topic Re: Object Snap Shortcut in AutoCAD Forum

Object Snap Shortcut

nathan3CKDB — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:09:16 GMT

So a while bavk I made Control+F turn object snap off and on but when I tried to add this to another PC I was unable. You cannot have a "control" shortcut in the temporary override keys and I do not know what command to add into the keyboard shortcuts. It might also be in tbe object snap settings menu but I honestly do not remember how I did it?

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

imadHabash — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:07:51 GMT

Hi,

Press F3 to toggle osnaps on/off.

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

nathan3CKDB — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:16:36 GMT

Thank you but I should have made it clear in the initial post. I do not want to keep the default "F" key shortcuts as they interrupt the flow of work. I have made "move" "control+g", "rotate" to "control+e" and polyline to "control+a" etc. I want object snap to be "control+f". The "F" keys still work with my current set up, but have an additional short cut now, i do not remember how I did it.

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

imadHabash — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:41:42 GMT

You can start from here >> Click <<

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

nathan3CKDB — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:02:42 GMT

Thank you again however I have tried this but I do not know what command to input to have object snap/OSNAP turn off and on. When I type in "snap" or "toggle" or "osnap" no appropriate command appears. What command controls objects snaps ability to turn off and on?

I have continued to research the issue and I believe it is in the default commands of autocad. Attached is an image of the autocad shortcuts guide (an autodesk official document), I do not know how to enable the highlighted green function. It appears to be an alternative method to turn object snap on/off.

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

dbroad — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:44:12 GMT

Most of the CTR+"*" sequences are already set. CTRL+F is preset to find, which is the most logical. I don't understand how hitting one button (F3) is more tiresome or distracting than hitting 2. There are a few commands that have duplicate CTRL+ sequences. Use the CUI and select the keyboard toggles. Delete the CTRL+ sequence for a duplicate command like hyperlink (such as CTRL+M) and then add it to osnap.

As to your image. I can't remember when AutoCAD ever used CTRL+F for osnap toggle. There are also a lot of temporary overrides SHIFT+ sequence for OSNAP.

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

TomBeauford — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:54:00 GMT

I've been using keyboard shortcuts since they were included in the ***Accelerators section of the old Menu files and still have to check an online link to remember ones I don't use very often once in a while. Changing any of them would make keeping track of what they're set to a nightmare.

The only keyboard shortcut I've ever added was to toggle the Tilemode system variable On/Off to switch between the Model tab and the previous Layout tab and since there was no keyboard shortcut for Ctrl+T it's easy to remember it's for Tilemode.

The shortcut Key macro is:

^C^C^P(ai_onoff "tilemode") Regen ^P

Edit: Just remembered I do change the Shortcut Key CTRL+H from

'_setvar;pickstyle;$M=$(if,$(eq,$(getvar,pickstyle),0),1,$(if,$(eq,$(getvar,pickstyle),1),0,$(if,$(eq,$(getvar,pickstyle),2),3,2)))

to ^A

Which was the Original Shortcut for toggling Group selection that's still built in to AutoCAD.

That way when I use it it displays <Group Off> or <Group On> at the Command Line so I know what I just did.

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

nathan3CKDB — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:50:15 GMT

So a solution I found was to bind ctrl+f to snap (the grid like snapping, not object snap) and go into the object snap and snap settings and untick all associated boxes. Then unbind ctrl+f from snap. This then adds ctrl+f to object snap (I do not know why) allowing you to turn it off and on. This must a be a nested or hidden or back up default shortcut for object snap because it is listed as a shortcut for object snap in the current autocad website however it is not in the CUI shortcut menu anyway. All other shortcuts also still work in addition to ctrl+f. I should note this is not how I done it the first time, but I still do not remember how I done it. Also anyone saying or wondering why would I remove ctrl+f from find, my default setting never had it like that.

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

Kent1Cooper — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:01:32 GMT

@dbroad wrote:

Most of the CTR+"*" sequences are already set. CTRL+F is preset to find....

Not for me [Acad2020 where I am at the moment]. Ctrl+F toggles Osnap on/off, just as F3 does. I have not changed any such settings -- this is out-of-the-box.

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

cadffm — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:13:16 GMT

>>" I can't remember when AutoCAD ever used CTRL+F for osnap toggle. "

All the Versions since R2000 (I do not check older versions)

Re: Object Snap Shortcut

dbroad — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:30:07 GMT

@Kent1Cooper Thanks. I didn't check 2023. They seem to have hardcoded a number of keyboard shortcuts outside of the CUI. I can't find CTRL+F in the CUI but it's on the https://www.autodesk.com/shortcuts/autocad website.

My apologies to the OP.