Auto Load Lisp Routines?

A co-worker asked me:
"how do you load the lisp routines so that they always get loaded every time
you open autocad?"

Personally, I have always done it through an ACAD.lsp file.
But for users with little or no Lisp experience, what OTHER methods are
available?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

My guys just load them on a button. Easy to learn.

^C^C(load "blahblah") blahblah


Bill

 

perhaps, out of the goodness of your heart, you could add the appropriate code to this persons acad.lsp file. This approach has placed me on many of my coworkers christmas list!

 

A co-worker asked me:

Startup suite works without programming.

Larger question: why not standardize the autoloading files for everyone?
Usually if one person "needs" a different function, it's because they're
either doing something in a nonstandard way (a separate issue that might
need to be addressed), or they're doing something more efficiently (which
should be shared with others).

Having discussions toward standardizing the lisp loading will usually result
in people swapping tips and tricks, always a good thing. There's still room
for personal preference. If Joe's computer autoloads a routine that he
doesn't ever use, no harm is done.

 

Any Lisp file you can load on startup: Tools --> Load Application -->
Startup Suite Contents.

Regards

 

If your LISP functions make use of a custom toolbar, I would suggest
to create a MNU file for that and load the LISP via a MNL file. In
that case the LISP is always avaliable, when the menu is available.

Tom Berger

 

Thanks to all for responding. You all make good points.
I think for now I'll let them do it through the Startup Suite, then after I
get a feel for what they use, I'll standardize it.
Thanks again,
Jeff

 

In addition to possibility of using the ACADwhatever.LSP file, look into the
use of the .MNL file named the same as the menu file.
Kent Cooper

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Hi naujoke,you are right,I was tested it.