Too fast on the mouse

[jjkeddie]

This is driving me mad! When I use keyboard commands such as 'ex' for extend, I beat the keyboard for speed with the right-hand mouse button (return) and only get 'e' which you know is erase. This happens with all commands. When I imput numerical data, I get 20mm when I want 200. I have Autocad LT 2008 and a Logitec MX 5500 cordless keyboard mouse combination. I have not changed my way of working in many years so it is unlikely to be a user problem. Also I still had this problem before I went cordless. It may have coincided with my upgrade to Autocad LT 2008 but I'm not sure. I have tried to train myself to slow down on the return but once I get involved with the drawing the disciplin goes. Can anyone help?

[Anonymous]

Hit the space bar with your thumb for 'enter' after the ex.

Just as a suggestion, (if you don't use the time sensitive right click
feature), do a search for what ones have said about not using the right
click as enter, and making more use of the right click menus.

When your left hand is poised at the left hand end of the keyboard and
your left thumb does all the 'enter's', the added help of right click
menus is a real bonus.

Changing my pgp file means that all the common commands I use are
started just from the keys at the left hand end of my keyboard, my thumb
is on the spacebar and the mouse just does the drawing. Right clicking
is just for finishing selecting and using other commands on right click
menus. This means I don't have any buttons on screen, and both hands
are doing as much as each other, thus drawing twice as fast as someone
who only uses one hand!



jjkeddie wrote:
> This is driving me mad! When I use keyboard commands such as 'ex' for
> extend, I beat the keyboard for speed with the right-hand mouse button
> (return) and only get 'e' which you know is erase. This happens with all
> commands. When I imput numerical data, I get 20mm when I want 200. I
> have Autocad LT 2008 and a Logitec MX 5500 cordless keyboard mouse
> combination. I have not changed my way of working in many years so it is
> unlikely to be a user problem. Also I still had this problem before I
> went cordless. It may have coincided with my upgrade to Autocad LT 2008
> but I'm not sure. I have tried to train myself to slow down on the
> return but once I get involved with the drawing the disciplin goes. Can
> anyone help?

[jjkeddie]

Thank you very much for your helpful advice. I have tried using the space bar and it is better. a whole new way of working! It would be really useful if you could let me have an idea of the commands you set in the pgp file which occupy the left hand side of the keyboard. Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

Sure...

eg Q and spacebar starts the trim command
Q and two hits to the space bar starts global trim, and holding
shift turns it into extend, let go of shift, its back to trim.

Do you use grips with the spacebar?...Another world.


Q, *TRIM
W, *MOVE
E, *EXTEND
R, *ROTATE

A, *OFFSET
S, *STRETCH
D, *DIST
F, *FILLET
G, *CHAMFER
H, *BHATCH

O, *OPEN
P, *PRINT

REC, *RECTANGLE
REV, *REVCLOUD

13, *CIRCLE
11, *PLINE
1, *LINE
2, *COPY
3, *ERASEQ
4, *MATCHPROP
5, *MIRROR
6, *PROPERTIES
66, *PROPERTIESCLOSE
7, *DIVIDE
S1, *SPLINE

XX, *XLINE
`, *UNDO

[stamas]

OK. I too had the same problem and have just figured it out.

I believe it is a flaw in Autocad. So using 'help' is a waste of time.
-----------------------
A new feature in Autocad is typing and the info is displayed on screen rather than the bottom of the screen like earlier versions.

When this is turned on the problem exists.

Go to TOOLS, DRAFTING SETTINGS.
Click on the DYNAMIC INPUT tab.

Untick all three checkboxes.
(enable pointer input), (enable dimension input where possible) & (show command prompting & command input near the crosshairs)

Now all text will be written down the bottom rather than on the screen where the crosshair is.

Problem Fixed.

[cadman70454]

I also input commands from the keyboard using mostly the keys under may left hand similar to Simon. I double up on letters for some commands. T for text, TT from trim. S for stretch, SS for scale, E for erase, EE for extend, all followed by the thumb on the space bar.

Lowell

[Anonymous]

Many people like Dynamic Input, and there are more solutions than turning it
off. If you use the spacebar as enter, it's often just as fast as a
right-click and doesn't skip characters.

--
Kate Morrical
AutoCAD LT Technical Marketing Manager
http://blogs.autodesk.com/ltunlimited


wrote in message news:6072077@discussion.autodesk.com...
OK. I too had the same problem and have just figured it out. I believe it is
a flaw in Autocad. So using 'help' is a waste of
time. ----------------------- A new feature in Autocad is typing and the
info is displayed on screen rather than the bottom of the screen like
earlier versions. When this is turned on the problem exists. Go to TOOLS,
DRAFTING SETTINGS. Click on the DYNAMIC INPUT tab. Untick all three
checkboxes. (enable pointer input), (enable dimension input where possible)
& (show command prompting & command input near the crosshairs) Now all text
will be written down the bottom rather than on the screen where the
crosshair is. Problem Fixed.

[stamas]

Many people like to right click rather than using the spacebar. Bottom line, Autocad does not give you the option of leaving Dynamic Input on and still use the right click as enter without skipping characters.
Clearing a flaw which should be looked at for the next release.

I personally prefer right click over Dynamic Input.

[Anonymous]

Updating old skills is the other viable option: AutoCAD is truly a
two-handed button and command-line program, limiting yourself to one side or
the other limits your ability to fully engage it.

This is not internet surfing with one-hand, this is CAD.

--
Dean Saadallah
http://LTisACAD.blogspot.com
--

[stamas]

Please!
You should be given the option of whether you want to use the spacebar or right click and still have the dynamic input on.

Your suggestion is limiting the user by saying you can only have one or the other.

ie
dynamic input ON & spacebar
or
dynamic input OFF & right click

Also, we are talking about right clicking instead of spacebar. You still use the left hand for commands. Hence there is no limiting yourself to one side.

The original author of this post was looking for a solution i am simply providing an alternative to changing the way a user operates CAD.

Don't get me wrong, i am a huge Autocad fan. I just believe the next release should look at fixing this issue so us right click users can keep dynamic input on and not change our ways.