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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'>Michael -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#0066FF'>…</span>with all the mouse clicking and unintuitive arbitrary keyboard shortcuts (where they exist at all), I just don't see how I'll ever reach the same speed as with AutoCAD and the command-line.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Am I missing something? Is it worth plugging away at VectorWorks to get more skilled?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'>I totally get your question…and, potential pain. Several years ago I transitioned from a “command-line” package (albeit, not AutoCAD) to VW’s GUI world. I didn’t think I’d ever be as fast as I was in my old system and making the change came with a lot of grumbling. Now, several years later, zero regrets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'>A little food-for-thought:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'>1) Over time, I’ve learned the short-cut keys (some default and several custom) for tools and commands I use most often. Now, they’re second-nature. I don’t miss, at-all, the command-line (at least, in this context).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'>2) As “drawing” in the CADD world is inherently mouse-driven, accessing tools, commands, and macros that way hasn’t proven to be as much of a stretch as I thought it would be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'>3) Several of the VW-specific features far out-weigh any “loss” I feel now and the command line. For example, parametric objects, solid shapes, the Class/Layer system, and the built-in database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'>…my 2¢US…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'>C. Andrew Dunning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'>Landru Design<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'>-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'>Nashville, TN, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'>-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'><a href="mailto:cad@landrudesign.com"><span style='color:#632423'>cad@landrudesign.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'><a href="mailto:landrudesign@gmail.com"><span style='color:#632423'>landrudesign@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'>landrudesign@comcast.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Eurostile","sans-serif";color:#632423'>www.landrudesign.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>