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lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« on: May 07, 2008, 05:04:53 AM »
Hello,

For those who have both Bricscad and AutoCAD, what is the lisp compatibility between them? Can you run the same codes in both products without much change, if any?

Thanks!



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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2008, 08:50:38 AM »
Most things work very well without any change, but there are functions here and there that aren’t working yet.  The good thing is that if you find something, they are pretty fast a getting a fix out.  So far I found vla-offset doesn’t work on a polyline yet, and some issues dealing with WMI.  I haven’t done any DCL stuff so I can say. Overall It’s looking good though  8-)

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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2008, 08:58:11 AM »
For example this works in both AutoCAD and Bricscad (just don’t laugh at my lisp writing skills)  :lol:

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;;;++--
;;;++ LISP COMMANDS LISO & LUISO --
;;;++ © 2008 DANIEL MARCOTTE --
;;;++ COMMAND LISO ISOLATE LAYER(S) DERIVED FROM SELECTED OBJECT(S) --
;;;++ OTHER "ON" LAYER(S) WILL BE TURNED OFF AND LOCKED. --
;;;++ COMMAND LUISO RETURNS LAYERS BACK TO THEIR PREVIUS STATE --
;;;++ GLOBALS *DRAWINGISINFLUX* *MYGLOBALLAYERLIST* --
;;;++ FOR BRICSCAD 8.2.6 OR NEWER
;;;++ todo add fade code :)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:TABLE (S / D R);MP
 (WHILE (SETQ D (TBLNEXT S (NULL D)))
  (SETQ R (CONS (CDR (ASSOC 2 D)) R))
 )
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:ISON (NAME)
 (IF (EQ :VLAX-TRUE
  (VLAX-GET-PROPERTY
   (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT
    (TBLOBJNAME "LAYER" NAME)) 'LAYERON))
  1
  0
 )
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:ISLOCKED (NAME)
 (IF (EQ :VLAX-TRUE
  (VLAX-GET-PROPERTY
   (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT
    (TBLOBJNAME "LAYER" NAME)) 'LOCK))
  1
  0
 )
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:TURNOFF (NAME)
 (VLAX-PUT-PROPERTY
  (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT
   (TBLOBJNAME "LAYER" NAME)) 'LAYERON :VLAX-FALSE)
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:TURNON (NAME)
 (VLAX-PUT-PROPERTY
  (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT
   (TBLOBJNAME "LAYER" NAME)) 'LAYERON :VLAX-TRUE)
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:UNLOCK (NAME)
 (VLAX-PUT-PROPERTY
  (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT
   (TBLOBJNAME "LAYER" NAME)) 'LOCK :VLAX-FALSE)
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:LOCK (NAME)
 (VLAX-PUT-PROPERTY
  (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT
   (TBLOBJNAME "LAYER" NAME)) 'LOCK :VLAX-TRUE)
)
;;;++
(DEFUN CRP:GETONLIST (/ L)
 (SETQ L '())
 (FOREACH E (CRP:TABLE "LAYER")
  (IF (= 1 (CRP:ISON E))
   (SETQ L (CONS (CONS E (CRP:ISLOCKED E)) L))
  )
 )
 L
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:GETSELECTIONLIST (/ C L LAYERNAME S)
 (PRINC "Select object(s) on the layer(s) to be isolated")
 (SETQ L '()
       S (SSGET)
 )
 (IF S
  (PROGN
   (SETQ C 0)
   (WHILE (< C (SSLENGTH S))
    (SETQ LAYERNAME (VLAX-GET-PROPERTY
     (VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT
      (CDR (CAR (ENTGET (SSNAME S C))))) 'LAYER)
  L (CONS (CONS LAYERNAME (CRP:ISLOCKED LAYERNAME)) L)
  C (1+ C)
    )
   )
  )
 )
 L
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:REMOVEITEMS (L1 L2)
 (FOREACH E L2
  (SETQ L1 (VL-REMOVE E L1))
 )
 L1
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN CRP:REGEN()
 (VLA-REGEN
    (VLA-GET-ACTIVEDOCUMENT
     (VLAX-GET-ACAD-OBJECT))
       AcACTIVEVIEWPORT)
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN C:LISO (/ LAYERNAME SELECTIONLIST)
 (VL-LOAD-COM)
 (IF (EQ *DRAWINGISINFLUX* NIL)
  (PROGN
   (SETQ SELECTIONLIST (CRP:GETSELECTIONLIST))
   (IF (> (LENGTH SELECTIONLIST) 0)
    (PROGN
     (SETQ *DRAWINGISINFLUX* T
           *MYGLOBALLAYERLIST*
             (CRP:REMOVEITEMS (CRP:GETONLIST) SELECTIONLIST))
     (SETVAR "CLAYER" (CAR (CAR SELECTIONLIST)))
     (FOREACH E *MYGLOBALLAYERLIST*
      (CRP:TURNOFF (CAR E))
      (CRP:LOCK (CAR E))
     )
     (CRP:REGEN)
    )
   )
  )
  (PRINC "\nDoh! run luiso first")
 )
 (PRINC)
)
;;;++--
(DEFUN C:LUISO ()
 (VL-LOAD-COM)
 (IF (EQ *DRAWINGISINFLUX* T)
  (PROGN
   (SETQ *DRAWINGISINFLUX* NIL)
   (FOREACH E *MYGLOBALLAYERLIST*
    (CRP:TURNON (CAR E))
    (IF (= (CDR E) 0)
     (CRP:UNLOCK (CAR E))
    )
   )
   (CRP:REGEN)
  )
  (PRINC "\nDoh! run liso first")
 )
 (PRINC)
)
;;;++EOF--

