A Road Tool, Re-confurable key menu, and SketchUp ??

[Richard McCarthy]

1. A Road Tool, that you just define the width (and also cross section shape) and draw the path/spline on the plan view, and it will automatically be attached and conform to the terrain. (Sort of like the tools they have in Command and Conquer General Editor)

2. Re-confurable key menu. This is desperately needed. Every other app worth it's salt have it, why revit doesn't??

3. Draw along surface spline tool, so you can "extrude" shapes out of terrain, eg. fences, post, etc.

4. SketchUp like interface - I must be dreaming about this every night... just basically let you draw lines in 3D space that snap to the 3D axis and form 3D faces. Revit's family editor badly need this for easier family creation. Also a more powerful polygon tools (like from MAX) are needed too for more complex editing/object creation.

-RM

[janunson]

about number 2... I believe that's already there (you mean the quick key commands, right?)

check C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit 5.1\Program\KeyboardShortcuts.txt.

[Richard McCarthy]

That's a the horrible way to edit your keyboard short cut. Like some unfinished backend interface, looking for that particular files EVERY DAMN TIME I need to reconfigure some key. Why can't autodesk write a proper menu for it? SketchUp have it, most apps have it, even GAMES have an easy to use and definable key menu. WE DON'T want to hack around a txt file to get it done.

[Richard McCarthy]

I just remember, another thing,
JOURNAL playback needs to have a fast-forward and rewind button, or a button to click through each steps then pause, AND a pause button.
Also a menu for history (like photoshop) where you can click the steps back or just scroll through the command list. Maybe even support multi-path history..... (I am dreaming here now)

[jbalding48677]

That's a the horrible way to edit your keyboard short cut. Like some unfinished backend interface, looking for that particular files EVERY DAMN TIME I need to reconfigure some key. Why can't autodesk write a proper menu for it? SketchUp have it, most apps have it, even GAMES have an easy to use and definable key menu. WE DON'T want to hack around a txt file to get it done.

It seems to me that this could be integrated somewhat easily, it just needs to be prioritized at Revit. Your wish has been noted.

Now, there is really no need to get so angry about it. Just ask and move on.

[Steve_Stafford]

This has never bothered me, but then I guess I was used to it since there were many such files requiring upkeep with that "other" software.

I think a "nicer" way to add your own would be nice, but not a priority for me.

Someone recently compiled a shortcut file that has virtually all the possible commands in it...you just add shortcuts to any commands you'd like and you're done. Save a copy and after an upgrade pop it back in...

Want to see it for your self? Click ME It's the one with the BD prefix.

[janunson]

That's a the horrible way to edit your keyboard short cut. Like some unfinished backend interface, looking for that particular files EVERY DAMN TIME I need to reconfigure some key. Why can't autodesk write a proper menu for it? SketchUp have it, most apps have it, even GAMES have an easy to use and definable key menu. WE DON'T want to hack around a txt file to get it done.

wimp.

[gregcashen]

I have made a shortcut to this file in my projects folder and can get to it pretty easily. I don't find it that hard to work with...that said, an alias editor ala autocad express tools would be neato.

[Richard McCarthy]

hehe, I just like to try out the "evil" icon from time to time

[hand471037]

A feature that I loved from Truespace is that you can edit the shortcuts by either going to a shortcut .txt file (ala Revit & AutoCAD) -or- (and this was the cool part) simply hit 'alt' & 'F2' (or something like that), select a tool, then hit your choosen keyboard combo and BAM! shortcut established for that tool/setting. It was great having this shortcut-defining 'prefix' for it made it trival to set shortcuts on the fly... if you did something more than three times in a row, you'd simply set a shortcut and get on with your work. it saved these shortcuts to the .txt file too, so that you could go back later and ditch them/rework them...