AutoCAD Tutorial to Create a Custom Keyboard Shortcut

June 12th, 2008

Here is AutoCAD Tutorial to Create a Custom Keyboard Shortcut. This AutoCAD Customization below have purpose to create a keyboard shortcut to your favorite command-option combination. For example, I use Zoom Extents an awful lot, but it’s hidden on the Zoom flyout. I could put it on a custom toolbar, but another option is to create a keyboard shortcut. Here are the steps to create a custom keyboard shortcut:

• Enter cui to open the Customize User Interface dialog box.
• In the Command List pane, click the New button.
• In the Properties pane, you can now specify your new command. Enter a name and a macro. My macro was zoom e

• In the Customizations In pane at the top, expand Partial CUI Files, then Custom, then Keyboard Shortcuts, so you can see the Shortcut Keys item.
• Find your new command in the Command List pane (it’s listed under the name you gave it) and drag it to the Shortcut Keys item in the top pane.
• Click the command where it appears in the top pane. Its Properties pane now shows a Key(s) item. Click that item and then click its Ellipsis button. The Shortcut Keys dialog box opens.

• Press the shortcut key combination you want to use and you can see if it’s unassigned — or assigned to something you never use. Click OK.
• Click OK to close the Customize User Interface dialog box.
• Try out your new shortcut! Enjoy it!

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