![]() To setup a shortcut simply click on the letter you want to use and type the command to be launched. The toggle shortcut consists of 2 key combination such as “shift + caps lock” and can be changed to other options. If you have a certain workflow with most used commands set up it is rarely required to toggle the shortcuts mode. Once a command is started or when editing text, the keyboard is always in standard mode to allow typing. It is similar to having an extra language layout except those unused keys do not change. What if I want to type a command instead of shortcut? The solution here is the special keyboard mode for shortcuts. Saving a few seconds a hundred times does add up which results in saved time, reduced eye strain, less frustration and overall feeling good at the end of the work day. Typing aliases, digging into menus, moving mouse all over the place creates friction in the workflow which can be eliminated. You will feel that you are accomplishing much more with less effort, and it is satisfying to see that with just few button presses, you make your computer work hard for you. Simple one key shortcuts can dramatically improve productivity while using AutoCAD. In reality, it is an alias reference card and should be called accordingly. At some point even Autodesk recognized the importance of single key shortcuts, and they created a default shortcuts reference named “one-key shortcuts”. Over the years I have been using it in my drafting work and continuously improving it. This is how the One Key Shortcuts plugin was born. Insert a certain block you frequently use? No problem! Make the viewport scale 1:50 in one keystroke? Done! Purge all without any prompts? Too easy! You name it and you will have it at your fingertips. And those shortcuts can be anything that can be typed in the command line. My goal was to make single key shortcuts which I can put under fingertips of my left hand without the need to run all over the keyboard. After exploring these options, I became determined to create my own solution which will bring a smoother, better, more enjoyable workflow. On the other hand, when using mouse, I have to dig into menus, aim for icons and then put the mouse pointer back to where it was before. Not only do I have to make around 3 keystrokes, I also need to move my left hand all over the keyboard while my right hand is resting on mouse. I have tried aliases and realized that they often require to type 2 or 3 letters which are all over the keyboard and press spacebar at the end. Then after calming down, I started to think why AutoCAD does not have simple one key shortcuts… Other software packages have them. When I was faced with tight deadlines and pressure at work I collapsed like a house of cards. Many moons have passed but we can still see the ergonomics flaws which were planted at the dawn of computer technology. It was not considered how many letters a person had to type to access a command or how long the mouse path had to be and how many clicks needed to be done. The software was also designed to provide functionality first. As a result, we have unnecessary friction of moving hand between mouse and numpad. It was before the mouse became a common input device. Probably the original intention was making it easier for the right-handed people to use numpad as a calculator. Placed on the right-side it forces you to move hand from mouse to numpad every time you required to enter a number. Therefore, we had rectangular mouse bricks. Nobody really thought about ergonomics, the goal was to provide functionality first. Back in the days, the focus was on computers itself as a promise of profound impact on the way we do things. The first release of AutoCAD was 38 years ago. ![]() Going into FORMAT > CHARACTER > STRIKETHROUGH > SINGLE > OK is a lot of hassle to apply what should be a one-click item.Back November 13th, 2021 AutoCAD: One Key Shortcuts This is an inconvenience for people who are proof-reading documents and need to apply strikethrough constantly. I checked under every possible customization menu. You suggested that there is a "strikethrough" icon available for the toolbar. Everything was highlighted properly, but no key-press was accepted in the little "dotted box". are NOT useable for shortcuts? That seems quite limited.Īlso, when I tried a keyboard customization, meaning trying to assign a key shortcut to "strikethrough" - same problem. And this suggests that all other possible key combo's using CMD, OPTION ('alt'), SHIFT + letters / numbers / arrows. F12) can be assigned to macros, or to any other keyboard shortcuts?Īll my "F" keys seem to do other things, so none are available. not clear on what is being implied here.Īre you saying that only "function" keys (F1.
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