pan w/ key-board arrows

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Does any one know how to make acad 2002 pan using the arrows on the key-board. Another thing that would be usefully is if you could zoom using the + and - keys on the keyboard.

thanks in advance
mo

[Anonymous]

We have added this to the menu files to get something similar. ***ACCELERATORS [Control+"UP"]'-pan ^P(trans (list 0 (* -0.25 (getvar "viewsize"))) 0 1) ;^P [Control+"DOWN"]'-pan ^P(trans (list 0 (* 0.25 (getvar "viewsize"))) 0 1) ;^P [Control+"LEFT"]'-pan ^P(trans (list (* 0.25 (getvar "viewsize")) 0) 0 1) ;^P [Control+"RIGHT"]'-pan ^P(trans (list (* -0.25 (getvar "viewsize")) 0) 0 1) ;^P JRWalker "mo-mo" wrote in message news:23731058.1085536068022.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum2.autodesk.com... > Hello, > > Does any one know how to make acad 2002 pan using the arrows on the key-board. Another thing that would be usefully is if you could zoom using the + and - keys on the keyboard. > > thanks in advance > mo

[Anonymous]

How do I add this to my menu file?

[EC-CAD]

mo-mo,
Edit the file: \Program Files\AutoCAD 2002\support\acad.mns
Search for ***ACCEL
Cut / Paste the code there.
Save the file (as a text file)
In AutoCAD, at the command prompt, type:
Menuunload.
Unload any menu groups shown.
Browse for acad.mns .. file you edited.
Do 'Open', and load the menu.
Close the Dialog.
At this time, you should have the Control-keys needed.

Bob

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much for your help, I added the accelerator code to the acad support file and it works!

mo

[EC-CAD]

Your welcome.

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Bob

[graham.edgar]

Hi Folks,

Tried to use the above to do the same in autocad lt 2013, but there is no such file acad.mns

Does anyone know how to do it ?

Many thanks,

Graham

[scot-65]

command: CUI

Have a look at the attached image and modify the macro and access lines to your liking...

You will first need to create a new command (bottom-left pane).

Drag and drop this new command into the shortcut area (top-left pane).

Highlight the line you just added in the top-left pane and edit in the bottom-right pane.

Good Luck!

[graham.edgar]

Many thanks for your reply, I appreciate your time.  I created a new command called "pan left", dragged it into 'keyboard shortcuts' in the top left pane, clicked on it.  In the right pane, where it says keys I changed this to "control left" (by pressing the keys) . The macro reads "^c^c" and I can't figure out what to put here instead.  I tried:

^P [Control+"LEFT"]'-pan ^P(trans (list (* 0.25 (getvar "viewsize")) 0) 0 1)

When I try control left in model space it brings up CUI again, I'm quite sure I'm doing the macro wrong, please forgive my ignorance - can you spell it out for me?!  Also, is it possible to just use the arrow keys instead of holding control?

Thanks.

Graham

[scot-65]

Try removing everything before the "]" as the old style MNU/MNS these brackets were part of the display. Also, ^P hides the line from the command prompt. I do not employ this. Try:
^C^C-pan (trans (list (* 0.25 (getvar "VIEWSIZE")) 0) 0 1)
2) I'm not sure if the arrow keys are limited to [Ctrl], [Alt], [Shift], etc. assignments only, maybe look into using the F# keys???

[graham.edgar]

Thanks for that, tried it and it basically does the same as typing -pan in the command line.  It says:

Command: -pan Specify base point or displacement: (trans
Requires two points, or a displacement followed by ENTER.

Any ideas? I'd like to figure it out for myself but I dont know what trans etc. means, and I couldn't find a simple guide, how did you learn how to write the code?

Many thanks.

p.s. I tried ^C^c -pan ; 0,0 ; 1000,0

This works, but only effective when zoomed in - I guess I need to do it relative to the current zoom, such as by pixels instead of mm ?