AutoCAD Platform Customization - by Lee Ambrosius (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

AutoLISP is the key to unlocking the secrets of a more streamlined experience using industry leading software programs like AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and more.

AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP provides real-world examples that show you how to do everything from modifying graphical objects and reading and setting system variables to communicating with external programs. It also features a resources appendix and downloadable datasets and customization examples--tools that ensure swift and easy adoption.

• Find out how to remove unused buttons from the ribbon to gain screen space
• Discover how to create macros for frequently performed actions, or add your company's logo to the bottom of every drawing
• Learn to perform more involved customizations, like communicating with a database to validate and update information entered in drawing layers
• Ideal for CAD administrators, senior drafters, savvy users, and other professionals and students

Through detailed discussions and tutorials that include real-world examples, this book gives you the power to enhance your program's experience and output.

From the Back Cover

Streamline and customize the AutoCAD platform using AutoLISP

AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP teaches you how to customize and personalize AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and other programs built on Autodesk's industry-leading AutoCAD platform. Written by the foremost authority on AutoCAD customization, this comprehensive learning resource features detailed discussions backed by real-world examples and tutorials designed to help you harness the full potential of AutoLISP. Downloadable datasets and examples are included to ensure a functional understanding of the presented concepts.

• Learn the basics of AutoLISP, and how to author and load LSP files
• Calculate and work with values
• Create and modify graphical and nongraphical objects
• Make choices and repeat expressions
• Work with the drawing environment
• Access directories and external files
• Use the Visual LISP^(R) editor
• Work with ActiveX/COM libraries
• Create dialog boxes

About the Author

Lee Ambrosius is a Principal Learning Content Developer at Autodesk for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT products and has worked on end-user and API documentation for nine releases. He has presented customization and programming sessions at Autodesk University for a decade, and has authored and edited several AutoCAD-related books. Follow him on twitter at @leeambrosius.