It is highly recommended that this value is NOT set to 0. You can check this by running SECURELOAD in the command line of your AutoCAD This dialog box will be prompted if the system variable SECURELOAD is set to 1 or 2. If the AutoLISP routine is to be loaded for the first time, you may be prompted with this dialog box below:

By doing this, AutoCAD will load the AutoLISP routine for every drawing that you will open and create in the future.

If you would want to load the AutoLISP routine automatically, go to the Contents under Startup Suite as shown on the image above, and include the files to load. Select the LISP routines you wish to run, and click Load Start AutoCAD and call the APPLOAD commandĮnsure to include the file type '*.lsp' as shown in red in the image below. lsp extension and can be loaded by means of the APPLOAD command in AutoCAD. Therefore, you may choose to load in some drawings, and not on others.ĪutoLISP files have the. Loading AutoLISP routines into AutoCAD does not mean that the commands will be loaded into the AutoCAD, but rather into the specific drawings that are opened. In order for the custom commands to run in AutoCAD, the files must first be loaded into the drawings that are opened. Once downloaded, extract the files in it into a directory of your own choice.

4 Downloading the AutoLISP Routinesĭownloading the AutoLISP routines can be done by clicking on the green 'Code' button at the top of this page and clicking the 'Download Zip' button. The short video below shows a demonstration of the commands ATD and RC found in AlignToDirection.lsp and RevCloud.lsp respectively. From finding and deleting block duplicates to aligning objects along a linear direction to instantly clouding AutoCAD objects, these may enhance your layout of detailing and work more productively. This repository provides a few examples of AutoLISP routines that may enable AutoCAD users to draft more efficiently, neatly, and accurately.

Autocad lisp routines