2018 Autocad Lisp routines (new ones) not loading

[jhein759286]

I have added some new lisp routines to my 2018 autocad lisp folder.

I added them to the acad.lsp file & placed the routines in that same folder. (My search file search path is directed to the correct folder) my autocad is acting like it does not see them (the new lisp routines that I added). I created a new folder with different name and added it to the search paths & autocad sees all lisp routines new & old. Is there something that needs to change so that autocad 2018 will read all lisp routines with having to make new folder.

This would not be that big of an issue but if I have to use new folder I will have to go on like 30+ computers and change them since we have our lisp routines on our network drive so everyone gets to use them.

I appreciate anyone's help so I will not have to go to 30 computers & make that change every time I need to update our lisp routines.

[rkmcswain]

Did you add this folder to the list of Trusted Locations? (Options>Files>Trusted Locations)
Or did you set SECURELOAD to 0?

How are the files being told to load in ACAD.LSP?

Like this?

(load "mylisp")
(load "yourlisp")
(load "herlisp")

Presuming that ACADLSPASDOC = 0 (which it should be), then ACAD.LSP only loads once per session.
You need to be loading lisp files using ACADDOC.LSP.

[jhein759286]

Yes it is in trusted locations.

The issue is I added lisp routines to my acad.lsp file:

(load "jq" '("jq"))
(load "jrvc" '("jrvc"))
(load "jqldr" '("jqldr"))
(load "jv" '("jv"))
(load "jz" '("jz"))
(load "ju" '("ju"))
(load "jr" '("jr"))
(load "jtu" '("jtu"))
(load "rvcf" '("rvcf"))
(load "rvcr" '("rvcr"))
(load "rvcdcbf" '("rvcdcbf"))
(load "rvcdcbr" '("rvcdcbr"))
(load "rvcdcbnt" '("rvcdcbnt"))
(load "rvcdcbntf" '("rvcdcbntf"))

The bottom (4) I added today.

The actual lisp files for these are in the same folder as acad.lsp file is (along with the top (10))

ACADLSPASDOC = 1, on my computer (so it loads every time I open a drawing)

When I start up autocad 2018 & I start typing rvc it does not show the (4) new lisp routines I made.

[rkmcswain]

Without having the files here - my next guess would be that it's failing at some point, at which time execution stops and everything below the fail point is ignored.

I still say you should be using Acaddoc.lsp, not because what you are doing isn't working, but because now you have no way of loading things only at application startup - which is what acad.lsp is for.

[BIG-AL]

It may be loading the wrong Acad.lsp ie you need to search for all acad.lsp on your PC once found Autocad stops looking.

Put this in (alert "correct acad.lsp found") if the message does not pop then its loading a different version check your support paths and look at top path first. Then next and so on for a acad.lsp

[Tom Beauford]

To see if it's loading completely add

(princ "\n\"Acad.lsp\" loading. ")

as the first line and

(princ (strcat "\n" (substr (vla-get-Caption (vlax-get-acad-object)) 1 (vl-string-search " - [" (vla-get-Caption (vlax-get-acad-object)))) (substr (getvar '_VERNUM) 2) " \"Acad.lsp\" loaded. "))
(princ)

as the last two lines.

Enter

(findfile "acad.lsp")

at the command line to see which acad.lsp file AutoCAD is using.

Does

(load "rvcdcbf" '("rvcdcbf"))
(load "rvcdcbr" '("rvcdcbr"))
(load "rvcdcbnt" '("rvcdcbnt"))
(load "rvcdcbntf" '("rvcdcbntf"))

work if you load them at the command line?

[jhein759286]

I put the (alert "correct acad.lsp found") in my acad.lsp file & it did pop up on screen. So it must be stopping at some spot & ignoring the rest.

What is the acaddoc.lsp? and where would I put it & how to direct acad to it. Is it identical to my acad.lsp file and used same way? Sorry I do not get much new training at current job.

[rkmcswain]

Did you put that as the last line in the file?

Acaddoc.lsp can be located anywhere AutoCAD can find it (in the support file search path)
Same as Acad.lsp.

I suggest to create your own folder (i.e.: C:\CADSTUFF)
Then put your files in here.
Then add this path to the TOP of the support file search path.

ACAD.LSP = executes once PER SESSION
ACADDOC.LSP = executes each time a drawing is loaded.

You typically load lisp files in ACADDOC.LSP because a loaded lisp file only works in the drawing in which it's loaded.
So you have to load them for each drawing.

Other things like DLL/ARX files, work across drawings, so they only need to be loaded once per SESSION.

[BIG-AL]

We do similar to rkmcswain with one subtle difference all our lisps to auto load are saved in one lisp file so we daisy chain it from say acaddoc.lsp (load "allmy lisps") much easier to control as we run a network so any new stuff goes in one file on the server. Upgrades are simple if required add 1 line to acaddoc.lsp.