PWillemen Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Hey guys, I've just started using AutoCAD (my boss wants me to), and I'm currently studying the basics and stuff in the SubscriptionCenter's Learning Center. I already found out that I am most comfortable using the keyboard, but there's one thing bugging me... When I want to enter a command I need to click the Command Line before typing. Is there a keyboard shortcut that allows me to instantly focus on the typing area of the command line? Better still, can I assign one myself? Thanks in advance, Greetings, Pascal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Are you sure about that? It maybe an LT thing but as far as I can remember if your focus is in the AutoCAD window, any keyboard action goes to the command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWillemen Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 I didn't notice that. My bad. It now appears near my "crosshairs"-cursor. I alrady read somewhere I can disable that. Thanks for your extremely quick respons though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 THAT WOULD BE THe (damn caps-lock..) DYN-button at the bottom of the screen - just incase :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 DYN = Dynamic Input. More comfortable using the keyboard? Learn command line aliases. That's shorthand. Ex: to use the Line command just type "L". Erase becomes "E". Got it? For more information open up AutoCAD Help and search on the word aliases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I like dynamic input, but I'm one of the few on here. At any time you can still press F2 to check what has happened recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWillemen Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Thanks, I didn't know what DYN was either. Found it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GE13579 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I'm like Dave- I prefer Dynamic Input. Just a note further to Tigers point- you can remove the tooltip without disabling DYN by right clicking the DYN button and going into settings... Dynamic Prompts section... Uncheck the "Show command prompting and command input near the crosshairs" box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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