topic Re: Coordinates in Modeling

Coordinates

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 23:57:18 GMT

I have to reinstall ArchiCAD v10 and I'm forgetting many basics I haven't used in years.

During my recreation of Keyboard Shortcuts, I inadvertently assigned R to a command; thereby, losing the ability to use it as a coordinate to lock in the chosen angle yet select a specific distance; e.g., dragging a line perpendicular to another line a specific distance of 2'. I can't figure out how to reprogram "R" for this function. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
ArchiCAD v10
Macbook Pro

Re: Coordinates

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:19:42 GMT

I was going to suggest that if you don't work it out, D does the same as R in that situation (if you can retrain yourself), but maybe not in AC10

Re: Coordinates

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:26:50 GMT

Thanks for the tip on the shortcut D; but unfortunately, I also reassigned the function of "D".

Re: Coordinates

Barry Kelly — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:52:17 GMT

Try re-assigning the R key to the Radius/Distance command.
This is the one it was assigned to originally.

Barry.

Re: Coordinates

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 08:55:47 GMT

I can't locate where the Radius/Distance can be programmed under the root menus; e.g., Edit, Design, Options, etc..

I think I may be able to relocate a previously saved Keyboard Shortcut file in a backup but I don't know where to find the file either. I searched under the Graphisoft folder and I don't find anything suggesting the Shortcut Scheme file. I even assigned a new Keyboard Shortcut to a command I'll never use, saved it, and then did a search for a file on my harddrive with the time of saving hoping I could locate the file in a round-about way but the change was not revealed.

Re: Coordinates

Barry Kelly — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:26:36 GMT

Use the "List all commands in alphabetical order" option in the work Environment.

Barry.

Re: Coordinates

David Maudlin — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:22:15 GMT

edrab wrote:
I can't locate where the Radius/Distance can be programmed under the root menus; e.g., Edit, Design, Options, etc..

Go to Work Environment > Shortcut Schemes > Keyboard Shortcuts. Change the List to All Commands by Theme, then open the 13 Numeric Input folder and scroll down to the Radius/Distance command to change its shortcut key.

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David

Re: Coordinates

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:39:06 GMT

Thanks David and Barry...that did it!