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[spence7]

Good day. 

     I am an Autocad hobbyist in my first week of learning Autolisp.

Been using Autocad for 20 something years and finally getting around to upping my game. 

I found some nice tutorial videos from CSS and am trying to follow along. 

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is the response to         (setq eName (car (entsel "Select an object")))

and almost anything else i put in the work field. 

Help              Spence Ball,       Silver Spring, MD USA

[paullimapa · Accepted solution]

I'd suggest you start with this website:

AutoLISP Beginners' Tutorials | AfraLISP

Then follow along by entering the code directly into the AutoCAD command prompt

[komondormrex · Accepted solution]

hey,

every autolisp function/expression loaded from within vlisp ide will be considered as ONE form upon loading/interpreting UNLESS you enclosed them by defun function which will be considered as ONE form and will take a command/function status. that command/function can be then run from autocad command line.

[Sea-Haven]

Maybe give us a hint of a task you would like to do, pick something simple that you do all the time, we can write the steps not the actual code, leaving that for you to do. 

A good simple one is draw a rectang based on pick point, length & width.

[spence7]

Dear Paul,
Hi. Thank you for the link to Afralisp.
It seems to be for children, and in terms of learning new languages I am a 6 year old.
It is perfect.
(I am actually 62 but...)
I like patient tutorials.

[spence7]

Dear Sea-Haven,
The real end I am looking for is apparently a year away.
I've been using Autocad for more than 20 years as a very sophisticated primitive.
That is,,, I can make 60 elaborate plates of stuff for my boss to manufacture in 8 days.

I am mostly looking to up my game because I am bored with the simple jobs I do every day.
I am also a bit thick, and learning a new language comes very slowly.

Any way... "More will be revealed".

Thanks for listening.

[paullimapa]

You are very welcome. We all have a humble beginning. But if you continue to learn soon you’ll graduate and become a professional programmer 

[Sea-Haven]

Any chance of a sample dwg then  we can make suggestions about automation.