Settings that need faster access

[WendyWelton]

What settings or properties does everybody change frequently enough that you wish it had a hot-key, user control of default, etc?

Brevity is a good thing.

[WendyWelton]

1 - Text & arrows - I often need to change to "Front Group" - wish I could set as default.

2 - The arrow in particular - I often need to put in front of the text, so the solid fill of text doesn't hide part of the arrow when it comes from the end of a paragraph. My wish is that arrow could be not only "Front Group", but also "Front of Group"

3 - Marquee Select - Intersection vs. Contained - I wish I could put on a hot key

[lbuttery]

Flipping walls to invisible for camera shots

I would like a toggle that when on each wall clicked would become invisible and when off each wall clicked becomes visible again

Lew

[Kelly K]

3 - Marquee Select - Intersection vs. Contained - I wish I could put on a hot key

Yes I would wish for the same, with the addition of the elimination of the edit tool bar as an option, in essence if I wish to erase something, or edit in a particular manner, I could lock in the feature globally and keep it until a right click.

Better access to Marquee Select is high on my list, but even higher would be programmable hot key icons similar to library browser keys in that they have assignable features. This would require an icon character editor/creator for those instances which hot keys don't have characters assigned. I suppose that what I'm proposing is similar to a macro language. All I know is that I would really like to get my cursor on a transform/replicate-reflect-horizontal one click icon, or some combination thereof.

Unfortunately, what I propose would have to override some of the current hierarchy of how some things are done and may not be possible. However, dreams never become reality if kept to themselves.

Kelly

[ebdesign]

Hmmm, so much to choose from.
First thing to come to mind this morning........I would like to see the dbx for any CAD or 3D object show up when the cursor remains over that item (in any view). Click on the item, the dbx remains open & you can edit any/all properties of that item.
Jim

[WendyWelton]

Lew,

Nice idea. How high up your list would something like that be?

Jim,

So - you want to see the dbx without double clicking - kind of like an informational pop up? You're looking to quickly see what it's properties are?

[ebdesign]

You're looking to quickly see what it's properties are?

Wendy,
You got it. A lot of times I just wanna see the properties (like the layer) of an object, & don't need to do anything else.
Jim

[lbuttery]

Wendy:


Fairly high ....

It's something I do all the time and it requires lots of click to make invisibile and the lots of clicks to make visible.


Lew

[ebdesign]

Lew,
I assume you know that you can select (double-click) the wall in any camera view, select "invisible" & close. 3 clicks.
Just makin' sure you were aware of that.........ya never know.

Making the wall "visible" again would need to be done in plan, but 3 more clicks.
If we had "my" pop-up properties dbx............. still 3 clicks.

Jim

[lbuttery]

Jim:

That's what I do now and I'd prefer to have the toggle

Then it's only one click per wall


Lew

[WHirsch]

Ability to set a drawing order for entire layers would save a ton of time. If we could set text layers in front, for example, a lot of steps would be eliminated. A hot key can be set up for "front of group" now. It would be nice to have the same options for the other drawing order commands.

I'd much rather see development of some kind of properties palette that can remain open always (perhaps it could be included in the project browser) than a pop up for properties. I can already see what layer an object is on by glancing at the status bar, and there's a default hot key to open the properties dbx, but I don't want to have to take any additional steps at all to see, or edit, all properties of a selection.

Having a quick way to change marquee selection behavior would be nice too, but not my highest priority.

[RMorrison]

I'd much rather see development of some kind of properties palette that can remain open always (perhaps it could be included in the project browser) than a pop up for properties. I can already see what layer an object is on by glancing at the status bar, and there's a default hot key to open the properties dbx, but I don't want to have to take any additional steps at all to see, or edit, all properties of a selection.

I think this is my highest priority in a nutshell. Having to open, then TAB, through a DBX (the text DBX immediately springs to mind as the worst offender for me) to get to the layer setting, for example, is maddening.

[WendyWelton]

A hot key can be set up for "front of group" now.

It can? What did I miss? Where? I need that!

Ability to set a drawing order for entire layers would save a ton of time.

Yes Yes Yes - Simple, elegant, effective.

I'd much rather see development of some kind of properties palette that can remain open always ...

Yes - there've been many variations on this request. I second it - again.

[WHirsch]

It can? What did I miss? Where? I need that!

Wendy, go to the customize hotkeys dbx. Look for "Edit Toolbar- Move To Front of Group"

[Glenn Woodward]

I'd much rather see development of some kind of properties palette that can remain open always (perhaps it could be included in the project browser) than a pop up for properties. I can already see what layer an object is on by glancing at the status bar, and there's a default hot key to open the properties dbx, but I don't want to have to take any additional steps at all to see, or edit, all properties of a selection.

This one ties in nicely with the ability to be able to select an objects properties (color, layer, width, type) BEFORE drawing it, instead of having to editing it after drawing it.

My suggestion is to have 4 drop down boxes (1 for each property).
When you select an object, the objects properties are displayed in the drop down boxes.
You also set the drop down boxes before drawing ne objects.
Similar to many cad programs.
This alows you to draw entities whose properties are not layer depentant - same as editing an objects properties after it is drawn.