This book is for users who want to unleash the full power of AutoCAD through the AutoLISP programming language. In nontechnical terms, the reader is shown how to store point locations, create new commands, and manipulate coordinates and text.

Here is the only book that teaches the non-expert how to use AutoCAD's powerful internal programmer to solve common drawing problems. AutoCAD users will save hours of work--and countless headaches--on the strength of the advice offered in this expert guide.

AutoLISP is the programming language behind AutoCAD. It allows the user to access the workings of AutoCAD to customize commands, thus increasing efficiency and productivity. Covering this very complex subject, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to AutoLISP without overloading the reader. It describes how the reader can access the workings of AutoCAD to customize commands. The authors have drawn on their background in both education and industry to present a series of exercises which are both meaningful in content and interesting in application.