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Would you like to create a keyboard shortcut to your favorite command-option combination? For example, I would like a version of the COPY command that doesn’t repeat, that is, that ends after one copy operation. Here are the steps: Enter cui to open the Customize User Interface dialog box. Note: This is an article by Fran Golding, Senior Drafter at Parsons Brinckerhoff, a large planning, environment and infrastructure firm with offices in Australia and New Zealand. Perhaps you can add your own productivity boost ideas. When I first started to drive a car, I had the feeling that I was not the one in control. [...] Keyboard shortcuts can make your work go much faster. You can use the default keyboard shortcuts and create your own. Here are the defaults that come with AutoCAD: F1: Displays Help F2: Toggles the Text Window F3: Toggles OSNAP F4: Toggles Tablet mode F5: Toggles ISOPLANE F6: Toggles Dynamic UCS F7: Toggles GRID mode F8: Toggles ORTHO mode F9: Toggles SNAP mode F10: Toggles Polar Tracking F11: [...] A script is a macro, a list of commands that you can run all at once, and as many times as necessary, allowing you to automate tasks that would take a long time if you did them manually. Scripts can be very powerful and you can run them on objects in one [...] When I give instructions, I usually provide menu, toolbar, or ribbon access for commands, but the quickest way to work is to type command aliases on the command line. You just need to know them. Print out this list and keep it by your computer for a couple of weeks until you [...] AutoCAD 2009 introduced the ribbon, a completely different way of specifying commands. Some people like it; some don’t. However, if you want to use the ribbon (and it’s not going away), you can create a hybrid user interface that gives you the best of all worlds. One reason to continue with menus is [...] You probably have a shortcut to AutoCAD on your desktop. If you do, you can customize how that shortcut works. You can even create several shortcuts and tell them to open AutoCAD in different ways. This is called using command-line switches. First, select the shortcut and press Ctrl+C. Then press Ctrl+V to create a duplicate. Let’s [...] One of the nicest new features of 2007 is the ease with which you can change your viewpoint using a poorly-documented keyboard shortcut for 3D Orbit. Press and hold Shift and press your mouse’s wheel (or middle button) to temporarily and transparently enter 3D Orbit. While doing this, use that wheel to drag in any [...] |
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