Keep my left hand busy...

[Anonymous]

This tool is improving rapidly.  I found it very frustrating when it first came on the scene...much improved now.

One thing it could really use is keyboard shortcuts to reduce how often I have to move the mouse around from my work over to a menu or the cube, zoom, pan, etc.

An example of this would be to have the space-bar act as a quick way to move from normal mode to pan (hold space bar to pan with mouse).

Another example would be a simple configurable command/control key to zip to a particular saved view

Many graphics tools (like photoshop) allow use of un-modified keystrokes to do frequently occuring things whenever you're not in the text edit mode.  A simple tap on the T key could zip you to "top" view.  Z key could put you in zoom mode.  N key could put you back to normal mode.

In short, using the product has improved a lot, but it is still missing these sorts of "speed of use" features that have been industry standard for many years in this and other creative genres of software.

[haughec]

Thanks for the feedback, Jeff.  You'll be pleased to know that we're investing in efficiency/productivity enhancements.

Next month's release will provide an option to change keyboard shortcuts for navigation commands (Pan, Zoom Orbit) to match those of Alias, Inventor or Solidworks.

A few months later, we plan to introduce keyboard shortcuts.  The initial implementation will be search-based (if you type the letter "C", we'll present a list of all commands that start with the letter C, and filter as you keep typing).  Pending user feedback, we may also consider providing a method to link keys with specific commands, allowing you to launch commands more rapidly without traversiing a list.

I hope this helps.  Additional comments are always welcomed.

Charles

[Anonymous]

Hey Charles, that?s awesome? (and I?m an old guy, so I don?t use that word nearly as often as most people do)
Very happy to hear it!


JeffP