using the keybord in Autocad 2004

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by deekodiver, Nov 22, 2003.

  1. deekodiver

    deekodiver Guest

    I've the habit using shortkeys on my keybord such as <e>=erase, <z>=zoom,
    <r>=regen, <d>=dim in autocad 97,98,2000 etc...

    This seems not to work anymore in acad 2004.

    Can this be adjusted in autocad 2004 ?
    This automatism is for me 7 year old ( very handy) habit .

    thanks

    Franky
     
    deekodiver, Nov 22, 2003
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  2. do you know autolisp ?
    because you can redefine with autolist like (defun c:r () (command
    "regen")).
     
    Bruno Lintermans, Nov 24, 2003
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  3. deekodiver

    Jakub Guest

    do you know autolisp ?
    Autolisp??? Why make something easy harder?

    Franky, I'm not very familiar with 2004, but I assume it's similar to 2000.
    You have 4 options: Use lisp as Bruno suggested (hardest method), or you can
    edit your Acad.pgp file with any text editor like Notepad (search for
    Acad.pgp on your hard drive, I believe in 2004 it may be in your sub-folders
    of your Documents and Settings folder - in 2000 it is in AutoCAD's Support
    folder), or you can go into your Tools menu, Customize sub-menu, Keyboard...
    which will allow you to assign keyboard shortcuts one at a time.

    Then there's the easiest method: If you had installed express tools for
    2004, you should have the Command Alias Editor available to you in the Tools
    sub-menu (at least that's the case in 2000, I'm not sure if it's still there
    for 2004 - anyone??). The alias editor edits your acad.pgp file for you so
    you don't have to do it in Notepad, and it updates your current session to
    work with your changes immediately.

    good luck...
     
    Jakub, Nov 24, 2003
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  4. deekodiver

    deekodiver Guest

    Indeed i was able to edit the acad.pgp file with notepad.
    First nothing happend but then i copyed this file to acad/support (like
    autocad 2000, in autocad 2004 this file was located further away in
    sub-folders) and suddenly evertything worked.
    Thanks very much...
     
    deekodiver, Nov 25, 2003
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  5. with autolisp a shortcut can be a very very long shortcut. ;-)

    ok! it's not easy! but, how to make something like "zoom extends" with
    ..pgp ? or more complexe commands ?
    other sample: copy multiple --> (command "copy" (ssget) "" "m")

    it's harder but really interesting, I thing...
     
    Bruno Lintermans, Nov 25, 2003
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  6. deekodiver

    decymechanik Guest

    Hallo, I'm Mike, Poland, first time on this group.
    It possible to edit acad.pgp file
    You have to enter into Tools/Adaptation/User files edit/Program parameters
    <= i guess because I use Polish version of ACad.
    There is a file named acad.pgp.
    Enjoy.

    p.s.
    Sorry for my english. I hope you understood and I helped You.
     
    decymechanik, Nov 25, 2003
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  7. deekodiver

    deekodiver Guest

    just type <z> <enter> then <e> <enter>
    acad.pgp will do the rest...simple..
     
    deekodiver, Nov 25, 2003
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