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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

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.

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.