enter coordinates DBX

[MarkMc]

Over in suggestions johnnyprc posted a link to a youtube video about making cabinet doors with P-solids. In the video they say "hit tab" and a dbx saying "enter coordinates" pops up. I've never seen this and can't for the life of me find it in the help or in the settings. I assume I have something set that does not allow it to pop up? any help please?


While I'm at it, if anyone watched it or uses Pline solids to make doors (I always use SU) is it possible to use this method and get the wood grain going the correct direction on the rails? On the door they create all the grain goes in the same direction.

[Kilgore Trout]

You need to grab a handle to start dragging an object or edge first and then hit the tab key.

[MarkMc]

Tried that with no luck

[Alaskan Son]

You have to hit tab before you let go of the mouse button

[Alaskan Son]

And if that still doesn't work, must be something wrong with your keyboard or keyboard driver.

[MarkMc]

Hmm-pretty new clean machine, tab works selecting objects, I live on the keys and no issues anywhere but here. Is there something in prefs? Or hotkeys? I might have changed?

OK so I went to the office and got my other machine. Same thing.
Following the video I create a pline solid, copy past in place, hold "C" and drag from a corner now have a smaller solid inside the first. All fine. Then...
I've: A) grabbed a node and hit tab, B) started to pull a node and hit tab, C)clicked in a dim and hit tab- tried nodes on side, bottom and corner. Each time I hit tab I get nada- lose the selection entirely.
I also lose the ability to select the second pline completely.
I went into task manager and shut down practically every non microsoft background process, no change.
Doing this a few dozen times I finally notice a ghost of a pop up flash then go away.
Either I'm a clutz, missing something, there is a setting (likely have the same settings on both machines), this doesn't work in interiors? there is a conflict on two machines one in Win 7 and one in Win 8... Guess I'll try support on Tuesday.

[Doug Park]

1) Select the edit handle you want to move or you can do this while creating new objects as well.
2) Click and start dragging.
3) Without releasing the mouse button either hit tab or Enter. Enter is handy if you are left handed mouser.
4) At that point a dialog should pop up allowing you to enter the coordinates of the end point of your line.

If you let up on the mouse before you hit tab or enter you will get the behavior you are describing.

[dshall]

....................... or Enter. Enter is handy if you are left handed mouser.........................

Great tip, thanks.

[MarkMc]

Sounded good, was hoping it was just a klutz factor and in the 78 tries I'd failed to do that but No go, just tried several more times, both tab and enter. ..frustrating as looks like useful.
Doug is this possibly something that is not in "Interiors"?

[dshall]

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3) Without releasing the mouse button either hit tab or Enter. Enter is handy if you are left handed mouser......................

Not such a great tip, you can't double hit the enter key to change the number in the "Y" direction, back to the TAB KEY, double TAB, and I can change the "Y" direction.

[Doug Park]

Yes. As it turns out this is only in the Premier version. Some of our productivity features are only included in Premier.

[dshall]

Yes. As it turns out this is only in the Premier version. Some of our productivity features are only included in Premier.

Confused, X-5 is not the Premier version?

[MarkMc]

X5 comes as "premier" and as "interiors" which is supposedly "tailored" for the need, sales will tell you that you don't need premier "if you don't have to go inside the walls".
Funny that a demo video for making cabinet doors uses an unavailable feature.