Autolisp Programming: Principles and Techniques

Author: Rod R. Rawls, Mark A. Hagen
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ISBN: 1566374170
Publisher: Goodheart-Willcox Co (June, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 34,536
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
A must to get started in AutoLisp
I had been working with Autocad for awhile and I always wanted
get to the next level: Customization. All the material
I had researched was for intermediate to advanced levels.
I needed something to get me started and would reward me by
allowing me to get a simple function to work. If you are new
to programming this is the book. Once you take off and get a
better understanding you can always get more information from other sources.
Do your homework and this book will get you there.


Rating: 3 out of 5
AutoLISP Programming Principles and Techniques Rawls/Hagen
I am AutoCAD Programming instructor at a technical college and have used this book for several semesters.
The book is a good reference reference with a good DCL section however I feel it is lacking in "real world" applications.
Also it needs to be updates to include visual lisp functions.


Rating: 3 out of 5
Where are the solutions
While I found this book very helpful in introducing me to AutoLISP and the exercises are educational & informative, I have two major problems with this book. First, the solutions to the exercises don't exists; there are several exercises I was unable to do successfully after various attempts and there was no solution to help me understand what I was doing wrong. Second, there is no way to contact the authors when the above mentioned situation arises. If they write further additions I hope they will address these issues. I would not recommend this book to a beginner, but it might be helpful to intermediate or advanced users.

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