Error Beep when using hotkey for Rotate

[BartHays]

I use "ALT+=" to invoke the Rotate tool all the time, why does it beep every time? 

And more importantly is there a way to stop it?

 

Bart

[Jesse Cogswell]

This is a problem with Windows and not a problem with Vectorworks necessarily.  The issue here is that on Windows, typically the Alt key is to open up items on the menu bar (Alt + F opens up the File menu, Alt + E opens up Edit, etc).  Windows will throw the error tone when you use Alt plus a key that does not have a corresponding menu item, such as = for rotate.  Any of the shortcuts that use just Alt in VW will throw an error (try using Alt + 1 for a Callout, or Alt + 5 for the freehand tool).

 

Unfortunately, there's not much you can do about that outside of remapping any shortcut using Alt.  You could open up the Windows Control Panel and go to the Hardware and Sound category, and clicking Change System Sounds.  I don't know if what you are hearing is the Asterisk sound, Default Beep, Critical Stop, or Exclamation as they all the same (at least on Windows 10).