4.564 Spring 2001 Textbooks and References
last revised : 01/29/07


AutoLISP Manual
  • AutoCAD Help Menu PC users using AutoCAD 2000 can access the whole AutoCAD manual from the Help menu. Help>AutoCAD Help>Contents>VisualLisp&AutoLisp >Shortcut Link to the AutoCAD Visual Lisp Help - AutoLISP Reference>AutoLisp Reference Overview This alphabetically lists all AutoLISP commands with syntax and examples. - Visual Lisp Developer's Guide --Chapter 8 AutoLISP Basics This explains basic concepts of building blocks of AutoLISP program. --Appendix A AutoLISP Function Synopsis This lists all AutoLISP commands by its function. - VisualLisp Tutorial This includes step-by-step tutorial of making of a simplest program. It is not an interesting example, but includes explantion on VisualLisp debugger environment.
    Recommended Readings
  • ACGP The Art of Computer Graphics Programming William Mitchell, Robin Liggett and Thomas Kvan. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1987

  • EDS The Electronic Design Studio Malcolm McCullough, William Mitchell and Patrick Purcell, Ed. MIT press. 1990

  • LOA The Logic of Architecture William Mitchell, MIT press. 1990


    Resource and References
  • Architectural Graphic Standards, 9th edition Ramsey/Sleeper Architectural Graphic Standards. John Ray Hoke Jr., Ed. New York: J. Wiley, 1994.

  • AJ Metric Handbook, 3rd edition Jan A. Sliwa, Leslie Fairweather, Ed. London: Architectural Press, 1970.

  • Architects' Data, 2nd edition Ernst Neufert. New York: Halsted Press, 1980.

  • A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method, for students, craftsmen, and amateurs, 15th edition Sir Banister Flight Fletcher. London: Batsford, 1950.


    Other Materials Introduced in the Lecture
  • Formal Design in Renaissance Architecture from Brunelleschi to Palladio Michele Furnari New York: Rizzoli, 1995

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