TLDR: The Space Bar acts as Enter key, I want to disable that.
Hello,
First, english isn´t my native language, so sorry for any mistakes. Now...
I work a lot with AutoHotkey and it makes my work in AutoCad, Python, Office, and the Adobe Suite very fast, but I recently found a problem that´s killing my workflow in Autocad.
My mouse has a hard time holding the Middle click, so when working in AutoCad, I remapped the Space Bar to work as the Middle Click button of the mouse, both for moving and 3D rotating the current view. I chose the Space Bar because it has a similar function in the Adobe Suite, and learning a different method would really impact my workflow. For example, hitting the \ on Illustrator will draw a line, and I find that much faster than presing L and then enter on Autocad... I´ll attach my AutoHotkey script later so if anyone knows AutoHotkey, they may understand what I´m doing, but that's not the issue.
THE ISSUE: is that after I 3D rotate, Autocad sends a Space Bar click, which promptly repeats the last command I used. So I will 3D rotate and after I´m done, it sends a random command like Extrude, Line, Circle, CUI, Preferences, etc, whatever I used last.
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What I want to know is if there a way to disable the Space Bar function as an Enter Key. I know it´s really comfortable for a lot of people, but I DO NOT WANT the Space Bar to work as an Enter Key; and if thats not possible, I´d like to disable the repetition of the last command used when pressing Enter or the Space Bar.
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Thanks a lot in advance, I´ll be pasting my AutoHotkey script after this if anyone wants to check it.
; This simulates the use of the Middle Click button in Autocad. It works by pressing the Space Bar and holding it down.
Space::
Send, {Mbutton down} ; Here I hold down the Middle Click Button
While GetKeyState("Space","P") ; This keeps the code running as long as the space bar is pressed
{
sleep, 10
}
Send, {MButton up} ; When the space bar is released, it releases the Middle Button. This does not result in Autocad repeating the last command sent. The issue appears in the next funtion:
return
; This is the code that bugs me, but it works just like the one above it. When pressing Shift+Space, it simulates the Shift+Middle Click in Autocad, but for some reason, at the end, AutoCad thinks I´m still pressing the Space Bar and it repeats the last command used in Autocad
+Space::
Send, {Shift down}{Mbutton down}
While GetKeyState("Space","P")
{
sleep, 10
}
Send, {Shift up} {MButton up}
return
; This works by pressing the \ key, and it sends the Line command in AutoCad
:*:\::
send, line
send, {Enter}
return
; This works by pressing Control+r, and it sends the Rectang command in Autocad
^r::
send, rectang{Enter}
return
; This work by pressing Control+Shift+S, so it writes the SaveAs command in AutoCad, same as in most other software
^+s::
send, saveas{Enter}
return
}
