dontevenjoke Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Archicad has a Repeat Last Command Shortcut (CNTL+B)... Does Vectorworks have a similar shortcut? Thanks, 3 Quote Link to comment
0 RickR Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I've used several other programs with that feature. I sure would like one. 2 Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted February 25, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 25, 2016 Adding this thread to an existing request: https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=204244Post204244 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Kevin McAllister Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Ideally it would be a single key shortcut. In Rhino there are three ways - space bar, enter and right click. VW is a little different since a tool remains active until you release it. KM Quote Link to comment
0 Rimor Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Any news on the repeat last command thread? I tried the link from JimW, but it doesn't work... While working in Rhino, I find it extremely efficient. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted January 22, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 1/20/2018 at 1:07 AM, Rimor said: Any news on the repeat last command thread? I tried the link from JimW, but it doesn't work... While working in Rhino, I find it extremely efficient. This has not yet been introduced as a feature in Vectorworks. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Art V Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 This would be a useful feature for some commands I use often, so I'm all for it. Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Not sure if I got that right. In ACAD worlds you need a use last command as commands are exited after being used. (SPACEBAR to reactivate for me) But in VW as in most Apps the Tool stays active until you revert to selection or choose another Tool. Or is it about doing the same action with the Tool as last time. Like Copy 25 cm > Copy again 25 cm ? I think this was possible in VW as shown in a german video when manually creating a Stair. I think it was done by activating "allow option-click in-place duplication" setting and CMD+D key ? And now I am doing hard to find different situations where that could be also useful. Like Drawing a another Line with 60 cm length ? (Would need start coordinates anyway ?) Or Push Pull again 1 m ? (Lock Distance should be an option inside the PPT) Does someone have an example where it would be needed ? 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Art V Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 An example could be Modify>Rotate>Rotate which does not have a shortcut, for things like that a repeat last command might be useful, i.e. tools/commands that do not have a shortcut and you don't want to mess with your existing shortcuts either. You may not always want to assign shortcuts to tools you don't use all the time but may use them repeatedly sometimes. Then a repeat last command option can be a timesaver (or just convenient) 1 Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 OK, I got that. But still my problem is, things like Rotate stay activated and you can CMD Select other objects in between. So you could rotate for 2 weeks if you wish. And if you would change to another Tool, Rotate would not be the last Tool used anymore. Not ? Quote Link to comment
0 Art V Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 1/28/2018 at 8:40 PM, zoomer said: But still my problem is, things like Rotate stay activated and you can CMD Select other objects in between. So you could rotate for 2 weeks if you wish. And if you would change to another Tool, Rotate would not be the last Tool used anymore. Not ? It is about repeating a command, not a tool which is what you are describing. E.g . the Rotate command through the menu bar has no shortcut assigned by default and ends after committing it and if you select the next objecti you have to navigate through the menus and submenus again. Because no operation has been done on other objects in the meantime, the repeat command would work in that case. Ideally the repeat command could also have an option to just repeat the whole sequence (e.g. as with the rotate command (not tool) to also repeat the amount of rotation without having to use the dialog) 1 Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Got it, not Tools, but "commands" As the Rotate Tool does not stop. (BTW, the 2D Rotate Command - does work in "Screen Plane" only !?) Quote Link to comment
0 Art V Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, zoomer said: (BTW, the 2D Rotate Command - does work in "Screen Plane" only !?) It should work in layer plane as well, at least it does for me. It also works in 3D views, but only in single plane view (e.g. top, front etc) it works predictably like in top/plan view. In Isometric views it may not always rotate as you might expect. Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, Art V said: In Isometric views it may not always rotate as you might expect. got it .... Quote Link to comment
0 RafaelPernia Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 1/29/2018 at 1:56 PM, Art V said: It is about repeating a command, not a tool which is what you are describing. E.g . the Rotate command through the menu bar has no shortcut assigned by default and ends after committing it and if you select the next objecti you have to navigate through the menus and submenus again. Because no operation has been done on other objects in the meantime, the repeat command would work in that case. Ideally the repeat command could also have an option to just repeat the whole sequence (e.g. as with the rotate command (not tool) to also repeat the amount of rotation without having to use the dialog) I think for people that has never used Autocad/Rhino/revit this is hard to visualize this but boy, the productivity would go up like ten fold. I'm trying to scale like 80 elements that for some reason were a group of text and shape. The scale tool has no shortcut which is already annoying but since I have no "repeat last command" I have to move the mouse, go to tools, go down to Scale which has no submenu, go into the dialog and move my hand from mouse to keyboard to hit enter. Then, select the next thing and repeat this 80 times. If I select them all and scale, they will move according to the center. If I had repeat last command in space bar is just one clic with one hand, two space bar hits and move to the next. Not having to move hand and eyes from mouse to keyboard to screen is a HUGE improvement and not only in productivity, but also on the eyes health. Instead of pointing me to a parametric way to do it or asking me why those elements were groups in the first place, why don't vectorworks just do this thing, put a repeat last command already for christ's sake. There are requests for this since 2006. How are you going to recruit Autocad users to VW being stubborn? just make it a little bit easier for people to transition and not give up the software. end of rant. 2 Quote Link to comment
0 ford519 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) I need this as well. Using the Combine Into Surface command a million times to create some graphics, and it's NO FUN pulling down the menu every time. Also, I'm trying to create a shortcut for this command and I just noticed we can ONLY use CTRL, or CTRL + ALT, or CTRL + ALT + SHIFT as modifier keys... why not SHIFT alone or ALT or ALT + SHIFT? As a c4d user, it would be really cool to see the breakout palette idea used as well.. both the split-off window and the "U" or "M" breakout menus. It creates a ton of possibilities for shortcuts when you only have a certain number of keys available. Edited October 14, 2019 by ford519 Quote Link to comment
0 milezee Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 yep, definitely needed 👍 Quote Link to comment
0 hollister design Studio Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Did this ever get implemented? Searching around and there are a LOT of Wishlist entries - but nothing to show that there is a 'repeat command' key. The 'scale' command is a great example but it really seems like in VW there are many commands that have so many mouse clicks through menus to get to. Repeat saves drafting time - in Maya it's the 'G' key. On 7/19/2019 at 9:15 AM, RafaelPernia said: I think for people that has never used Autocad/Rhino/revit this is hard to visualize this but boy, the productivity would go up like ten fold. Quote Link to comment
0 Tom W. Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 It was introduced with VW2022: https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2022/eng/VW2022_Guide/Basic1/Repeating_commands.htm?rhhlterm=repeating repeat repeated commands command last&rhsearch=repeat last command 1 Quote Link to comment
0 hollister design Studio Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 @Ben59 I'm finding the smart options display to work pretty well for this. I have my lower right area set to "previous tools" and and my trigger set to the "1" key. 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Ben3B Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Tom W. said: It was introduced with VW2022: https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2022/eng/VW2022_Guide/Basic1/Repeating_commands.htm?rhhlterm=repeating repeat repeated commands command last&rhsearch=repeat last command Thank's everybody 🙂 Unfortunatly, if no mistake, that doesn't work as I want, I often use the right click align function buit it doesn't appear in the edit "recent". It appear if i use the function thru modify_align... as you can see in the video below thanks 1 Quote Link to comment
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Archicad has a Repeat Last Command Shortcut (CNTL+B)...
Does Vectorworks have a similar shortcut?
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