AutoLisp Loading

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:23:36 GMT

How can you have your custom AutoLisp files to load everytime you start a session vs drag-drop method?

Re: AutoLisp Loading

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:55:23 GMT

type in "appload" click 'startup suite' and add whatever you like.

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Re: AutoLisp Loading

bnarum1 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:56:38 GMT

there are many ways to accomplish this...
a) you can add them in your cui file under lisps
b) if you have a enterprise menu everyone is loading you can create a "yourcuiname.mnl" file which loads with the cui file and program autoloads in the mnl file.
c) you can use the "startup suite" located in the appload command. (not recommended)
I have many routines defined in a fas file which gets loaded by our mnl menu file and I also use it to load others with this (autoload "Sqft" '("sqft")). This little trick will not load the routine until the command is envoked in this case "Sqft" is a lisp routine located in our search paths and "sqft" at the command prompt will load and run routine.
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Re: AutoLisp Loading

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:57:41 GMT

Hi,

There are several ways.

Answer the questions for yourself:

Do you want it to load for every drawing, or just every session?

Do you create your own custom menu/toolbars for your customisation? It is
very strongly recommended that you do.

If you want every drawing and you have a custom menu, then create an MNL
file containing your code (MNL is simply a lisp file with an MNL extension)
and having the same name as the menu file and in the same directory. This
file will load when the menu is loaded.

Other alternatives copied from the help files.

The ACAD.LSP File
Concept Quick Reference

You can create an acad.lsp file if you regularly use specific AutoLISP
routines. When you start AutoCAD, it searches the support file search path
for an acad.lsp file. If an acad.lsp file is found, it is loaded into
memory.

The acad.lsp file is loaded at each drawing session startup when AutoCAD is
launched. Because the acad.lsp file is intended to be used for
application-specific startup routines, all functions and variables defined
in an acad.lsp file are only available in the first drawing. You will
probably want to move routines that should be available in all documents
from your acad.lsp file into the acaddoc.lsp file.

The recommended functionality of acad.lsp and acaddoc.lsp can be overridden
with the ACADLSPASDOC system variable. If the ACADLSPASDOC system variable
is set to 0 (the default setting), the acad.lsp file is loaded just once:
upon application startup. If ACADLSPASDOC is set to 1, the acad.lsp file is
reloaded with each new drawing.

The acad.lsp file can contain AutoLISP code for one or more routines, or
just a series of load function calls. The latter method is preferable,
because modification is easier. If you save the following code as an
acad.lsp file, the files mysessionapp1.lsp, databasesynch.lsp, and
drawingmanager.lsp are loaded every time you start AutoCAD.

(load "mysessionapp1")(load "databasesynch")(load "drawingmanager")WarningDo
not modify the reserved acad2008.lsp file. Autodesk provides the
acad2008.lsp file, which contains AutoLISP defined functions that are
required by AutoCAD. This file is loaded into memory immediately before the
acad.lsp file is loaded.
See Also
or:

The ACADDOC.LSP File
Concept Quick Reference

The acaddoc.lsp file is intended to be associated with each document (or
drawing) initialization. This file is useful if you want to load a library
of AutoLISP routines to be available every time you start a new drawing (or
open an existing drawing).

Each time a drawing opens, AutoCAD searches the library path for an
acaddoc.lsp file. If it finds one, it loads the file into memory. The
acaddoc.lsp file is always loaded with each drawing regardless of the
settings of ACADLSPASDOC.

Most users will have a single acaddoc.lsp file for all document-based
AutoLISP routines. AutoCAD searches for an acaddoc.lsp file in the order
defined by the library path; therefore, with this feature, you can have a
different acaddoc.lsp file in each drawing directory, which would load
specific AutoLISP routines for certain types of drawings or jobs.

The acaddoc.lsp file can contain AutoLISP code for one or more routines, or
just a series of load function calls. The latter method is preferable,
because modification is easier. If you save the following code as an
acaddoc.lsp file, the files mydocumentapp1.lsp, build.lsp, and counter.lsp
are loaded every time a new document is opened.

(load "mydocumentapp1")(load "build")(load "counter")WarningDo not modify
the reserved acad2008doc.lsp file. Autodesk provides the acad2008doc.lsp
file, which contains AutoLISP-defined functions that are required by
AutoCAD. This file is loaded into memory immediately before the acaddoc.lsp
file is loaded.

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Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au
www.civil3Dtools.com

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