'shortcuts' in ACAD 2006

I have just started using AutoCAD after 15 yeras on a unix based system,
and am trying to get my head round the prog (and there is a lot to take
in!).

On my old cad system, it was possible to allocate a key do do several
things, e.g. pressing '1' would change to linestyle x, colour y and
lineweight z

I think I have grasped the concept of aliases, most of which which appear
to be 'Ctrl+key'. Can I assign single keys to replicate the above?

Any help greatfully received.

Phil.

 

Many are already predefined as 1, 2 or more characters followed by enter
or space. for example o is for offset, t is for text block etc

 

The aliases are contained in a file who's name varies depending on the
release. Old systems=acad.pgp

However, getting one key to do what amounts to a number of commands will
have to be done through other means as aliases are single commands only. You
will have to write scripts or lisps to do what you want then (maybe)assign a
key stroke for that lisp. I do that sort of thing a lot and it really speeds
things up if you find yourself doing the same thing repeatedly.

A lisp that contains a couple of command calls is very simple to learn how
to do. Check the help. I have a bunch you can look at and modify to suit you
on my site.

 

Thanks for all the pointers, guys.

Phil.

 

Hi Phil,
Here are some of my Ctrl+Key shortcuts.


***ACCELERATORS
toglguide ["F4"]
[CONTROL+"Left" ]midpoint
[CONTROL+"Right"]center
[CONTROL+"Up" ]endpoint
[CONTROL+"Down" ]intersection
[CONTROL+"L"]^c^c-LAYER
[CONTROL+"K"]$M=$(if,$(and,$(getvar,pickadd),1),'pickadd 0,'pickadd 1)
[CONTROL+"Q"]^c^cDTEXT
[CONTROL+"E"]^c^cDDEDIT
[CONTROL+"D"]^c^cDIST
[CONTROL+"M"]^c^cMENULOAD
[CONTROL+"S"]^c^cSCRIPT
[CONTROL+"B"]^c^cBLOCK
[CONTROL+"W"]^c^cWBLOCK
[CONTROL+"H"]^c^cHATCH
[CONTROL+"I"]^c^cINSERT
[CONTROL+"P"]^c^cPEDIT
[CONTROL+"N"]^c^cPURGE
[CONTROL+"O"]^c^cOPEN
[CONTROL+"R"]^c^cREDO
[CONTROL+"U"]^c^cU
[CONTROL+"X"]^c^cCUTCLIP
[CONTROL+"C"]^c^cCOPYCLIP
[CONTROL+"V"]^c^cPASTECLIP

You can revised the commands to suit your needs.
After that you include this accelerators to the bottom
of acad.mnu or any menu you are using. Then detached and
attached again your menu to take effect

Good Luck

 

Hi Phil,
Here are some of my Ctrl+Key shortcuts.


***ACCELERATORS
toglguide ["F4"]
[CONTROL+"Left" ]midpoint
[CONTROL+"Right"]center
[CONTROL+"Up" ]endpoint
[CONTROL+"Down" ]intersection
[CONTROL+"L"]^c^c-LAYER
[CONTROL+"K"]$M=$(if,$(and,$(getvar,pickadd),1),'pickadd 0,'pickadd 1)
[CONTROL+"Q"]^c^cDTEXT
[CONTROL+"E"]^c^cDDEDIT
[CONTROL+"D"]^c^cDIST
[CONTROL+"M"]^c^cMENULOAD
[CONTROL+"S"]^c^cSCRIPT
[CONTROL+"B"]^c^cBLOCK
[CONTROL+"W"]^c^cWBLOCK
[CONTROL+"H"]^c^cHATCH
[CONTROL+"I"]^c^cINSERT
[CONTROL+"P"]^c^cPEDIT
[CONTROL+"N"]^c^cPURGE
[CONTROL+"O"]^c^cOPEN
[CONTROL+"R"]^c^cREDO
[CONTROL+"U"]^c^cU
[CONTROL+"X"]^c^cCUTCLIP
[CONTROL+"C"]^c^cCOPYCLIP
[CONTROL+"V"]^c^cPASTECLIP

You can revised the commands to suit your needs.
After that you include this accelerators to the bottom
of acad.mnu or any menu you are using. Then detached and
attached again your menu to take effect

Good Luck