Function Key Shortcut

Anonymous · ‎02-18-2010

Is there a way to hide and unhide the model / assembly / drawing browser?

I would like to make use of the clean screen environment (Ctrl + 0) but I still need the browser at times to select workplanes etc.

A shortcut key to hide and unhide would be ideal.

Thanks

Anonymous · ‎02-19-2010

I never understood the clean screen taking away the browser either. As far as creating a toggle for the Browser Bar, I couldn't find a way to acess it in the Customize options.

Anonymous · ‎02-19-2010

The browser visibility toggle should be made available in the Customize
dialog. I'll report this issue. Meanwhile, you can use the following
workaround. Open the VBA editor (located in the Tools tab), paste the
following macro in Module1 and run it. You can change the shortcut "V" in
the macro below, if you wish. This will assign a shortcut to the browser
toggle. You should have to run this macro just once.

Sub BrowserVisibilityShortcut()

Dim oCtrlDef As ButtonDefinition
Set oCtrlDef =
ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppBrowserVisibilityCmd")

oCtrlDef.OverrideShortcut = "V"

End Sub

Sanjay-

cvbt-thailand · ‎02-19-2010

Sanjay,
This looks neat. I tried it and it didn't work. I'm running IV 2009.
It gave me a
compile error: syntax error:
on
Set oCtrlDef =
Ctrl 0 doesn't give me a clean screen either. Is this new for IV2010? I hope not, I'd love that short cut.

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Anonymous · ‎02-20-2010

It's 2010 only.
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Anonymous · ‎02-20-2010

Sanjay,
AFAIK, there are errors inyour code.
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Anonymous · ‎02-20-2010

It appears to be a issue with something already being assigned to "V" I
think. Try "BR" or something else instead.

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Sanjay,
AFAIK, there are errors inyour code.
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Anonymous · ‎02-20-2010

I added "Public" to the first line to get past an error.

I then get another error as follows ( attached)
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Anonymous · ‎02-20-2010

hi i resently got my autodesk inventor 2010 30-day trial offer in the mail and i installed it on my computor but when i run it, a message appears saying i must activate the product before i can run it.

when i was installing the trial i put 000-00000000 as the serial and 00000 as the product key. so i see nothing that i did wrong. and when the message comes up for me to activate the product i click it and when it asks me to entor my serial and product key there it doesnt work cause it sead that the serail and product key you entered cant be recognized or something. anyway does anyone have any suggestions to help me? i got this trial to help me with my projects in project lead the way at bloom vernon highschool just untill they give us the info to get the 1-year thing for students but i havnt got it to work and thats a problem. so i ask again can anyone help?

ross, edgar

scottmoyse · ‎02-21-2010

you hsould create a new post for your problem. It has nothing to do with the thread.......

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Anonymous · ‎02-22-2010

My result is the same as yours Dennis. I didn't notice any reason for adding "Public" to the first line.
Either way my result when running the code is the same.

Any one figured this one out yet. Would be handy to have a working shortcut.

Thanks

Anonymous · ‎02-22-2010

This works fine for me after I removed an extra "return". See attached image, the inset shows the code with the removed return. Hope this helps.

And thanks to Sanjay for providing this.

Anonymous · ‎02-22-2010

Thanks Guys,

The shortcut now works well. I really need to learn more about VB and Macro's....

Cheers

cvbt-thailand · ‎02-23-2010

I'm using IV2009. Even with the [return] removed, I'm still getting an error:
Run-Time Error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
Method 'Item' of object '_IRxControlDefinitions' failed
Debug points at
Set oCtrlDef = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppBrowserVisibilityCmd")
Does IV2009 need a slightly different command?

Geoffrey Wheeler
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Anonymous · ‎02-23-2010

This is not supported on Inventor 2009
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Anonymous · ‎02-23-2010

Removed the line break and still get the error. Other macros I've loaded
work as expected. See attached. Might be something related to the betas
I have on my system.
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Anonymous · ‎02-23-2010

Hi Dennis,
It looks like the break is still there in your screen shot. The syntax error is exactly what I got before removing the break. Attached is the code as I am running it now in a *.txt file. Hope this helps.

Anonymous · ‎02-23-2010

Thanks, I must have missed a return...... ( did not think so....)

Works now. I'm embarrassed.... LOL! I taught programming at the
university level in 1981-'82.

Finicky language... VBA. Just one extra blank line screws it up.

One side effect.... The V alias performs better that the Ctrl 0, when in
a downsized Inventor window that I use to record videos.

V hides the browser, and leaves the Inventor window size unchanged.

Ctrl-0 hides the browser AND flips the Inventor window to full screen
size. Ctrl-0 again and the browser returns with the downsized window.

I'll stick with the macro... It's better and more flexible.

Again, thanks for the heads up.
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cvbt-thailand · ‎07-24-2011

How can we specify a funtion key (e.g., [F7] ) as a short cut instead of characters.

Geoffrey Wheeler
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