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Command Mode Programming

AverageInspector
Easy question hopefully for you high level programmers;

Does anyone have a cheat sheet for writing programs in command mode? I am still somewhat new to PCDMIS and find it much easier to change stuff within FCF's in command mode, and wanted to learn how to write the programs like inserting features, creating alignments etc. I have tried to mess with it but can't ever figure out what to type in order to get the correct aspect.

If you don't have a cheat sheet, maybe some tips on how to get better?
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  • I using typing in features a lot of the time, especially move points, clearplanes, assignments, etc. Constructing/creating features and dimensioning, I use my toolbar.

    Ditto. Some things are faster typing, some things are faster clicking.

    Some things can't even be done from typing in the edit window. You can probably get any command started with the right keywords, but you will likely have to edit the command with 'F9' to do all the configurations in a separate dialog window. And, you can't tab your way through all the dialog window fields. For example, you can't tab your way down to all the advanced settings of an auto feature dialog window. No way around it, you got to use the mouse.

    Something to look into is that you can create custom toolbars, then you can arrange the icons in whatever way works best for your needs. This helps me a lot. If you really want to optimize, learn the common shortcut keys and consider setting custom ones.
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  • I using typing in features a lot of the time, especially move points, clearplanes, assignments, etc. Constructing/creating features and dimensioning, I use my toolbar.

    Ditto. Some things are faster typing, some things are faster clicking.

    Some things can't even be done from typing in the edit window. You can probably get any command started with the right keywords, but you will likely have to edit the command with 'F9' to do all the configurations in a separate dialog window. And, you can't tab your way through all the dialog window fields. For example, you can't tab your way down to all the advanced settings of an auto feature dialog window. No way around it, you got to use the mouse.

    Something to look into is that you can create custom toolbars, then you can arrange the icons in whatever way works best for your needs. This helps me a lot. If you really want to optimize, learn the common shortcut keys and consider setting custom ones.
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  • in reply to Cris_C
    Yeah, "must use mouse" setup is garbage. EVERYTHING can be done with the keyboard in the older versions, before they made that cluster 'thing' of tabs at the bottom of the auto feature dialog window. Many is the time when I program my programmable keypad to open, adjust, change, etc. items for auto features in programs I get from customers, then can do it ALL with a single key on the keypad. Can't do that in the newer versions with the cluster of tabs.
  • in reply to Cris_C
    I’m not a fan of the cluster of tabs either. I wish there were an option to have bigger dialogue windows that have all the options in plain sight. Today’s monitors certainly have the resolution to do that.
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