You have to make a command, change the command name and macro. If you’re not familiar how to create a command here, read this tutorial first. Or click User Interface in customization panel. Type CUI then press to load Customize User Interface dialog. You may want to have it on your ribbon (well uh, or toolbar/menu if you use classic interface). However, not all of us like using command line. If you’re a command line freaks, then you can stop here. What you should do next, depends on your AutoLISP program.

In this sample, the function can be loaded by typing DIMLA in command line then press. Just in case one day you don’t want a LISP program to load automatically anymore, you know where to remove it now, right?Īgain, if you copy it from internet, you can see on top of the program like this.ĭEFUN is defining the function. Here you can add or remove LISP from startup suite. The less cool way to do it is by clicking contents button below startup suite briefcase. The cool way to do it is by dragging the file to startup suite. To load it automatically, add the LISP program to startup suite. So you don’t have to load it in every new AutoCAD session. If you use your LISP program repeatedly, then you will want AutoCAD automatically load it every time it starts.

Automatically load AutoLISP program when AutoCAD start In load/unload applications dialog, browse and find your AutoLISP file you saved before. Hint: AutoCAD veterans use APPLOAD in command line Go to AutoCAD ribbon> manage tab> applications panel. Before you can use it, you need to load it to AutoCAD. Save your file to a location that allow people easily access it. Of course, change the blue text with your program name. Type “ YourProgramName.lsp” (with double quote to force notepad save it as it is). But if you use notepad, then you must define the. If you use Visual LISP editor, then by default it will save your code as. But don’t use Microsoft Word or other Word Processing program. You can use visual lisp editor to save it as a program. (command '_leader' p textloc '' ptcoord '') (setq ptcoord (strcat 'x=' x ', ' 'y=' y)) (defun c:cnlabel (/ p x y ptcoord textloc) You need to copy the code to your clipboard (by selecting them and pressing ctrl + c). In CADTutor forum, you’ll find mostly the program is given to you written in code. You may find people giving you LISP program written in code like this.

We know that we can find many AutoLISP program on internet now. This is not only for you who want to learn AutoLISP, but also for you who want to simply use AutoLISP program.

We covered several basic AutoLISP tutorial already. Automatically load AutoLISP program when AutoCAD start.

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