![]() ![]() I have tried aliases and realized that they often require to type 2 or 3 letters which are all over the keyboard and press spacebar at the end. Then after calming down, I started to think why AutoCAD does not have simple one key shortcuts… Other software packages have them. When I was faced with tight deadlines and pressure at work I collapsed like a house of cards. Many moons have passed but we can still see the ergonomics flaws which were planted at the dawn of computer technology. It was not considered how many letters a person had to type to access a command or how long the mouse path had to be and how many clicks needed to be done. The software was also designed to provide functionality first. ![]() ![]() As a result, we have unnecessary friction of moving hand between mouse and numpad. It was before the mouse became a common input device. Probably the original intention was making it easier for the right-handed people to use numpad as a calculator. Placed on the right-side it forces you to move hand from mouse to numpad every time you required to enter a number. ![]() Therefore, we had rectangular mouse bricks. Nobody really thought about ergonomics, the goal was to provide functionality first. Back in the days, the focus was on computers itself as a promise of profound impact on the way we do things. The first release of AutoCAD was 38 years ago. Back November 13th, 2021 AutoCAD: One Key Shortcuts ![]()
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