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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2008, 09:01:13 AM »
In my current version (8.1.14), many of the vlax-curve... functions don't yet work.  Bricsys is working on them though.

But I can't download the latest version   :-(    It always stops with about 1 meg (of 64-65 megs) to go.  Anyone else having that problem?

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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2008, 09:10:12 AM »
...
But I can't download the latest version   :-(    It always stops with about 1 meg (of 64-65 megs) to go.  Anyone else having that problem?

I haven’t had this problem, I wonder if they have a mirror site, or can SwampExpress it to ya :laugh:

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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2008, 09:19:38 AM »

I haven’t had this problem, I wonder if they have a mirror site, or can SwampExpress it to ya :laugh:

I sent them an email this morning asking the same thing.  I have been having the problem for a while, but an email this morning reminded me of the trouble.

So I'm hopeful that I can upgrade.  I hate being  behind  :)

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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2008, 03:11:37 PM »
Most things work very well without any change, but there are functions here and there that aren’t working yet.  The good thing is that if you find something, they are pretty fast a getting a fix out.  So far I found vla-offset doesn’t work on a polyline yet, and some issues dealing with WMI.  I haven’t done any DCL stuff so I can say. Overall It’s looking good though  8-)

Thanks Denial. I'm glad to know that. How about xdata and xrecord? Can Bricscad handle them?

Does Bricscad also have a COM interface, so I can automate it with languages like Python?

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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2008, 06:09:15 PM »


Does Bricscad also have a COM interface, so I can automate it with languages like Python?

yep, it also has the vba ide but only with the pro version.

I'm not sure how all this will port to Linux though when they complete the native Linux version.
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Re: lisp compatibility between Bricscad and AutoCAD
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2008, 09:31:21 AM »
Most things work very well without any change, but there are functions here and there that aren’t working yet.  The good thing is that if you find something, they are pretty fast a getting a fix out.  So far I found vla-offset doesn’t work on a polyline yet, and some issues dealing with WMI.  I haven’t done any DCL stuff so I can say. Overall It’s looking good though  8-)

Thanks Denial. I'm glad to know that. How about xdata and xrecord? Can Bricscad handle them?

Does Bricscad also have a COM interface, so I can automate it with languages like Python?

Yes, both xdata and xrecords work, both in traditional lisp and through ActiveX.
The other API worth mentioning is DRX which is similar to ARX, and if you want to do .NET
you can play around with this http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=21601.msg261346#msg261346