Autocad Keyboard Commands Not Working
Zee Palmer
This happens to me ALL THE TIME in Civil 3D (Which is the main program I use 99.9% of the time). I'm typing this now while not being able to use any keyboard commands in CAD. I have to close out of the program and restart it. VERY ANNOYING! It has done this for years!
I just had this problem where nothing on the keyboard was working within Autocad. Nothing. But then outside of the program everything worked. Turns out my brother hit the F8 key to pause a video that I had playing in Chrome. Once I hit it again, everything worked.
I don't have the level of details on and the keyboard is not working either. You cannot type a single command from the keyboard (that would include LEVELOFDETAILOFF even though it works in other so clearly an AUTODESK ISSUE. Another to add to the long list of Autodesk procrastinations.
I have been having the same issue in 2020 Civil 3D for past 4 months. Keyboard is working just fine everywhere else except in ACAD....very frustrated. Generally, I have to close out and restart.......a major annoyance!
I can no longer enter command from my keyboard directly. I have to use the command line. I also cannot enter distance either when drawing a line. I must have disabled a variable or something but I don't know which one.
Well yeah that plus other things like the vport command I used to able just type it and envoke the command but now I have to have the command line open at the bottom of the screen to due any command. I did look at the drafting settings and it doesn't look like anything has been changed in the dynamic input tab. Not sure what changed from yesterday when it was working fine till today and now it's not working. Something must have been turned off but I don't know what.
Sorry but I'm a one man show here and I have to stay on top of all the fire alarm stuff from design to installation and final acceptance. I know what Dynamic Input is but with everything else I have to do trying to remember what every feature and command there is in autocad is challenging.
Hi, I have the same problem, but in my case even though Dynamic Input is set to 3, it did not fix my problem. I still cant type in commands directly from my keyboard. I have to put my cursor directly in the command line.
Hi, I have the same issue. Tried the DYNMODE=3 & DYNPROMPT=1 but did not work. I'm unable to type anything as the field box disappears before i can key any command and it doesn't register anything i type. I have to hover over the command line to input data or command. I can only attribute this to the updated system macOS Ventura 13.2.1, as it was working fine until the update. Nothing else has changed!
I have the same issue! Whenever I type a command on the screen, the first letter shows up and then disappears. Commands only seem to work when I use the command line. I've tried changing all the dynamic input settings, restart, restore default AutoCAD settings, etc, nothing seems to fix the problem. Help!
When the cursor is in the drawing field, when I start typing a command, the Dynamic Prompt box next to the cursor briefly flashes the character I typed, but nothing shows up on the command line. I need to click into the command line bar to be able to enter any command.
Any time any thing funky like that starts, and I know this is the first thing the IT guys run to, but seriously...if it all starts acting flaky...letters won't work, video is having some aberration you've never seen before...do a cold reboot. Not a restart, but power it completely down, go get a cup of coffee, and come back. Ninety percent of weirdness will be fixed that way.
I know this is a reply to a very old thread but the same thing has just happened to me. In the middle of typing in commands the letter C stopped working in AutoCAD. A quick check revealed that V and H had also stopped working. So I opened a new email and started typing - no problems with C, V and H. Went back to AutoCAD but they still weren't working. Restarting AutoCAD fixed the problem but it was a very strange glitch. So I'm just posting this to let you know you're not going mad.
same here, I just had an issue in a drawing with the letters C, V, and H. I was editing an MTEXT object. The funny thing is that C worked everywhere else on my computer, including this post. It even worked when I used commands, like c for copy, or control C to copy... Weird.
I use AutoCAD every day and this morning the C, V and H keys weren't able to be typed into the command prompt. Autocad was still recognising the keys if I used them in shortcuts, I just couldn't use commands (e.g. circle).
I experience this same thing from time to time; I am guessing that I have seen it at lease a dozen times over the last few years. (This is the first time I took the time to do a search and see if others experience this, apparent they do!)
I have found that the issue seems to to specific to an AutoCAD session; I frequently run multiple sessions, and the problem appears in only one (though if I have multiple drawings open in that session, the issue is apparent in all of them).
This happened to me a couple times before, I knew it had something to do with F-Lock, that I must've accidently enabled. so I tried a bunch of keyboard shortcuts to disable it, and it finally worked but I didn't know what worked, as I was trying so many random keys. so I went back and tried to lock the keys again, and I successfully locked and unlocked the keys by pressing Esc key While holding down Ctrl key. May be for some older keyboards it works by Pressing Fn + Esc keys
Its windows. i dont think i have anything else running. I know photoshop can be disruptive to autocad but i havent got anything else running. Its odd because its fine for maybe an hour and then it will stop responding again.
Hi Stephanie - just making sure we are on the same page - I mean plug-ins in Rhino, not a separate program running. I ask because I seem to remember that Grasshopper, in some cases, can mess with keyboard input. Are you running Windows on PC hardware or Bootcamped or? You might try refreshing the drivers for the keyboard as well, if you have not.
When you export the current shortcuts, they produce a very basic XML file. This file gives you access to 100% of the content available in the KS editor and even various things that this dialog is somewhat hiding from the user; most notably the CommandID. While trying to setup our shortcuts, I ran into a lot of redundant situations where the CommandID was actually the best piece of information. So, my implementation actually shows you that ID string. Mine also has a more complete map of what that KS dialog calls the Filter. The weird thing about Revit, a command can be contextually available in MANY places and that Filter string essentially tells you where it is located in the interface. Which is still somewhat useless for the purely contextual items, but again, that CommandID goes a long ways towards finding the one your looking for.
There are 2 types of visual warnings this dialog will give you. The first one is bolded text, this is how you can identify commands that will force the use of a Enter or Spacebar input because some other command has the exact same prefix.
This is where the magic happens that makes Revit feel a bit more like AutoCAD. It does this by allowing you to assign whatever you want and get a consistent interaction. When you press the Save button, you will be prompted with a Yes/No question for whether or not it should save in a Cadified format.
The cadified end results basically creates consistent and virtually impossible (traffic jams) obstructions, which then forces Revit to require an Enter or Spacebar key for all command execution. Which definitively provided me a warm and fuzzy feeling while working in Revit.
If you are an avid keyboard user like me, then you probably share my contempt for the developers choice of mandating a dialog prompt for text entry on Plant 3D IsoMessages. I know it was a constant...
Thanks,
Mohan Jambhulkar
Design Engineer
Consulting Engrs. Corp.
www.cecsoft.com RE: How to change Autocad shortcuts DetroitPickles (Structural)16 Jul 02 13:49The "acad.pgp" file is located in the "Support" directory, under the "Autocad" directory.
Normally this is where you do the "Quickie" commands. Actually in LT, that is pretty much it.
I think a better question is, why the heck do they have LT where you work (When you have full-blown at home)? Cheap skates?
Mr. Pickles RE: How to change Autocad shortcuts tigrek (Mechanical)16 Jul 02 14:11Nice diagnosis of some companies, Detroit. Well named: Cheap skates. RE: How to change Autocad shortcuts dik (visitor)(OP)16 Jul 02 22:06Hey .......
Well ... at work they don't really do 3D work with autocad, its more 3D studio max .. but i do alot at home for school (the Autocad is licienced by the university) .... thats why...
Just checked for the file ... there is no support folder in my autocad LT directory ... but found the *.pgp file in the main autocad directory ... and its labled .... aclt.pgp ...
maybe cus im using LT 95 (release 3)... yes yes yes .... its darn old ,i know but thats what they give to part time technical assitants .....
thanks alot guys ....(was getting tired exiting the programe when i typed ET when all i wanted was to extend the line):)
Billy
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