I am trying to make key cuts for the tools and have followed aloong and I'm in the sidepane.html and found the ="booleans". What do I need to enter to assign it to a key(B)? Sorry, I'm not that familiar with HTML, a small pop up in the options tab would be great for non-tablet users to assign keys to the tools.

> What do I need to enter to assign it to a key(B)?

Once you know the command name, you have to go to the moi.ini file to assign it to a key.

Make sure you shut down MoI first, then run notepad, and open moi.ini from C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]\Application Data\Moi\moi.ini

This is the file that stores all of your configuration options for running MoI.

Find the section labeled [Shortcut Keys], and add a new line under it for your key assignment, for example:

[Shortcut Keys]
B=BooleanDifference
U=BooleanUnion
I=BooleanIntersection
Ctrl+A=<.....etc...>

Save the file from notepad, and then when you start up MoI again those shortcut keys should be available. Make sure to remember to shut down MoI first before editing the file though.

Let me know if you have any problems getting this to work. If you can't find what the name of a particular command is, just go ahead and ask me.

There will eventually be something to set this under options, but it will probably be a little while before it is ready.

- Michael

Thanks Michael, that worked like a charm. I've attached a simple three step visual for others to look at if they want to do shortcuts if that is alright?

Bravo !
Very clear :)

> if that is alright?

Of course! Thank you very much, I appreciate it. Other people will benefit from your clear instructions.

- Michael

Awesome. But what's the command for "Reset All"? I can't find it, and that's something I use on a constant basis. So much so I want to put it on the friggin' spacebar.

That one's a little different, it's not exactly a command because you can do it while another command is still running.

This will do it:

[Shortcut Keys]
Space=script:moi.view.resetAll();

That's basically a little script macro that will run when you push the space bar.

You've probably already seen this, but just to make sure - when you do the view reset the first time, it will go to the selected objects. If you want to go to all objects instead of just the selected ones, then do another reset immediately and it will switch to all objects.

- Michael

Awesome. Thanks for the help.

OK Michael, what would I need to enter to toggle each of the snaps to a key? :) Grid(on/off), Straight, and Object. I have made a list of all the commands so people won't go looking all over with their Icon, UI name and command name. I'll post the list so it will help with some of the same questions.

Let's see, those ones also need one of those mini script macros. This will do it:

[Shortcut Keys]
G=script:moi.drawingAids.gridSnap = !moi.drawingAids.gridSnap;
O=script:moi.drawingAids.objectSnap = !moi.drawingAids.objectSnap;
S=script:moi.drawingAids.straightSnap = !moi.drawingAids.straightSnap;

Thanks for assembling the list!

- Michael

Here is a quick list for most of the tool names and commands you will need to setup keyboard shortcuts for MoI. Just read the above portion of the thread or the three step walk-thru above. Next to each icon is the function name and then the associated command name which is what you will need for defining your own shortcuts in the moi.ini file.

And maybe also the Selection All, Deselect all, Inverse Selection will be nice on the list :)

Very cool Grendel, thank you!

- Michael

> And maybe also the Selection All, Deselect all, Inverse Selection will be nice on the list :)

Grendel's got them on Page #3 of his guide, here they are:

[Shortcut Keys]
A=script:moi.geometryDatabase.selectAll();
N=script:moi.geometryDatabase.deselectAll();
I=script:moi.geometryDatabase.invertSelection();

- Michael

This another one by Michael
Select All / Deselect All by the Space Barre !

Add this in "one line" in the section [Shortcut Keys]

Space=script:var selection = moi.geometryDatabase.getSelectedObjects(); if ( selection.length == 0 ) moi.geometryDatabase.selectAll(); else moi.geometryDatabase.deselectAll();

Works like a charm !)

hi There Michael and All

is it possible To make some numeric command aliases?

(alii?)

i use a mouse left-handed even Tho i am actually right-handed
previous owners/bosses drove me crazy with contradictory infomation

so i keet a clip-board To write everything down with
and i ended up loving To use a mouse left-handed which

leaves The right-hand in The proximity of The keyboard number pad

(not going To mention The other software That i have been using for 18 years)
but This is extremely FAST, numeric input for a command name, Then (if needed)

additional numeric input for etc parameters
i havent downloaded The MOI beta yet, so

(but i am going To do just That as soon as i finish This message)

i am not sure if This is possible or would work

????

Thanks

by The way i got 300 - 400 numeric keypad command aliases memorized by now

and (did i say This before) IT IS extremely FAST!!!

vizjunky

> is it possible To make some numeric command aliases?

These are just single-letter shortcut keys that we're talking about here, I think you may be talking about multiple key command name aliases as might be used in a command-line interface program? MoI doesn't have a command-line style interface so there isn't any place to type in these types of sequences.

Single number shortcut keys actually do kind of work right now, but it's a bug, they're not supposed to work because most of the time MoI can use numeric input right away - for instance if you're drawing a line and you type "5,2 [enter]", you will place the current point at the coordinates 5,2 , you don't have to click somewhere or do anything special before typing in the numbers. That's why they aren't going to be allowed as shortcut keys (once the bug is fixed). If there is a command running that takes numeric input as one of its parameters (example: circle with a radius), then typing a number will put it directly into the option for the command instead of in the point coordinate box.

However, you can still use the number pad for some shortcuts if you turn Num Lock off, this will then make the keypad generate non-number characters, such as Page Up, Home, End, etc... These can be assigned as shortcuts in the .ini file (as described earlier in this thread) using these labels: UpArrow, DownArrow, LeftArrow, RightArrow, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Insert, Delete, Backspace.


But really one big effort in MoI's interface was actually to set it up so that you don't need to touch the keyboard to do anything at all... I didn't ignore the keyboard completely, like there is the support for keyboard shortcuts as in this thread, and entering numeric data should work quite well since it sends the numbers to the right spot without further clicks, but if you really like to use a command-line interface with hundreds of different aliases, that's a lot different from how MoI works.

- Michael

This is one of the coolest features of MoI indeed ;)
How would I assign shortcuts to the viewports? Like T, F and R for top, front and right, and spacebar to toggle Split-3D..
TIA!

> How would I assign shortcuts to the viewports? Like T, F and R for top,
> front and right, and spacebar to toggle Split-3D

Here's what you do. First, close MoI. Then open up the moi.ini file in notepad. The moi.ini file is located here: C:\Documents and Settings\[your login name]\Application Data\Moi\moi.ini

Go to the [Shortcut Keys] section, and add these lines (the line for Space= should be all one long line):

[Shortcut Keys]
T=script:moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel.mode = 'top';
F=script:moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel.mode = 'front';
R=script:moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel.mode = 'right';
Space=script:var viewpanel = moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel; if ( viewpanel.mode == 'split') viewpanel.mode = '3d'; else viewpanel.mode = 'split';


Make sure you edit moi.ini with MoI closed. Then the next time you start MoI, the T, F, R and Space keys should work the way you want.

- Michael

Just a question : If I translate in french the word "top" of the Ui or Command by "Dessus" for example, that's not affect
your line above? > T=script:moi.ui.mainWindow.viewpanel.mode = 'top';