We've created bunch of shortcuts that have helped us make DataCAD 11 more efficient. Here's a list of all of our [CTRL+] shortcuts (some are pre-loaded shortcuts that come with DataCAD). The ones in bold are the ones I believe we created or changed from something else we don't use as often:
[Ctrl+S] = Save
[Ctrl+Z] = Undo
[Ctrl+Y] = Redo
[Ctrl+L] = Layer Manager
[Ctrl+D] = Polyline Menu
[Ctrl+V] = Paste
[Ctrl+B] = Batch Plot
[Ctrl+W] = Weld Line
[Ctrl+F] = Hatch & Fill Menu
[Ctrl+G] = GoToView
[Ctrl+C] = Cleanup Menu
[Ctrl+1] = 1 Line Trim
[Ctrl+2] = 2 Line Trim
[Ctrl+3] = Stretch
[Ctrl+R] = Reference File Manager
[Ctrl+M] = Mirror
[Ctrl+E] = Clipboard Select
[Ctrl+N] = Window Menu
[Ctrl+A] = Doorswing Menu
[Ctrl+O] = Open File
[Ctrl+T] = Symbol Browser
[Ctrl+Q] = Geometry-Offset
[Ctrl+F7] = Spelling
[Ctrl+F1] = Reference Manual
We tried to make most of them one-handed combinations on the left hand so you don't have to release the mouse to use them. If you'd like a copy of this menu file, go to http://www.benchmarkdesign.us/shortcuts and save it as a text file in your My Documents folder with the name "dcadwin.mnu".
Open the program [Start][All Programs][Accessories][Notebook] and then open the "dcadwin.mnu" file you created with the Notebook program. You need to delete the html tags that were added when it was saved so delete the following:
All of this comes off the top:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
All of this comes off the bottom:
</body>
</html>
After this, the first line in the file should read "File||Display File menu options<br>" and the last line in the file should read "Orphaned Bitmap Manager<br>".
The original file is in the C:\Program Files\DataCAD\Support Files\ folder. Change the name of your original menu file to "dcadwinold.mnu" in case you want to put it back later then copy your new menu file into this directory. The next time you start DataCAD your new shortcuts will be available.
If you have any suggestions for new shortcuts please list them. They have to be [CTRL+something] from what I understand from the help files.
My biggest suggestion would be to allow any key combination to be used in DataCAD for shortcuts. I've sent this to tech support, so maybe it will be available later. The reason for this is it would be nice if all of the generic shortcuts matched other Windows programs. My biggest for instance would be [CTRL+SHIFT+Z] for Undo.
Enjoy!!
[Ctrl+S] = Save
[Ctrl+Z] = Undo
[Ctrl+Y] = Redo
[Ctrl+L] = Layer Manager
[Ctrl+D] = Polyline Menu
[Ctrl+V] = Paste
[Ctrl+B] = Batch Plot
[Ctrl+W] = Weld Line
[Ctrl+F] = Hatch & Fill Menu
[Ctrl+G] = GoToView
[Ctrl+C] = Cleanup Menu
[Ctrl+1] = 1 Line Trim
[Ctrl+2] = 2 Line Trim
[Ctrl+3] = Stretch
[Ctrl+R] = Reference File Manager
[Ctrl+M] = Mirror
[Ctrl+E] = Clipboard Select
[Ctrl+N] = Window Menu
[Ctrl+A] = Doorswing Menu
[Ctrl+O] = Open File
[Ctrl+T] = Symbol Browser
[Ctrl+Q] = Geometry-Offset
[Ctrl+F7] = Spelling
[Ctrl+F1] = Reference Manual
We tried to make most of them one-handed combinations on the left hand so you don't have to release the mouse to use them. If you'd like a copy of this menu file, go to http://www.benchmarkdesign.us/shortcuts and save it as a text file in your My Documents folder with the name "dcadwin.mnu".
Open the program [Start][All Programs][Accessories][Notebook] and then open the "dcadwin.mnu" file you created with the Notebook program. You need to delete the html tags that were added when it was saved so delete the following:
All of this comes off the top:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
All of this comes off the bottom:
</body>
</html>
After this, the first line in the file should read "File||Display File menu options<br>" and the last line in the file should read "Orphaned Bitmap Manager<br>".
The original file is in the C:\Program Files\DataCAD\Support Files\ folder. Change the name of your original menu file to "dcadwinold.mnu" in case you want to put it back later then copy your new menu file into this directory. The next time you start DataCAD your new shortcuts will be available.
If you have any suggestions for new shortcuts please list them. They have to be [CTRL+something] from what I understand from the help files.
My biggest suggestion would be to allow any key combination to be used in DataCAD for shortcuts. I've sent this to tech support, so maybe it will be available later. The reason for this is it would be nice if all of the generic shortcuts matched other Windows programs. My biggest for instance would be [CTRL+SHIFT+Z] for Undo.
Enjoy!!
Mark F. Madura