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Spring 2001 Textbooks and References
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AutoLISP Manual
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- 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