VDS wrote:Can hot keys be set with the "shift" button? Really hoping to get SHIFT + A to open my Arcs menu.... My ALT hotkeys are running out!!!
Depending which Arcs menu you are looking for, with Datacad closed, if you open the DCADWIN.mnu file with Notepad and use Ctrl+F to find / search for 'arc', you should find several lines for arcs. So what you can do is for example for the line
Code: Select all2-Point Arc||Draw curve by center, starting, and end points
you can add 'SHIFT+A' to the line between the | | so it looks like
Code: Select all2-Point Arc|SHIFT+A|Draw curve by center, starting, and end points
Then save the file, launch Datacad and see if it works. If it does, you are all set. If it does not, read on. OK, read on even if it does work incase you want to edit more lines later.
So one thing to note is Datacad assigns the shortcuts based on their order in the DCADWIN.mnu file. So the first line that has say 'SHIFT+A' will get the assignment, and any lines after that that have 'SHIFT+A' in between the | | , will be ignored. So if you are getting a different menu or command than is expected, you can do a search for 'SHIFT+A' to see if that shortcut combo shows up before the line you would like it assigned to. You can either remove the offending SHIFT+A from the line that comes before your desired line, or replace it with another unused shortcut combo.
From page 600 of the Datacad 22 manual, below are some examples of what types of shortcut combos you can use for DCADWIN.mnu lines.
(0-9)
Example: Open|5|Open Existing File
(A-Z)
Example: Open|E|Open Existing File
(F1-F12)
Example: Open|F5|Open Existing File
([CTRL] + (0-9), (A-Z), (F1-F12))
Example: Open|CTRL+5|Open Existing File
Example: Open|CTRL+E|Open Existing File
([CTRL] + [SHIFT] + (0-9), (A-Z), (F1-F12))
Example: Open|CTRL+SHIFT+5|Open Existing File
Example: Open|CTRL+SHIFT+E|Open Existing File
Example: Open|CTRL+SHIFT+F5|Open Existing File
([CTRL] + [ALT] + (0-9), (A-Z), (F1-F12))
Example: Open|CTRL+ALT+5|Open Existing File
Example: Open|CTRL+ALT+E|Open Existing File
Example: Open|CTRL+ALT+F5|Open Existing File
([SHIFT] + (0-9), (A-Z), (F1-F12))
Example: Open|SHIFT+5|Open Existing File
Example: Open|SHIFT+E|Open Existing File
Example: Open|SHIFT+F5|Open Existing File
([ALT] + (0-9), (A-Z), (F1-F12))
Example: Open|ALT+5|Open Existing File
Example: Open|ALT+E|Open Existing File
Example: Open|ALT+F5|Open Existing File
([ALT] + [SHIFT] + (0-9), (A-Z), (F1-F12))
Example: Open|ALT+SHIFT+5|Open Existing File
Example: Open|ALT+SHIFT+E|Open Existing File
Example: Open|ALT+SHIFT+F5|Open Existing File
([CTRL] + [ALT] + [SHIFT] + (0-9), (A-Z), (F1-F12))
Example: Open|CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+5|Open Existing File
Example: Open|CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E|Open Existing File
Example: Open|CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F5|Open Existing File