i want to take the next step, please HELP!!!

[kwezbaba]

i am very proficient in AutoCAD and i would like to take the next step up, but i have no idea how to start with Autolisp and Visual lisp. as far as programming goes, i remember being quite good at qbasic back in the day. any pointers would be very welcome.

[Anonymous]

There is AN excellent tutorial site (www.afralisp.com). However it was
taken down but I've heard rumors that it should be back up around the
beginning of September. That's the best place to start and hopefully you
won't have to wait TOO long.

In the meantime, what I would do is just start going through the online
help. It describes what each function does and it's syntax. Although not
nearly as well as the afralisp website. Just see for yourself what each
function does when you try different things.

One of the nice things about AutoCAD and AutoLISP is that you can type AL
syntax right into the command line.

For example, try copy/pasting the next line into your command line.

(command "line" "0,0" "10,10" "")

wrote in message news:4935990@discussion.autodesk.com...
i am very proficient in AutoCAD and i would like to take the next step up,
but i have no idea how to start with Autolisp and Visual lisp. as far as
programming goes, i remember being quite good at qbasic back in the day. any
pointers would be very welcome.

[Anonymous]

I have the tutorials downloaded from when they were still up and running.
Be glad to post to customer files if anyone could tell if they thought I'd
get in trouble for that. It was free, open code, available to anyone, so I
think it would be ok, but not sure. Maybe a point of view from Gary???
--
John Michalik
Drafting and Design
LDD/CAD Development & Standards
johnm@weissereng.com
"Don Ireland" wrote in message
news:4936060@discussion.autodesk.com...
There is AN excellent tutorial site (www.afralisp.com). However it was
taken down but I've heard rumors that it should be back up around the
beginning of September. That's the best place to start and hopefully you
won't have to wait TOO long.

In the meantime, what I would do is just start going through the online
help. It describes what each function does and it's syntax. Although not
nearly as well as the afralisp website. Just see for yourself what each
function does when you try different things.

One of the nice things about AutoCAD and AutoLISP is that you can type AL
syntax right into the command line.

For example, try copy/pasting the next line into your command line.

(command "line" "0,0" "10,10" "")

wrote in message news:4935990@discussion.autodesk.com...
i am very proficient in AutoCAD and i would like to take the next step up,
but i have no idea how to start with Autolisp and Visual lisp. as far as
programming goes, i remember being quite good at qbasic back in the day. any
pointers would be very welcome.

[Anonymous]

You could ask the owner of that site. He posted here (he's the one that
gave teh Sept re-launch date) not too long ago but I can't find his message.
He provided his email address in his message.


"John Michalik" wrote in message
news:4936266@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have the tutorials downloaded from when they were still up and running.
Be glad to post to customer files if anyone could tell if they thought I'd
get in trouble for that. It was free, open code, available to anyone, so I
think it would be ok, but not sure. Maybe a point of view from Gary???
--
John Michalik
Drafting and Design
LDD/CAD Development & Standards
johnm@weissereng.com
"Don Ireland" wrote in message
news:4936060@discussion.autodesk.com...
There is AN excellent tutorial site (www.afralisp.com). However it was
taken down but I've heard rumors that it should be back up around the
beginning of September. That's the best place to start and hopefully you
won't have to wait TOO long.

In the meantime, what I would do is just start going through the online
help. It describes what each function does and it's syntax. Although not
nearly as well as the afralisp website. Just see for yourself what each
function does when you try different things.

One of the nice things about AutoCAD and AutoLISP is that you can type AL
syntax right into the command line.

For example, try copy/pasting the next line into your command line.

(command "line" "0,0" "10,10" "")

wrote in message news:4935990@discussion.autodesk.com...
i am very proficient in AutoCAD and i would like to take the next step up,
but i have no idea how to start with Autolisp and Visual lisp. as far as
programming goes, i remember being quite good at qbasic back in the day. any
pointers would be very welcome.

[Anonymous]

I'd recommend the tutorial series at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=2309147.

[Anonymous]

This is a temporary link to use before Kennys web site is back up.

http://web.archive.org/web/20041106095021/http://www.afralisp.com/
--
For a moment, nothing happened...

Thanks
Gary Fowler








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"Don Ireland" wrote in message
news:4936301@discussion.autodesk.com...
You could ask the owner of that site. He posted here (he's the one that
gave teh Sept re-launch date) not too long ago but I can't find his message.
He provided his email address in his message.


"John Michalik" wrote in message
news:4936266@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have the tutorials downloaded from when they were still up and running.
Be glad to post to customer files if anyone could tell if they thought I'd
get in trouble for that. It was free, open code, available to anyone, so I
think it would be ok, but not sure. Maybe a point of view from Gary???
--
John Michalik
Drafting and Design
LDD/CAD Development & Standards
johnm@weissereng.com
"Don Ireland" wrote in message
news:4936060@discussion.autodesk.com...
There is AN excellent tutorial site (www.afralisp.com). However it was
taken down but I've heard rumors that it should be back up around the
beginning of September. That's the best place to start and hopefully you
won't have to wait TOO long.

In the meantime, what I would do is just start going through the online
help. It describes what each function does and it's syntax. Although not
nearly as well as the afralisp website. Just see for yourself what each
function does when you try different things.

One of the nice things about AutoCAD and AutoLISP is that you can type AL
syntax right into the command line.

For example, try copy/pasting the next line into your command line.

(command "line" "0,0" "10,10" "")

wrote in message news:4935990@discussion.autodesk.com...
i am very proficient in AutoCAD and i would like to take the next step up,
but i have no idea how to start with Autolisp and Visual lisp. as far as
programming goes, i remember being quite good at qbasic back in the day. any
pointers would be very welcome.

[kwezbaba]

thanks guys, i'm on it.