Shortcut for Look at

[Anonymous]

I cannot find a shortcut key for 'look at'.  I wish to set one of my extra mouse buttons to this, as it is how I design when using SolidWorks. 

If I cannot set that, how do you guys design? Just dragging your mouse allll the over to that button every time you need to be normal to an angled face?

[masa.minohara]

Thank you for posting your question on the forum! This has been discussed in the link below. Currently you need to hit "S" key first, and then type what you want. 

IdeaStation

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/ideastation-request-a-feature-or/keyboard-shortcuts/idi-p/3948259#comm...

More about Keyboard shortcuts

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/ENU/Fusion-...

 

[ebachalo]

I know this is a late reply but posting in case it helps others.  This solution is only for Windows, AutoHotKey doesn't work on Macs.

I personally use a AutoHotKey script to access all the tools I desire.

For example for the "Look At" function I have:

!+l::Send s Look{Enter} ; Look At

in my script which binds alt-shift-l  to the Look At feature.

You would first need to download AutoHotKey application from autohotkey.com

Once you install AutoHotKey you simply need to right click on an autohotkey script in file browser and select "Run Script"

I am attaching my current AutoHotKey script I use.  

NB: I changed filename extension of script to .txt so I can upload.

You will need to change .txt to .ahk for script to be automatically connected with AutoHotKey app.

Feel free to download and modify to your liking.

There is a brief description at the top of the file.  

If you need more docs autohotkey.com has very good documentation.

Best Regards,

Eric Bachalo

[Anonymous]

it is 2019... and there is still no capability to have a keyboard or mouse short cut for normal to/ look at? what is this...

[Anonymous]

4 likes in 2 days?!?! AUTODESK BUMP THIS... 

why do you think solidworks is the industry standard for product design... 

Autodesk, you have done some literally amazing things... please continue to do so.

[Max_Marz]

buuuuump

[danielh]

I was able to achieve the same effect as AutoHotkey with a 3DConnexion Mouse.

A Shortcut for the Look At command:
    "S L O O K {Enter}"

[Anonymous]

To do this click properties (on the spacemouse)> buttons> macros > new macro...

Works a treat.

thanks for the tip

[GRSnyder]

Aww, I was really excited to try this, but all it gives me is the Look At command from the bar at the bottom of the main window. What I really want is a shortcut for the Look At in the sketch palette. Has anyone found a way to do that?

[laughingcreek]

it does seem odd that these 2 "look at" commands seem to behave differently.  you can select the sketch in the browser and the standard "look at" will look at it.  (just an observation, not even a work around).  I guess the one in the sketch pallet pre-selects the active sketch for the command.

I wonder if AD might give as a "look at active sketch" that we can access.

@jeff_strater ?

[Anonymous]

Is this still not available as a direct shortcut after 4 1/2 years?

[GRSnyder · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote: Is this still not available as a direct shortcut after 4 1/2 years?

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, cowboy! This isn't the Wild West where you can "just add a keyboard shortcut".

A lot of progress has been made already. First it had to be Suggested under the old feedback system. Then it was Noted as Having Been Suggested and later Made Available for Further Comments. I believe it may have made it as far as being Included on a List of Ideas for Possible Consideration at the Next Iteration of the Fusion 360 Five-Year Road Map.

Of course, we had to go back to square one when the feedback system was reset. But that's not really anyone's fault, now is it? I actually think the recent progress has been pretty impressive given that this has been Suggested and then Suggested Again and maybe even Repeatedly Suggested.

As important as this feature is, I would hate to see it draw engineering time away from Fusion 360's core mission as  a tool for electrical circuit design.

[Anonymous]

@GRSnyder @Anonymous 

The advantage fo this over the above posted script is that the key commands only run while autodesk is focused

Took me a bit to get it working perfectly, but here's a simple script that you can expand or modify as needed:

; autohotkey script, only runs in fusion 360
; opengpl v3 license for noncommercial use
; written by Jim Sola <noket@noket.io>
; just add commands as needed :)

; Startup/env vars
#persistent
#singleinstance force

Fusion360Exec := "Fusion360.exe"

;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;|||   Beginning of Autostart area    |||;
;|||       declare macros below       |||;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/;


XButton1:: f360("LookAt")
XButton2:: f360("ZoomWindow")


;/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;|||   The end of the autostart area  |||;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
                return
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;|||   Beginning of Autostart area    |||;
;|||       declare macros below       |||;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/;


;Perform "Look at" function
    LookAt:
        Send sLook
        Send {Tab}
        return

; Perform "Zoom Window" function
    ZoomWindow:
        Send sZoom Window{Down}{Tab}
        return

;/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;|||  The end of the custom bind area |||;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;



;    Don't worry about the thing below, unless you really want to
f360(SubID)
{
    global Fusion360Exec

    if ( WinActive("ahk_exe" Fusion360Exec))
    {
        gosub %SubId%
    }
    
    return
}

[nick_brillmco]

That's a brilliant work around and adds loads of options for my 3D mouse.

I'd never heard of AutoHotkey until ten minutes ago but it works a treat with your scripts. 

Thanks for your generosity Eric! 👌👏👏👏

[daaell]

If Fusion 360 would be a brand new application for a brand new company this would be acceptable. But it's an absolute JOKE, that a 3d software by AUTODESK and the users has to use ****ing Autohotkey to have basic navigation shortcuts. I bet you Max had this feature 20 years ago.

[matt5N72A]

OK here's a weird one for you all.....

Why is it that when I do the "Look At" hack, it comes up with the OFFSET command? (as if I'd pressed 'O' instead).

The "interesting" thing is that this is reproducable using *either* the AutoHotkey script method or the 3Dconnexxion Space Mouse macro method independantly.

Is Fusion potentially not listening right?

Cheers,

Matt.

[mbanksB487R]

2022 and still no look at command. 

[matt5N72A]

Wouldn't mind so much if only the dirty hacks were working!! Whether I use Autohotkey, or a macro in the 3Dconnexion software, it just brings up the offset command when I'm in Fusion. Very strange.

[danielh]

I'm no longer using this feature myself.

[gil.vit]

Bumping

Would really appreciate getting a solution that works