We know you’ve been waiting for this folks! It’s one of the top 10 Idea Station requests. Comments, emails, tweets, letters written in blood… we get your requests from everywhere!
And I’m happy to share the news that we are working on it!
As an Experience Designer for Fusion, I would like to offer a sneak peek into the UI that our teams are working on:
As you can see above, a new section will be added to Fusion Preferences that will allow viewing and modifying all keyboard-accessible commands. We are working hard to make the navigation as simple as possible, so you can use it as a reference tool as well, that simply lists all available default shortcuts.
To modify or assign a shortcut, just click on it in the SHORTCUT KEY column and type the new one.
"Wait, what if I accidentally assign a key that already does something else? Will you crash my Fusion?” *frown*
Well no, we’ve got you covered. Fusion will immediately prompt you that there is a conflict, and you will have a choice to keep the either of the commands on that key:
Quickly wanna find a command? It will have a search box that will look through the ocean of all commands in Fusion and present matches:
Few notes:
- Customizations will be synced with your Autodesk account, so you will get the same environment if you borrow your neighbor’s computer (don’t).
- There will a button that brings back factory defaults. (AKA We told you so).
In future we are also planning two nifty little additions:
- Print Reference Sheet – Will export a well-formatted printable file that contains a list of all commands that have a shortcut key assigned, custom or otherwise. You can use this file as a cheat sheet to improve your productivity. You can also print it and pin it next to your desk (save paper though).
- Import/Export – Want your entire team to have same Fusion environment? Want to boast your ultra-productive shortcut set to your designer friends? This function will give you a file that you can send to other Fusion users and they can Import it on their account to get your customizations. Cool, eh?
That’s all I have for you now. Please let us know what do you think of this, and share any feedback and comments or features/points we might have missed.
Cheers!
Shekhar Somani
Autodesk Design
