comerford
    www.cadapps.com.au
     
    Laurie Comerford, Apr 15, 2004
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  6. biot023

    biot023 Guest

    Cheers, Laurie.
    Unfortunately, I have to use LISP for legacy reasons!
    My preference would have been ObjectARX (as I am a C++ coder), but at least this way I'm learning a new language!
    (I appear to be a glass half full person, this morning...)
    & thanks to everyone for their replies - I'm gonna be busy for a while!
    Thanks again,
    Doug.
     
    biot023, Apr 19, 2004
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