Pam Posted March 4, 2000 Share Posted March 4, 2000 I have encountered a problem when creating my own keyboard shortcuts in Workspace Editor. I want to assign "M" to the Mirror command, but it seems permanently assigned to Unconstrained Linear Dimension. Even if I overwrite that "M" with another letter it keeps defaulting back to Unconstrained Linear Dimension and won't let me assign it anywhere else. I haven't had this problem with rewriting any other letter/command combination that I've tried ("T" for Trim, "E" for Extend, etc...). Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
Pam Posted March 7, 2000 Author Share Posted March 7, 2000 I have tried simply deleting the "M" and I have tried overwriting it with another unused letter - neither works. If I delete "M" I am still not allowed to use it for Mirror, and it will still activate Unconstrained Linear Dimension. Even if I change the shortcut for Unconstrained Linear Dimension to "Q", when I try to assign "M" to Mirror, a window pops up saying that "M" is in use by Unconstrained Linear Dimension. Then, when I exit the Workspace Editor, both "M" and "Q" will activate Unconstrained Linear Dimension. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 8, 2000 Share Posted March 8, 2000 Try simply deleting the linear dimension tool's shortcut first, and then assigning M to the mirror tool. Could it be that in changing the key assigned to the linear dimension tool you're choosing a key that's already used somewhere else? In the standard workspaces, many of the keys are already used for something. To delete a shortcut in the Workspace Editor, simply select the item with that shortcut and press the Delete key once. Press the Delete key a second time if you want to delete the item as well as the shortcut. Caleb Strockbine workspace editor guy caleb@diehlgraphsoft.com Quote Link to comment
Pam Posted March 9, 2000 Author Share Posted March 9, 2000 I am running in Windows 98. I just finished recreating my whole workspace from a clean new copy of the "8 Standard" Workspace, and after a bit of weirdness, it all seems to work as I want. However, the first time I tried to edit a copy of "8 Standard" I had the same problems with "M" and Unconstrained Linear Dimension, then I tried a few more times and eventually it worked... perhaps this is a version of the "turn it off, wait 30 seconds, turn it back on again" school of computer repair... Thanks for your help - it seems to be ok now - I hope it stays that way. ------------------ Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 10, 2000 Share Posted March 10, 2000 Hrm... Can you duplicate this behavior with any workspace file, or just the one you usually use? Also, are you using a Mac or Windows? Thanks. Caleb Strockbine caleb@diehlgraphsoft.com Quote Link to comment
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