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Turbo Cad 12 - question

Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
edited 2011-03-21 11:38 in General Discussion
Putting together a weekend project and using Turbo Cad to design and print out some templates for cutting later, I have stumbled across a most annoying key-stroke that I can't seem to undo.

In another CAD tool I use, I press CTRL+D to release all of the objects ... doing so in Turbo Cad (out of habit) places it in a weird mode resulting in a thin one pixel wide thin vertical line in the middle of the screen.

The Undo/Redo option seems to keep the design history, but not for the CTRL+D 'oops'

Just wondered if anyone has experienced this and if they knew of an undo for this.

Thanks

Comments

  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-03-19 10:41
    Haven't used TurboCad for years, so I can't comment.

    I hope this isn't for a CNC maching of the die for Prop2. That could set it back another year. :)
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-03-19 12:21
    Mr. Schwabe - see:

    http://www3.turbocadcommunity.com/tiki-index.php?page=SEKE's

    Cntl+D = ViewCameraPlaceToDwgCenter = "Place camera to the drawing center"

    Anyway, there's a bunch 'o TurboCAD cntl key descriptions on this site and many dedicated to "view camera".


    Non-TurboCAD user,

    DJ
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2011-03-19 15:13
    Publison,
    I hope this isn't for a CNC maching of the die for Prop2
    ... funny, but no. A weekend project I was working on for one of my daughters.
    ...That could set it back another year
    ... not so funny. :smile:

    Here is the latest Propeller II Blog ... Pad Frame was LVS/DRC on Friday 3-18-2011
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?125543-Propeller-II-update-BLOG&p=985721&viewfull=1#post985721



    davejames,

    hmmm... camera view setting? ... still once it's set it won't let you go back to the original default view.


    Thanks
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-03-19 15:33
    http://www3.turbocadcommunity.com/tiki-index.php?page=TurboCAD+Commands+V17

    How about F5? "Redraw - redraw the active view".

    I'm guessing here,

    DJ
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2011-03-19 15:58
    davejames,

    No, F5 just refreshes the current view.


    Solution:

    Under View, there is a tab for 'Previous View' ... there is no direct bind-key associated to it, but you can get there ... ALT+V, u, Enter

    Seems like a very convoluted way to avoid or undo an accidental CTRL+D
  • SSteveSSteve Posts: 808
    edited 2011-03-21 09:00
    Beau:

    You can try re-assigning the keystroke to the command you want. Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts. Click the '+' button and add a shortcut for TurboCAD. Enter the exact menu item title from TurboCAD and set the shortcut to Ctrl+D.

    If it's a well-behaved OS X program this will work. Unfortunately, I'd put the odds of TurboCAD being well-behaved at about 25%.

    Edit: I don't know why I assumed you're on a Mac. Maybe because I have a version of TurboCAD.
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2011-03-21 11:38
    SSteve,

    Thanks! The version of TurboCAD that I'm using is for Windows.
    Under ... Tools->Customize...->Keyboard ... I am able to change the CTRL+D to something else.
    I don't know why I assumed you're on a Mac. Maybe because I have a version of TurboCAD.

    Actually my native boot is on a Linux based system with dual head monitors. I run VMWare to run Windows XP and assign that to one of the monitor heads.
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