🔊 How to Use AutoCAD LT and AutoLISP

[handjonathan]

For the first time, AutoCAD LT 2024 now includes AutoLISP—further enabling organizations to streamline workflows, enforce CAD standards, and leverage thousands of pre-existing automations for AutoCAD-based programs. Follow this simple guide, or save the attached pdf to start automating your design and make projects.

If you do create some awesome scripts, we would love to see the in the comments. 

[c.kimXH5F6]

HELLO, 

AUTOCAD LT 2024

COPY AND SWAP DONT WORK?

STRIPMTEXT (LATEST VERSIONS) DONT WORK?

IS THERE PROBLEMS WORKING LISPS IN 2024 LT?

[c.kimXH5F6]

A

[pendean]

Greetings @c.kimXH5F6
Did you get a chance to actually review the limitations of LISP in LT2024 yet? I'll get you started here 

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACDLT/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-037BF4D4-755E-4A5C-8136-80E85CCEDF3E#:~:tex...

Open those LISP files and start verifying, then watch the commandline (make it 5-10 lines tall) for explanation of why they failed, like

Command: STRIPMTEXT
StripMtext v5.0c1 found
StripMtext Error: bad argument type: VLA-OBJECT nil

[Microcad5000]

It is a shame you cannot do a data extract in LT like you can in full AutoCAD. Is it not a routine that can be loaded?

I'm looking for a tool (LISP? VB?) to do the same as the data extract function that's in full AutoCAD.

I posted the following elsewhere in this forum.

LT 2025 Extract current visibility value from Dynamic Block

I have a dynamic block with visibilty options. The same block has normal attributes and fields. I cannot get AutoCAD LT 2025 to extract any of the attribute values from this dynamic block using a template file. 

I can get it to extract data from a normal block with attributes using a template file.

Does anyone know a LISP or VB program (LISP was enabled in LT 2024) to extract attribute data to a file. 

I need to get the data into an Excel spreadsheet one way or another.

[pendean]

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@Microcad5000 wrote:

It is a shame you cannot do a data extract in LT like you can in full AutoCAD. Is it not a routine that can be loaded?...

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Not from Autodesk and not tot urn on abilities not found in LT from Autodesk: you need full AutoCAD. If this is a dire business need, you have a new /different subscription to pick up.

[vladimir_michl]

You can try the BlockCoords LISP utility (free) - see:

https://www.cadforum.cz/en/export-block-coordinates-to-a-table-how-to-use-dataextraction-tip13784

Visibility states are not supported but the might be added.

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance.world  -  www.cadforum.cz

[vladimir_michl]

Visibility states and other dynamic parameters now added to the BlockCoords V1.3.

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance.world  -  www.cadforum.cz