The AutoCADET's Guide to Visual LISP [Paperback]

Bill Kramer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 157820089X | ISBN-13: 978-1578200894

AutoCADet: A person who uses AutoCAD directly or indirectly to create or analyze graphic images and is in possession of one or more of the following traits: wants to learn; has an interest in improving the way AutoCAD works; is a visionary AutoCAD user; i

Customize AutoCAD to include productivity enhancements like new commands, combinations of existing commands or list processing scripts to store and manipulate data. This tutorial offers a complete introduction to the Visual LISP language, environment and editor. Advanced topics include data manipulation and programming dialog boxes.

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About the Author

Bill Kramer is a computer scientist with 20+ years experience in CAD systems. He is a leading authority on AutoCAD customization regularly leading tutorial presentations at Autodesk University, and contributing articles to industry publications, including his 'Programmer's Toolbox' column in Cadence magazine. In addition to writing for Cadence since its inception in 1986, Bill is the author of AutoLISP Treasure Chest and co-author of AutoCAD VBA Programming Tools and Techniques. Bill has recently taken time away from his duties as president of Auto-Code Mechanical to organize and lead the popular CAD-Cruise for programming and system management training.

Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: CMP (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157820089X
• ISBN-13: 978-1578200894
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Lisp

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great intermediate lisp book., January 8, 2003

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Jason W. Roper (BOISE, ID United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The AutoCADET's Guide to Visual LISP (Paperback)

I found Bill Kramer's book to be very helpful in really understanding how the lisp language for AutoCad works. I would not say it is for the absolute beginner. It does not contain tons of non-useful, simple code to use as a tutorial. It does, however, contain a lot of truly useful functions and detailed explanations on how the code actually works. From the very start, it discusses how to use AutoCad's Visual Lisp Integrated Design Environment, one of the best tools for helping programmers write functions. This is something other books, inexplicably, leave till the end. I highly recommend this book to anyone. It is one of the better books out there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book expains things very well, February 9, 2008

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Zachariah E. Silkett (Poulsbo, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The AutoCADET's Guide to Visual LISP (Paperback)

Unlike many technical and programming books, the author of this book shows his love and dedication to programming, and sets down the ground rules with a little bit of history to help understand exactly what it is that you are doing. This book is so full of good information, you almost have to read it one paragraph at a time, yet it is so intriguing that it's hard to put down.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Agree - a good intermediate lisp book., January 4, 2009

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C. Wakefield (Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The AutoCADET's Guide to Visual LISP (Paperback)

I had learnt LISP by studying existing code and looking up what each command did in a reference manual. I found Bill's book gave me a better overview of lisp and tied what I already knew together. I now feel comfortable developing routines from the beginning without having to copy and modify somebody else's code. It also helped me make better use of the VLIDE.