Topic: Hotkey to manually pan/scroll around within AutoCAD?

[Robb]

Is there a hotkey or command that will allow me to manually manuever around in autocad? Kind of like the arrows in an excel document or page_up/page_dn keys?

I have a long schedule that I want to move up and down in but using pan seems like a slower method. If I could hit something like the arrow keys or pgup/pgdn then that would rock!

[jonesy]

Something like control and middle button?

Or was you thinking about something else?

[Gliderider]

Or Shift+ Middle Button to pan orthogonally.

[David Hall]

or the old school method, -pan with ortho turned on

[dan19936]

I use custom accelerators and just added the pan option. Works well with CTRL and numpad arrows, but regular numpad always echos the number which screws up the next command. The remaining code is used to offset dimension lines a standard amount of 3/8" times the dimension scale.

Dan

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***ACCELERATORS
["NUMPAD5"]^P(xyz_keydist "get" nil)
["NUMPAD6"]^P(xyz_keydist "0" nil)
["NUMPAD9"]^P(xyz_keydist "45" nil)
["NUMPAD8"]^P(xyz_keydist "90" nil)
["NUMPAD7"]^P(xyz_keydist "135" nil)
["NUMPAD4"]^P(xyz_keydist "180" nil)
["NUMPAD1"]^P(xyz_keydist "-135" nil)
["NUMPAD2"]^P(xyz_keydist "-90" nil)
["NUMPAD3"]^P(xyz_keydist "-45" nil)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD5"]^P(xyz_keydist "get" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD6"]^P(xyz_keydist "0" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD9"]^P(xyz_keydist "45" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD8"]^P(xyz_keydist "90" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD7"]^P(xyz_keydist "135" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD4"]^P(xyz_keydist "180" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD1"]^P(xyz_keydist "-135" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD2"]^P(xyz_keydist "-90" 2.0)
[CONTROL+"NUMPAD3"]^P(xyz_keydist "-45" 2.0)
["F1"]^p(princ "\nHelp disabled, used menu")(princ)


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;;;=========================================================================
;;; xyz_KEYDIST - Combines input distance with direction for use with numeric keypad accelerators
;;;=========================================================================
(defun-q xyz_keydist ( angle mult / return)
  (if (= 0 (getvar "cmdactive"))
    ;; pan if no command active
    (progn
      (command "-pan" (getvar "viewctr") (strcat "@" (rtos (/ (getvar "viewsize") -4.0)) "<" angle))
    )
    ;; return number if active
    (progn
      (if (not mult)(setq mult 1))
      (if (or (not xyz_KEYDIST_VALUE)
              (= angle "get")
          ) ;or
        (setq xyz_KEYDIST_VALUE
               (xyz_getdist nil ;no base point
                            "\nEnter distance for keypad entry" ;prompt
    ;;                        (if xyz_KEYDIST_VALUE ;use global if it exists, else 3/8" in drawing scale
    ;;                          xyz_KEYDIST_VALUE
                              (* 0.375 (getvar "dimscale"))
    ;;                        )
               ) ;xyz_getdist
        ) ;setq
      ) ;if
      (setq return (strcat "@" (rtos (* mult xyz_KEYDIST_VALUE)) "<" angle))
    )
  )
  (if return return (princ))
) ;defun

;;;==========================================================
;;; Get Distance with Default - from Looking Glass Microproducts
;;;==========================================================
(defun-q xyz_getdist (base prmpt default)
   (Setq
      prmpt (Strcat
               prmpt
               (If default
                  (Strcat " <" (RtoS default) ">")
                  ""
               )
               ": "
            )
   )
   (Cond
      ((If base
          (GetDist base prmpt)
          (GetDist prmpt)
       )
      )
      (default)
   )
)



[Dinosaur]

Do you have scroll bars to turn on in ADT?  I hate the things and always forget they are there until I have to set up a fresh install.

[Robb]

Do you have scroll bars to turn on in ADT?  I hate the things and always forget they are there until I have to set up a fresh install.

Yes, I tried with scroll bard on. I usually disable them but I've tried with them on to see if that enables anything. I cant seem to find any hotkeys that will allow me to navigate around the drawing (like panning) bit without using the mouse... I'd prefer use the keyboard... something like arrow keys or pgup/pgdown

thanks for the code guys... will try those.