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macro shortcut keys inactive!!

macro shortcut keys inactive!!

macro shortcut keys inactive!!

(OP)
I have noticed that every time I restart Solidworks, my custom macro shortcut keys are dead. I assigned a few macro's to F2, F3, F4, etc... I have to go to Tools / customize / Keyboard / and just hit the OK button as if I did something, then they work.
Any thoughts?

Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT

RE: macro shortcut keys inactive!!

Macro keys are habitually lazy. Sometimes they just need a kick to get them going.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

RE: macro shortcut keys inactive!!

When you set your values, exit SolidWorks cleanly.  If SolidWorks crashes after you set up these values, they will not hold.  Also, you may have a corruption in your registry.  Unfortunately, this may require a reinstall of SolidWorks.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php

RE: macro shortcut keys inactive!!

Tom ... why don't you create a macro to to do that? lol

cheers

RE: macro shortcut keys inactive!!

tmalinski,

With SW2007, I have seen that behavior on at least 6 different computers; some at work, and a couple at home (with the basic SW install and no messing with the SW settings). I'm guessing it's another SolidWorks bug that should have flushed out before rolling out the new hotkey interface.

Ken

RE: macro shortcut keys inactive!!

(OP)
Thanks, for your input. I guess SW needs to fix some buggy stuff

Tom Malinski
Sr Design Engineer
OKay Industries
New Britain CT

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