But I use it much much more often than Select and Delete (but I like having both options).ĪND as you saw in Aaron’s video, he is one that loves the Eraser tool to do smooth/softening, but as he also, said the keypad also needs the ALT/OPTION key as a modifier for many tools. This frees up (1) (2) and (3) for use with the Arc Tools.įor example, says he rarely uses the Eraser tool. … and move “Paint” and “Measure” up one row, to the right of “Rotate (5)”. Then below it, to the right of “Scale (9)”, I’d put “FollowMe (-)”. Would SHIFT+“Make Component” fire “Make Group” ?Īs said above, I’d put “Polygon (cm)” where the “Erase” key is. A Hidden Geometry toggle is another most used command that needs a place on the keypad.ġ3. These keys would be better used for toggling Xray, Monochrome or Wireframe rendering mode.ġ2. Once users learn proper use of layers, these 3 keys will be near worthless. Better workflow is to leverage layers to control visibility. Teaching new users to hide individual entities is not good. The most frivolous waste of keys are the hide keys. (perhaps between the undo and green arrow keys.)ġ1. I’d prefer these were at the left side of the keypad in normal layout. The SHIFT key is always above the CTRL on keyboards. If the decimal key’s main function is to send Space, then it (seems to me) frivolous to have a dedicated Select key, (which frees up a key for another command.)ġ0. This also implies that the list separator ( 2nd hand button, top right) should also send the system’s list separator character. In 2nd numeric mode, it should send the decimal character set by the system (which might be comma for Euro users.)Ĩ. It’s not clear what the labeling on the decimal key means. Some keys diverge from the norm of having the 2nd function at the bottom right of the key. IMO, it would be more natural if there was the FollowMe tool to the right of Offset (9).Ħ. It’s a better place for either Polygon or Arc tool.)ĥ. (Also having Erase on the geometry tools row seems out of place. Select along with the Delete key is what’s used more often. Enter could be 2nd function for use with the numerics, and then have a normal command as well.Ĥ. The Enter key could be normal size, allowing an extra button as well. (Then the same space could accommodate 2 buttons.)ģ. I’d think having a - button for the numeric keypad a better choice. The SHIFT button seems a bit out of place for this keypad. I’d insist upon a toggle with a LED indicator beside it so we’d know when the numeric functions were active.Ģ. Having to hold the 2nd key for numeric use would be a deal breaker for me. So the ability to do very specific things on the left hand and right would be very efficient.ġ. Many of us that use a 3d mouse also use both hands on the keyboard. If fully programmable without effecting the normal keyboard it would probably sit well with a spacemouse. I would like it to be a useful tool, but as is I only see it as a compressed set of basic commands and a numpad. So, select an action shortcut, type the eraser key on the device and it sets that key only on the device to that action and has no effect on the normal e key. I could see this as a useful tool only if you could open the shortcut menu in preferences and choose a tool and type the keys on the Device and the shortcut was recognised as something different from the normal key strokes. But to reprogram the e key, for example, means you are setting the e on the normal keyboard to something else. Aaron noted that because the buttons are mapped to keys he is familiar with he sees it as being programmable. Without seeing it or watching 3 hours of video (not that that isn’t 3 hours well spent) to get his impression after using it it is very hard to be convinced.
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