Making Custom Shortcut Keys to set custom layers as current

messig — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:32:20 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am working on improving our drafting workflow using custom keyboard shorcuts to manipulate layers. I already have made ones to turn our custom layers on and off like so:

Made a custom command called "SymbolsON" with the macro "^C^C-layer;on;1_CFSE_ruff_Symbols;;" and assigned it the key combination of 'Shift+1'

This works just fine, but now I need to make a shortcuts that make our custom layers current so I can quickly change between them without using the pull down menu.

If I type "-layer" (enter) "set" (enter) "1_CFSE_ruff_Symbols" into the command line it works fine so I made a new command called "MakeSymbolsCurrent" with the macro "-layer;set;1_CFSE_ruff_Symbols::" and assigned it the key combination of 'Shift+U'

Here's what I don't understand: The first time I hit 'Shift+U' it brings up the CUI pop up and regardless if I click 'OK' or 'Cancel' it switches the current layer to the one. After the first time it gives an 'invalid option keyword' error after -LAYER.

If I go back and open the CUI and highlight my custom "MakeSymbolsCurrent" command, then click ok it will repeat the process of opening the CUI pop up window if I press the assigned shortcut.

I'm using Autocad LT 2018 on Windows 10 if that matters. I have also attached two screen captures.

Can anyone help?! This doesn't make sense to me.

Thanks!

Re: Making Custom Shortcut Keys to set custom layers as current

Kent1Cooper — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:57:26 GMT

@messig wrote:

.... I made a new command called "MakeSymbolsCurrent" with the macro "-layer;set;1_CFSE_ruff_Symbols::" ....

Welcome to these Forums!

Those should be semicolons.

Re: Making Custom Shortcut Keys to set custom layers as current

messig — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:15:12 GMT

Oops, sorry that was a typo on the forum post. They are in fact semicolons in my macros. Interesting addition: I restarted AutoCAD, tried it again and it worked maybe a half-dozen times then went back to its old tricks.. I am baffled.

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