GE0501 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Hi all, Just wondering if there is any way to "blacklist" specific commands from being repeated when pressing spacebar (or REPEAT) ? For example, using default AutoCAD settings: 1. Use command "PL" in paper space, finish drawing polyline. 2. Double click inside a viewport, AutoCAD automatically runs "MSPACE" command. 3. Press spacebar, AutoCAD attemps to run "MSPACE" again and nothing happens. I want to be able to blacklist certain commands such as "MSPACE", so that in step 3 AutoCAD will repeat the last non-blacklisted command "PL" instead of "MSPACE". Is this possible? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 When using a command like polyline or line all you need to do is hit spacebar (easiest key to find on the keyboard!) to finish the command. It's really not possible to make this any simpler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Hi GEO501, welcome to CADTutor. You sound like a likely candidate for Right-click Customization, which I have always enjoyed. I hate taking my hand off the mouse. So this is a bit off topic, but if you are unfamiliar with it, you might enjoy checking it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA-ThundeR Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 You could add an custom command to bind the 'polyline' command to a button your left hand can reach. Not that i use it that much (muscle memory doesn't even make me think twice when i enter PL command) , but i have certain number combinationd bound to commands. Like when i am in a viewport, i use '11' command to go back to paperspace (disables the active viewport so i can zoom out in case it's not locked). And i use '13' to draw a polyline. i also have '1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and 20' commands to set a scale in my viewport (XP value) or 50, 100, 200, 250, 500 and 1000 commands for the 1:xxx scale. It's way faster than going through menu's. But in case of starting the (poly)line command, i created a custom command that i can activate with my left hand. Or you could assign a mousebutton to it. Every mouseclick extra is one to much in my book, so contextmenu's are a no-show in my autocad sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) Most users might want to take advantage of using the tilde button for custom shortcalls, as it is prime left hand real estate, right in the sweet zone where my hand rests.. If I click it once it means MOVE, twice returns me to PAPERSPACE. Three times means COPY. Edited June 28, 2021 by Dadgad typo fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Agree with Dadgad ZZ ZZZ ZZZZ and some number commands like 47 for osnap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) @BIGAL for me ZZ means align dimensions, and ZZZ calls up a wonderful Lisp by GP which he posted in 2014. Definitly helpful to create shortcalls in the sweet-spot, where you like to station your left hand over your keyboard. ; -- User Defined Command Aliases -- ; Make any changes or additions to the default AutoCAD command aliases in ; this section to ensure successful migration of these settings when you ; upgrade to the next version of AutoCAD. If a command alias appears more ; than once in this file, items in the User Defined Command Alias take ; precedence over duplicates that appear earlier in the file. ; **********----------********** ; No xlate ; DO NOT REMOVE AR, *ACTRECORD B, *BREAK C, *COPY D, *DIST DR, *DIMROTATED DV, *DDVPOINT F, *FLATTEN LI, *LAYISO LU, *LAYUNISO MAT, *MATERIALS MI, *MULTIPLEINSERT QC, *QUICKCUI R, *ROTATE RC, *RIBBONCLOSE RR, *RIBBON RW, *RENDERWIN SP, *SECTIONPLANE ST, *STANDARDS T, *TRIM VS, *BVSTATE TM, *TXT2MTXT CD, *CDORDER PSS, *POLYSOLID 1, *CIRCLE 2, *ELLIPSE 3, *ROTATE3D 4, *RECTANG 5, *POLYGON 6, *SLICE AAA, *AREA BB, *DIMBASELINE CC, *CHAMFER CG, *CHANGE DD, *DIMSTYLE VV, *DVIEW EE, *EXTRUDE EEE, *PEDIT LL, *QLEADER MM, *MIRROR OOO, *OSNAP Q, *LIST ```, *COPY QQ, *QSAVE RRR, *REDRAWALL SS, *SCALE TT, *MTEXT UU, *UNION XX, *EXTEND ZZ, *DIMSPACE CS, *CHSPACE II, *IMAGEFRAME VD, *DVIEW PP, *PURGE HH, *HIDE DDD, *3DORBIT PPP, *PRESSPULL XXX, *XLINE ``, *PSPACE `, *MOVE 11, *PLINE 22, *QLEADER 33, *MIRROR FF, *FILTER GG, *CHECKING WW, *ACTRECORD 333, *MIRROR3D OK, *OVERKILL XZ, *XEDGES VB, *VIEWBASE SD, *DISPSILH BX, *BLOCKTOXREF DF, *DIMLINEAR GS, *GENERATESECTION SSSS, *SOLPROF JJ, *MOCORO QS, *QUICKSELECT BN, *BREAK@ OO, *OSMODE XT, *EXTRIM CB, *CIRCLEBREAK MMMM, *MODEMACRO AE, *ALIASEDIT DU, *-DWGUNITS MMM, *MEASUREMENT HHH, *HATCHTOBACK 222, *ERASE YY, *COPYBASE HC, *HICOLONIC UUU, *PDFOSNAP DC, *DIMCONTINUE CCC, *CLOSE 44, *MSPACE 55, *PASTECLIP 111, *CLOSE GGG, *CLOSEALL ````, *MIRROR SSS, *SECTION DB, *DIMBREAK CA, *CLOSEALL AC, *ATTCOL DA, *DIMASSOC DBB, *DBLCLKEDIT CL, *CLAYER AA, *ARRAYCLASSIC AT, *ATTCOL MMP, *MASSPROP MP, *MATCHPROP RT, *RESETTEXTPOSITION Edited June 29, 2021 by Dadgad Thanks to GP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GE0501 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Thanks Dadgad, thats a great idea for a work around. I did a bit more research and it doesn't look like its possible to restrict "REPEAT" from only repeating specific commands. I'll setup some single-key aliases and start getting used to typing those instead of hitting spacebar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 You may be interested in this thought about adding more options. fillet reactor.lsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 The ALIAS EDITOR is your friend. Command shortcalls which are created or edited using the Alias Editor will be made in the correct place, as my screenshot showed, all the way at the very bottom of your .pgp file. Done in that way the command shortcalls you change will migrate with your software. Be sure whenever you EDIT your .PGP file that you SAVE yourself a copy somewhere you will remember outside the software for safe keeping. Always a good idea, because opening a file if you need to, is a lot easier than trying to remember all of them and recreating them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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