Bonus Chapter 1

Exploring AutoLISP

Mastering AutoCAD for Mac

Bonus Chapter 1 accompanies Mastering AutoCAD for Mac, by George Omura and Rick Graham. Learn more about this book at www.sybex.com/go/masteringautocadmac.

In this bonus chapter, you’ll see how you can take more control of AutoCAD through AutoLISP and have AutoCAD do the things you want to do for your own work. You’ll learn how to store information such as text and point coordinates, how to create smart macros, and how to optimize AutoLISP’s operation on your computer system.

A word of advice as you begin this bonus chapter: Be prepared to spend lots of time with your computer—not because programming in AutoLISP is all that difficult, but because it’s so addictive! You’ll learn how ...

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