Brics menu, Brics and lisp
Hello all I'm new here, considering migrating to Brics due to overwhelming sales hype. Before I download over 90 megs of trial version, maybe this forum can be of assistance. First, how is the menu file structured: similar to Autocad namely a simple ASCII file which can easily be be customised I hope ? Second, how successful is the lisp interpreter. I have over 3 decades of lisp development. I need to know if lisp code has to be reworked or not. Please make me privvy to the collective forum wisdom. Thanks
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Hello Hennie,
I'm using the same MNU file for Bricscad and AutoCAD.
Generally LISP works without changes. In my codes I made only minor updates for DCL management and Text calling commands. Also, LISP engine in Bricscad is quite faster and I hope you truly will enjoy about porting.
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I migrated in 1998 and I can echo Vaidas' comments at that time, I have not been near Acad since to personally find any differences.
A number of minor changes have been made in line with changes in Acad (like "per" instead of "perp") which can mislead someone coming from an earlier Acad version - these are basically only mirroring differences between Acad versions and sometimes don't make much sense. I don't blame Bcad for that.
They use the same menu structure. Literature (in both, I believe) tends to direct the user toward using the in-built editing method which works on the CUI file initially created from the MNU file.
Bcad (originally Intellicad) had a previous version of the same process using files with ICM extention IIRC.
Because the migration was not pretty I went back to using and editing the MNU as, I believe, many Acad users still do.
Actually I now use the factory menu and append my own MNU - too hard merging internal customisations with possible changes in the factory menu.
MNU has been the constant right from the original Acad.
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