From the course: Learning AutoLISP & Visual LISP
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Loading a LISP file - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: Learning AutoLISP & Visual LISP
Loading a LISP file
- [Instructor] So far, we've been working with our LISP routines, and the functions that we've written inside our Visual LISP IDE, or Integrated Development Editor. We've even loaded the LISP functions from the IDE, right into the current drawing. But how do we load any LISP files we've written with all the functions found within, outside of the IDE? How do we load them into the drawing? Well, if we go to the Managed ribbon, in the Applications panel, we can choose Load Application. We can also just type at the Command line, App Load. App Load. Now if we identify the LISP file, we can select the file, and choose Load. Now, within the latest versions of AutoCAD, there's a security feature. It makes sure that any applications or customization that's being loaded in, that the user's aware of it. Now we can choose to always load the file, load just once, or don't load at all. We're going to choose just load once. It's going to go ahead and tell us it's successfully loaded. We close, and…
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