A Functions

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• abs

  Returns the absolute value of a number

• acad_colordlg

  Displays the standard AutoCAD color selection dialog box

• acad_helpdlg

  Invokes the help facility (obsolete)

• acad-pop-dbmod

  Restores the value of the DBMOD system variable to the value that was most recently stored with acad-push-dbmod

• acad-push-dbmod

  Stores the current value of the DBMOD system variable

• acad_strlsort

  Sorts a list of strings in alphabetical order

• acad_truecolorcli

  Prompts for colors at the command line

• acad_truecolordlg

  Displays the AutoCAD color selection dialog box with tabs for index color, true color, and color books

• acdimenableupdate

  Controls the automatic updating of associative dimensions

• acet-layerp-mode

  Queries and sets the LAYERPMODE setting

• acet-layerp-mark

  Places beginning and ending marks for Layer Previous recording

• acet-laytrans

  Translates drawing layers to standards defined in another drawing or standards file

• acet-ms-to-ps

  Converts a real value from model space units to paper space units

• acet-ps-to-ms

  Converts a real value from paper space units to model space units

• action_tile

  Assigns an action to evaluate when the user selects the specified tile in a dialog box

• add_list

  Adds or modifies a string in the currently active dialog box list

• alert

  Displays a dialog box containing an error or warning message

• alloc

  Sets the size of the segment to be used by the expand function

• and

  Returns the logical AND of the supplied arguments

• angle

  Returns an angle in radians of a line defined by two endpoints

• angtof

  Converts a string representing an angle into a real (floating-point) value in radians

• angtos

  Converts an angular value in radians into a string

• append

  Takes any number of lists and appends them together as one list

• apply

  Passes a list of arguments to, and executes, a specified function

• arx

  Returns a list of the currently loaded ObjectARX applications

• arxload

  Loads an ObjectARX application

• arxunload

  Unloads an ObjectARX application

• ascii

  Returns the conversion of the first character of a string into its ASCII character code (an integer)

• assoc

  Searches an association list for an element and returns that association list entry

• atan

  Returns the arctangent of a number in radians

• atof

  Converts a string into a real number

• atoi

  Converts a string into an integer

• atom

  Verifies that an item is an atom

• atoms-family

  Returns a list of the currently defined symbols

• autoarxload

  Predefines command names to load an associated ObjectARX file

• autoload

  Predefines command names to load an associated AutoLISP file