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skill to repeat command in Layout L??

SteveRFIC

Hi,

I wonder if there is a way to use skill or bindkeys to combine a few commands in layout.

For instance, I select an instance, I clikc "c" to copy, then I press "F3" to get the copy window, and then I give a delta value and then hit "Apply" with left mouse button. Then I finished the delta copy. If I want to do the same thing again, then I have to repeat, c, F3, click, c, F3, click.

When I check CIW, what appears is the following three commands:

leHiCopy()
hiToggleEnterForm()
_leApplyCopy(hiGetCurrentWindow())

I tried to put these three commands in a bindkey, but it does not work. I only get the copy command and I still have to press F3. Is there a way to combine these there things? to define a function that does the three things so that I can do this with one button?

Thanks!

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  • I have several suggestions:

    1. Make sure you have "Repeat Commands" turned on in the top left of the Editor Options form. In the .cdsenv it is called "modalCommands".
    2. Cadence operations vary slightly depending if you pre-select an object or not. In this specific example, you can repeat easily if you DO NOT pre-select the object.
        a. Start the copy command with nothing selected, toggle the form, set the delta, then select an object and apply, select an object and apply
    3. The leHiCopy command is a blocking command so the other two commands won't run until the copy command completes. Try this:
        hiEnqueueCmd("hiToggleEnterForm()") hiEnqueueCmd("_leApplyCopy(hiGetCurrentWindow())") leHiCopy()
    4. If you are copying the same shape the same delta in the same direction, try using the rows or column feature on the copy form or the alternative Repeat Copy command.

    Derek

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  • I have several suggestions:

    1. Make sure you have "Repeat Commands" turned on in the top left of the Editor Options form. In the .cdsenv it is called "modalCommands".
    2. Cadence operations vary slightly depending if you pre-select an object or not. In this specific example, you can repeat easily if you DO NOT pre-select the object.
        a. Start the copy command with nothing selected, toggle the form, set the delta, then select an object and apply, select an object and apply
    3. The leHiCopy command is a blocking command so the other two commands won't run until the copy command completes. Try this:
        hiEnqueueCmd("hiToggleEnterForm()") hiEnqueueCmd("_leApplyCopy(hiGetCurrentWindow())") leHiCopy()
    4. If you are copying the same shape the same delta in the same direction, try using the rows or column feature on the copy form or the alternative Repeat Copy command.

    Derek

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