Hi Mike,
This is a regular request in these newsgroups.
There are numerous answers and opinions and by searching the newsgroup you
will find lots of answers to you questions.
The most accurate answer can only be given after you sort out in your own
mind what you wish to acheive with any customisataion you may care to
undertake. Also your personal skill levels, willingness to learn, ability
to learn, wllingness to undertake training etc. etc. affect the answer as to
what is best for you.
If you are young enough and planning to make a career of customising
AutoCAD, the answer is to learn some lisp, but concentrate on the .NET
language group.
If you haven't time to learn .NET, VBA has better help files and hence is a
lot easier to learn and to create graphic interfaces and to debug than
lisp,. but you will still need some lisp as it is the easiest way of running
the VBA programs in AutoCAD.
Lastly, don't forget there a numerous ways of customising AutoCAD which can
make it far easier to use without using any programming languages - such as
by learning to manipulate the menu and to create keyboard shortcuts to the
things you do most.
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Regards
Laurie Comerford
"MKaluski" wrote in message
news:5844032@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi!
Can someone please tell me what the difference between VBA and AutoLisp is,
and why I should learn one over the other.
I am basically asking, what does VBA do for AutoCAD and what does AutoLisp
do for AutoCAD?
I want to learn a program for AutoCAD, but am not sure which one to learn
first.
Also, what book is recommended to learn from?
Thank you for any comparisons you give me! 🙂
Best Regards,
Mike K.
