SubscribeAfter my official "hook" answer yesterday I received yet one more juicy piece of information...the buildings actually lean out a little to accommodate hoisting up large objects - imagine that! (thank you Dan Smith). I also received some great Amsterdam stories about their high trust factor - really made my day. I wish it was more like that here in the US.
AutoCAD Hip Tip - Changing the F1 key to Escape!
Yesterday we discussed assigning that pesky F1 key to Escape for AutoCAD 2006 - today we'll focus on AutoCAD 2005 and before.
Just a quick recap: I am asked constantly how to turn off the F1 key. In our zest to hit the Escape key - we often find ourselves accidentally hitting the F1 key instead. This leads to the loading of AutoCAD Help - usually followed by an expletive...
So let's change the F1 key to Escape so our chances of getting it correct are doubled! Since there is no CUI command in AutoCAD 2005 or before we're going to need to do it manually in the AutoCAD menu...no worries...it's not that tough.
First you'll need to find the ACAD.MNS file. It's easiest to just do a search for the file - but you'll find it buried in a directory structure such as this:
C:\Documents and Settings\LYNNA\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2005\R16.\enu\Support\acad.mns
Make a copy of the file (just in case...) and open it up in Notepad. Double-clicking on the file will automatically open it up in Notepad for you.
The section that controls the keyboard shortcuts is the ***Accelerators section. The AutoCAD menu file is quite long so you'll need to do a search (Find) for this section.
After locating the ***Accelerators section you'll add the following code just as you see below.
***ACCELERATORS
["F1"]^C^C
Right below ***ACCELERATORS you are keying in the ["F1]^C^C. This tells AutoCAD you want the F1 key to Cancel - plain and simple! Save the file and exit.
Boot up AutoCAD and try it! If you are already in AutoCAD you'll have to execute the Menu command to reload it.
Now we can all live happily ever after...