Macro and shortcut button

[Andy]

In 9 I had a button that would put crosshair lines at the origin for the beginning of a drawing session. I used these lines for construction.

 

How do I create a button that runs this macro (I have the macro)?

[edmBosto]

The quickest way to jog between having the cross hair showing or not is to hit F9.

[Andy]

Actually, I want geometry 2 lines at 90 degrees at the origin. Not f9 reference lines.

[Lloyd]

I asked a similar question some months ago and the general consensus was that it couldn't be done. The only way to play a macro was through the macro manager.

 

Of course that may be changed in MR2.

[Thad]

Andy,

 

I assume you need this for MCX. This is not an answer to your question, but maybe something that you never considered.

 

Someone once told me that they always draw some lines like you desire and then offset or create-line-parallel to create other geometry. I never liked that because all lines were the same length, it looked like a Checker board and it created more confusion by the time trimming time came around. I always liked to use the horizontal or vertical lines. That way, I could click-click, in the approximate location where they would be, and type in my location. That made trimming so much easier.

 

Now to your question. I believe the Help file says that you can keymap a macro but it doesn't tell you how and I haven't found a way to do it.

 

Thad

[Andy]

Thad,

Yes V10.

Yes, I like to start with and draw parallel lines and trim.

The best I could do was keymapping and then get the manager also.

However, it now turns out that when I create a maco for something as simple as putting a point at the origin when I play it back it puts it relative to the screen and not at the origin.(worthless).

Just before playback pan the screen a little and see.

[Thad]

When you record the macro, do you click origin or type 0,0,0...or do you let autocursor snap to the origin. If you're snapping, I'd bet that the macro recorder is not picking up the autorcursor.

 

Thad

[Andy]

Thad,

I tried it with end point coordinates and it will work only if you check "playback at normal speed" and then it takes forever (that is, the actual data entry speed I typed the coordinates in with.)

Try it.

[Roger D]

Could you draw the lines as needed and then save the file? Then you could open that file every time you need to start a new drawing and the lines are already there,same with level names etc.

Roger

[Andy]

Roger, That certainly is one solution. I have considered doing that. It would entail navigating and finding that MCX template file every time. However, I would still like to have macros , in general, work in MC and be able to take advantage of their potential power. It may be that they won't support them much in the future.