Autocad LISP Compatibility - Draftsight

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Hi all

The company where I am capitalizes 15 years of knowledge in various LISP programs allowing a lot of automation, both in 2D and 3D.

The question: Are LISP programs developed on AutoCAD compatible with Draftsight?

Since Draftsight is a 2D software, 3D LISPs will be of no use, but how does it work for others?

Thank you community!

[Edith]: Pro version of Draftsight

[Edit]: Don't write [Edith] :)

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Hello

If you have the PRO version of DraftSight, you have to test, but I'm not sure that all the commands are exactly the same as for AutoCAD.

Editing: To see what LISP programs look like for DraftSight, look here:

http://www.cadoasis.com/draftsight-lisp/

It doesn't look much different actually.

And for DraftSight, there is a 30-day trial version if you don't have the PRO version:

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/draftsight-professional-trial.htm?scid=ext_em_swx_062014?scid=swexpress_0714_prospect_draftsight_professional_freetrial

 

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Thank you @PL, 

I was indeed waiting for you on this question:)

I already have the Pro version on trial on my ;) computer!

I'm going to try to do compatibility tests tomorrow with one of our programmers. 

I'll post the return tomorrow!

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Hi all

We did a fairly simple test by editing from AutoCAD:

(command "rectangle" (list 0 0 0) (list 20 20))

It's a French command to make a 20 by 20 rectangle at the origin point 0, 0, 0.

We then entered this line into the DrafSight command bar.

I'll let you judge the result ;)!

After that, it was a basic AutoCAD command, we don't know if this command is really native to the software.

In our programming, a lot of dynamic blocks have been used, and it seems to me that DrafSight doesn't use its blocks, so we'll still have a big loss of automation!

(I have attached the image for more visibility)


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To make your work easier, I have created an Excel file with the names of the DraftSight and AutoCAD 2012 commands with a comparison (if they exist in the other software or not).

See my tutorial:

http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/draftsight/commandes-draftsight-et-autocad-utile-pour-lisp

 

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