Accdraw Shortcuts Key-ins
Although AccuDraw tries to anticipate your next move it cannot always predict your intentions. AccuDraw therefore includes a wide variety of single and double character command directives known as the shortcut key-ins. By pressing the appropriate key, you can direct AccuDraw to perform a specific task. In operation, AccuDraw is the default input focus in most cases, thus letting you just type in the shortcut without having to consider where the input focus is.
Shortcut key-ins are defined as keyboard shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog. Single letter keyboard shortcuts activate the respective command, while multi-level keyboard shortcuts display a pop-up menu when the first level of keyboard shortcut is pressed. You may then click the desired option from the pop-up menu or press the desired next level keyboard shortcut. You can create, edit, or delete the keyboards shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| <Left/right arrow keys> | Cycles through a list of options for field in focus. |
| <Down arrow> |
Expand to fixed dialog and suspend dynamics. Key-in: civilcoord switch fixed |
| <Up arrow> |
Collapse floating dialog and resume dynamics. Key-in: civilcoord switch dynamic |
| <Tab> | Advance to next input field in panel |
| <Shift><Tab> | Return to previous input field in panel |
| <Enter> |
Locks the value after entering a key-in value. Pressing <Enter> when a value is already locked will increment the value. Note: Note: Due to differences in MicroStation AccuDraw and Civil AccuDraw <Enter> does not provide smart lock. Use LI shortcut instead. |
| <End> | Unlocks the current locked value. |
| <Shift><End> |
Clear all locks Key-in: civilcoord lock none |
| <Space> | Opens the quick pop-up toolbox which is a duplicate of the quick drop-down toolbox items except in an on-the-fly context. |
| O | Choose base element for Station and Offset ordinates. Civil AccuDraw waits for a DP before accepting a point. (See Differences) Key-in: civilcoord setorigin |
| V | Set compass rotated with positive Y axis up the screen |
| T |
Set compass rotation oriented to north Key-in: civilcoord rotate top |
| F |
Not currently supported. Sets compass orientation to front Key-in: civilcoord rotate front |
| S |
Not currently supported. Sets compass orientation to side Key-in: civilcoord rotate side |
| B |
Set compass to base rotation. Same as V unless a custom compass rotation has been previously set with RQ or RE. In this case B returns compass rotation to the stored RQ or RE rotation. Key-in: civilcoord rotate base |
| E | Not currently supported. Cycles compass rotation. |
| X |
Locks the X ordinate value Key-in: civilcoord lock x |
| Y |
Locks the Y ordinate value Key-in: civilcoord lock y |
| Z |
Locks the Z ordinate value Key-in: |
| D |
Locks distance ordinate value Key-in: civilcoord lock distance primary/secondary |
| A |
Locks angle ordinate value Key-in: civilcoord lock angle primary/secondary |
| LI |
Toggles lock index. If ON, and the cursor is within tolerance, the directions will lock onto the nearest compass tic and distances will lock at a previous recalled distance. If OFF, neither of these locks are active. Key-in: civilcoord lock index |
| RQ |
Not currently supported. Provides quick rotation of the compass to a dynamically selected orientation. Key-in: civilcoord rotate quick |
| RE |
Orients the compass to an element. Key-in: civilcoord rotate element |
| RV | Rotates the view to match the current compass rotation Key-in: civilcoord rotate orientview |
| RA | Not currently supported. |
| RC | Not currently supported. |
| RX | Not currently supported. |
| RY | Not currently supported. |
| RZ | Not currently supported. |
| ? | Show shortcuts Key-in: civilcoord dialog shortcuts |
| ~ | Not currently supported. |
| GT | Go to tool settings. (MicroStation > Settings > Tool Settings.) Forces focus on the dialog of the active tool. Moving the cursor switches focus back to Civil AccuDraw. Key-in: civilcoord bump toolsetting |
| GK | Open the Key-in dialog |
| GS | Open Civil AccuDraw Settings Key-in: civilcoord dialog settings |
| GA | Not currently supported. |
| WA | Not currently supported. |
| P | Data Point Key-in |
| M | Multi Point Key-in |
| I | Intersect Snap |
| N | Nearest Snap |
| C | Center Snap |
| K |
Snap Divisor Key-in: civilcoord dialog snapdivisor |
| HA | Civil AccuDraw on hold. |
| HS | Toggle AccuSnap |
| HU | Not currently supported. |
| Q |
Quit Civil AccuDraw Key-in: civilcoord quit |