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A & B Tips, AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2015, AutoCAD 2017, AutoCAD 2018, AutoCAD 2019, BricsCAD, BricsCAD V17, BricsCAD V18, Performance, Tip

A & B Tip 3 – benchmarking – /nologo or no?

By Steve Johnson 3 August 2018, 5:54 pm 4 August 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"6

In this series of posts, I’ll be providing tips that show how to do something in both AutoCAD and BricsCAD, hence A & B. The Series The idea behind this series is to provide useful information for several sorts of reader: AutoCAD users. BricsCAD users. People in the process of transitioning from AutoCAD to BricsCAD and who need to know what to do differently (if anything). People considering transitioning from AutoCAD to BricsCAD and who want to know about the differences and similarities. What’s This Post About? In my first post in this series about starting your CAD application in …

A & B Tips, AutoCAD, BricsCAD, Tip

A & B Tip 1 – clean slate

By Steve Johnson 31 July 2018, 3:13 pm 21 August 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"7

In this series of posts, I’ll be providing tips that show how to do something in both AutoCAD and BricsCAD, hence A & B. The Series The idea behind this series is to provide useful information for several sorts of reader: AutoCAD users. BricsCAD users. People in the process of transitioning from AutoCAD to BricsCAD and who need to know what to do differently (if anything). People considering transitioning from AutoCAD to BricsCAD and who want to know about the differences and similarities. Clean Slate This first post explains how to convince your CAD application how to start in a …

AutoCAD, BricsCAD, CAD Management, Customisation, Development, LISP, Maintenance, Other Blogs, Tip

CAD Panacea tip – startup files in BricsCAD

By Steve Johnson 7 March 2018, 10:34 am 7 March 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"3

One of the things that might initially baffle a CAD Manager or power user when investigating switching from AutoCAD to BricsCAD is how to set up the startup routines. Head over to CAD Panacea for R.K. McSwain’s concise, handy description of how to do it. Due to BricsCAD’s high level of compatibility, you can maintain a common folder or set of folders containing LISP and other custom files for both applications. That way, you don’t need to do double maintenance during the transition period. I’ve done this successfully in a highly complex custom environment. Some code and other adjustments were …

AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2012, ClassicArray, Customisation, Development, Interoperability, LISP, Other Autodesk Products, Win

AutoCAD 2012 – Autoloader mechanism for plug-ins

By Steve Johnson 20 April 2011, 5:29 pm 20 April 2011 itemprop="discussionURL"16

One of the less obvious features introduced by AutoCAD 2012 is the Autoloader mechanism that has been provided to make installation of plug-ins (current standard Autodeskspeak for add-ons, apps, utilities, routines, etc.) easier for both developers and users. It may not be immediately obvious, but it’s a useful and important addition. This mechanism has nothing to do with the AppLoad command, the Startup Suite, acad*.lsp, the (autoload) function or anything else that existed in earlier releases. This is completely new, it has not replaced or broken any of the existing loading mechanisms, and is, in short, A Good Thing. Developers …

AutoCAD, Development, LISP, Tip

What is loaded at AutoCAD startup, and when?

By Steve Johnson 1 September 2008, 2:03 pm 1 September 2008 itemprop="discussionURL"23

Warning, CAD nerd stuff ahead. This is a long and technical post and if you’re using AutoCAD in a largely out-of-the-box state you probably won’t care about any of it. If your modification of AutoCAD extends beyond the trivial, you may find it useful to know what AutoCAD loads, and in what order things are loaded. It is possible for LISP files in particular to tread on each other’s toes, so knowing what gets loaded when can be useful information for diagnosing such clashes. This post aims to provide that information. It uses AutoCAD 2009 as an example, but the …