AJSmith Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 One of our engineers has come to me saying that his delete key has stopped working he can erase objects using "E" or the erase button but cant erase using the delete key the key will work in other programmes and will work in the command line so its not the keyboard so I'm stumped any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Please check that PICKFIRST system variable is set to 1 on said workstation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSmith Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 that's the one thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Good to hear is solved; you're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sans53 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I'm running AutoCAD 2008 with Windows 7 on a Macbook Pro using a program called 'Parallels'. Everything works pretty smoothly but the 'delete' key does not work as a substitute for erase. I'm aware of PICKFIRST and Noun/verb selection (one and the same?) but neither effect the delete key in this case. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I don't run Autocad on a Mac, but I found this response on another forum. You're running windows on a mac that's why, has nothing to do with AutoCAD. Hold the FN key on your keyboard, and press DELETE. I just researched this, its because on Mac platform the "delete" key performs both as backspace and delete. So when you crossover or do parallels or whatever onto Windows the keyboard's default function for the delete key is "backspace"; you have to press FN+Delete to toggle from "backspace" to "delete." Or just use the Erase command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sans53 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 thank-you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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