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kpederson1-Visitor
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March 22, 2017
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Loading a lisp by toolbar button

  • March 22, 2017
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Hello,

 

I have a .lisp file that I have to continually drag and drop into Creo Elements Direct 18.10 for it to work. Is it possible to have it located in a folder and create a toolbar button that will go out and load it instead of having to drag and drop it?

 

Thanks for any help in advance!

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FriedhelmK17-Peridot
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March 23, 2017

Hi

Usually, all your own Lisp files are stored in a specific folder from which they are loaded.
For example, let's take this path:
C:\User\Lisp\...
And as an example, let's take this program:
example_1.lsp
Then it is loaded with this string:
(load "C:/User/Lisp/Example_1.lsp")
Attention, the slash must be "/" and always in brackets
Now there are different ways to load this:

1. Direct entry into the command line:Lispstart.jpg
2. Load when the program is started.
To do this, the above string must be written into a start file.
This is the sd_customize (for 3D) or the am_customize (for annotation).
They can be found in the User Customization Directory.
(File - Settings - UI ... - Customizations - Show Directory)
If it does not exist, simply create an empty text file without an extension.
Example of the location of the setup files:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\PTC\Creo Elements DirectModeling xxx\xxx\ ..    (the am_customize in folder ANNOTATION)
( ! This could look completely different in a company network ! ).


After loading, the little helpers can be found in the toolbox


If you still want a toolbar button, ask again.

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kpederson1-VisitorAuthor
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March 24, 2017

Thanks FriedhelmK,

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation of how to load a lisp thru the command line. I am working thru a company network and believe I am locked out of editing that setup file. I created a Toolbar button by writing a macro that loads thru the command line and then opens up the toolbox and grabs it. is there another way of creating a toolbar button that skips the macro step?

Also while I have your attention, do you know of a way to Upload a .TXT file to create a spline? Seems the only answers I get from people in regards to that question is someone using Parametric so its nice to talk with another Elements/Direct user.

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PeterKehoe1-Visitor
1-Visitor
March 24, 2017

A simple way to do that is to make some simple changes to the .TXT file so that when it is loaded it will create the spline. Here's an example:

CREATE_BSPLINE

:wire_part "/Spline"

20.000,00.000,00.000

00.000,00.000,-20.000

-20.000,10.000,00.000

00.000,20.000,30.000

30.000,30.000,00.000

00.000,30.000,-20.000

-20.000,30.000,00.000

00.000,30.000,30.000

30.000,10.000,00.000

complete

In that example, you just add the command to create a spline, then specify what part you want the spline added to, include each point of the spline on a separate line (X, Y, Z), and then specify that you are done with "complete".

It is possible to write a command which automates that so you don't have to modify the text file, and even generate a part name if you want. That takes some programming work, so unless you will be doing this a lot, the simple approach to just modifying the text file may be adequate for you.

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