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I have tried all the usual, that I know, to get a lisp file to load automatically at startup. I have named it ICAD.lsp and put it in the LSP directory as well as in several others. Also, if I load another drawing, I have to reload the lisp file. Does anyone know how to get around this?
Thanks

Create an ICAD.LSP in:

%APPDATA%\Carlson Software\Carlson2010\ICAD\SUP

That should load for each drawing.

Tried and failed

Just as a follow up note: I can manually load it in the drawing (load "icad") and everything is fine until I open another drawing.
Thanks

It does not open in new drawings because the autoload function is not working.
I am not familiar with Intellicad, but I have done this in AutoCad and the process should be the same.
Now you say you have created a folder under "Support" as instructed, called Icad.lsp? What is in that folder?
It appears that you may have a name collision going on here. Try renaming your custon lisp routine to "icad2.lsp". Then open the icad.lsp foulder and type in (load "icad2").

Yes, I put the icad.lsp file in the \SUP folder.There is a lot of stuff in that folder (menu files, drawing templetes, block drawings, etc).

I tried changing the name to icad2.lsp and loading it in a new icad.lsp file with no luck.

To add to the confusion - If I load an existing drawing through the startup wizard, it will autoload icad.lsp. But, if I open another drawing it will discard it. If I exit the startup wizard, it will not autoload icad.lsp.

In Intellicad is there a file called icaddoc.lsp?
I am totally confused about your icad.lsp lisp file. Is that a custom file? What is in that file?
In AutoCad, I have an acad.lsp file that contains the load commands for all of the lisp routines that I want to load on startup, ie (Load"chgobliq"), etc. If your icad.lsp file is some custom routine that you have written, then the first thing you need to do is rename it. If icad.lsp is a blank file that you have created to do the autolaod stuff, fine, you have completed Step 1, now you need to go to Step 2.
Straighten me out here. What is your icad.lsp file and what is it supposed to do?

Icad.lsp is the exact same thing as Acad.lsp. It is suppose to autoload at startup. It contains several commands to load other lisp routines.

OK, so now it appears the only thing to check is that those load commands are properly entered?

(LOAD "XXX.LSP")
(LOAD "YYY.LSP")
(LOAD "ZZZ.LSP"), etc.
with all of the apostrphies and quote marks and so forth?

The only other thing I can think of is to maybe copy acad.lsp off another computer and add your load commands and rename it and see if it runs. (Check to be sure that it does not call up other lisp routines (acad2007doc.lsp) that are not in your Intellicad version. That's why I asked if there is an Icad2010doc.lsp file on your computer.)

I have checked it out and it loads and runs fine if I do it at the command prompt in a drawing: (load "icad"). It will not load automatically at startup, like it should.

Grasping at straws here, have you rebooted your computer since you added icad.lsp?
(I had this same problem way back when with AutoCad and I cannot remember what I did to fix it.)

Yeh, I have been working on this for weeks. I think it has something to do with the way Carlson loads on top that is kicking it out. Thanks

Hey bft, what version are you running?

2010

bftsurveying wrote:2010

I am using 2011 and it seems to be working for me. The quick tests I have done with 2010 indicate ICAD.LSP is running for each file created or opened here when I put the file in the SUP directory.

My Intellicad version here for 2010 is 6.6.100.3.P.