one word hot keys

[david.rees]

OK so its two words but still. i use hot keys all the time for things like trim and extend so i DONT have to type the full command got trim set as ctrl+q and trim as ctrl+I i have few others as well this makes command entry so much faster.

can be done in menu customization options (just right click a tool bar)

[jaberwok]

Hi David.
Just in case - are you aware of Command Aliases?
TR = trim.
EX = extend.

It strikes me as being easier that CTRL combinations.

[Robert.Hall]

why would you want to use the control key???
Just curious how you set up your keyboard.

[rtorres]

I agree with John ... I would just edit my ACAD.PGP ... but I ain't gonna dictate how one drafts.

So ...

Before you do anything ... BACKUP ... BACKUP ... BACKUP ....
ok..
You can find that under the ACAD.mns file.

Open that and add the line ...


ID_APP_TRIM [trim]^C^C_trim


... do it under .... ***POP1 ... or under ***POP2 .... or under ***POP3 ...

It's one of those ....


May take some experimenting on your part.

I don't know which short cut menu you're accustom to seeing the trim command.

Once you open it you should get a better feel for it ...


GOOD LUCK .... you'll need it.

I'd copy the entire ACAD folder somewhere under a different name ...
But that's me.

Other wise just copy the ACAD.mn* files to somewhere else.

later
:mrgreen:

[david.rees]

i would love to rip autocad apart and put it back how i want it but unfortunatly i share my machine with a guy who is very stuck in his ways(he keeps changing C to copy rarther that circle which i find annoying) and my boss doesn't trust me (how odd). i do know about the command aliases but a 2 key strike rarther that 3 seems to make more sense to me. i also have CTRL+m set for match properties.
our autocad is also network based so any changes are recorded by IT and they tend to get a bit annoyed when the have spend so much time sorting cad out for the company. (i want to work in a small company so i can do what i want) got fried a few months ago for adding a lisp routine because some's machine went funny (nothing to do with me or my program) it turned out IT had deleted half his account muppets.

[Mike.Perry]

i would love to rip autocad apart and put it back how i want it but unfortunatly i share my machine with a guy who is very stuck in his ways...

our autocad is also network based so any changes are recorded by IT and they tend to get a bit annoyed when the have spend so much time sorting cad out for the company.Hi

Have you looked at setting up AutoCAD Profiles (ARG files)?

Have you looked at setting up an independent AutoCAD Custom area for your requirements?

Have a good one, Mike

[Robert.Hall]

Too bad autocad doesn't read the pgp file from your documents and settings folder.
If it did that, all you would have to do is log into the computer as yourself and your custom pgp file would be working. I know it loads the Acad.lsp from there.......would there be a way within the Acad.lsp to tell Autocad which copy of the pgp file to use??? An interesting question?

I dont think that using profiles changes the PGP file, just the toolbars.

When I want to show a coworker how to draw something in Acad, I wish I could just
switch over the PGP file. I am somewhat lost when I sit down at a different computer.

[Glenn Pope]

Too bad autocad doesn't read the pgp file from your documents and settings folder.
If it did that, all you would have to do is log into the computer as yourself and your custom pgp file would be working. I know it loads the Acad.lsp from there.......would there be a way within the Acad.lsp to tell Autocad which copy of the pgp file to use??? An interesting question?

I dont think that using profiles changes the PGP file, just the toolbars.

When I want to show a coworker how to draw something in Acad, I wish I could just
switch over the PGP file. I am somewhat lost when I sit down at a different computer.
If your using Windows 2K or XP, each user gets their own pgp file located:
c:\Documents & Settings\"USER"\Application Data\"AutoCAD Ver"\"Ver Num"\eng\support

Another way to use different PGP files is with AutoCAD profiles. Create a folder for each pgp file. In each profile add the folder that corresponds with the profile into the search path and place the folder at the very top of the list. AutoCAD will find this pgp first and ignore the rest.

[J. Grouchy]

he keeps changing C to copy rarther that circle which i find annoying

That was always the first alias I changed in ACAD...C to Copy and CC to circle. How often does one draw circles vs. use the copy command? To me it just makes more sense.

To each his own.