Mastering AutoLISP in 80 Minutes.ppt

You have come to the right place if... You know nothing or very little about Visual Lisp You want to write your own Visual Lisp routines but have no idea where to begin. You would like to have better control over your AutoCAD environment You tried to “Walk down the Garden Path” but landed in a ditch! You do not have a programming background Objectives To lay a firm foundation of the basics of Visual Lisp. Prepare you to write your own Visual Lisp routines Start you down the path to official AutoCAD Gurudom ( or “Nerdom”) Teach you some quick and dirty basics of Visual Lisp (don’t look too close!). Discover new ways to torture your coworkers! Hold on - we have a lot of information to cover in 80 minutes! First and Foremost! Don’t let Visual Lisp intimidate you! What does LISP stand for? LISt Processor (not Lost In Stupid Parentheses!) The Basics Lists Functions Arguments Golden Rules of AutoLISP What is a LIST? Anything inside of parentheses Examples of LISTS: (a b c) (setq x 1) (princ) What is a FUNCTION?(or subr) The ACTION you want Visual Lisp to do! In Visual Lisp the function ALWAYS go first!!! Visual Lisp uses Prefix notation Example: (+ 1 2) (- 5 3) (inters A B C D) (setq x 3) Visual Lisp as a Calculator INFIX Notation (1 + 1) (3 * 4) (6 / 2) PREFIX Notation (+ 1 1) (* 3 4) (/ 6 2) Arguments Arguments are the values you pass to a function (+ 5 6) + is the function 5 and 6 are the arguments (setq x “Autodesk”) Setq is the function X and “Autodesk” are the arguments The Golden Rules of Visual Lisp For every open paren, you must have a closed paren Example: (setq x (+ a b)) For every open double quote, you must have a closed double quote. Example: (prompt “How are you?”) The Key to unlocking complicated LISP routines: Visual Lisp works from the Inside Out (+ 5 (* 4 3)) is equal to (4 * 3) + 5 (- (+ 5 2) (* 6 (- 7 6))) is equal to (5 + 2) - (6 * (7 - 6)) 7 - (6 * 1) Quiz Time! (* 4 (/ (+ 6 3) 3)) 12 (+ (* (-