Comments on: Becoming a Keyboard Warrior – The Command Alias Editor

By: dgladfelter

dgladfelter — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:06:10 +0000

Stephanie – Have you verified an acad.pgp file exists in your local Windows profile? The path to check will look something like this: C:UsersYour Nameappdataroamingautodeskautocad 20##r##.#enusupport.

If the acad.pgp file does exist in that directory, make sure it's at the top of the list in the OPTIONS command. Are you having any other errors with AutoCAD, or is it just the PGP file? If it's just the PGP I've recommend copying it from another computer, or if that's not an option, create a new windows user and copy the PGP file from there. If you have issues outside the PGP issue, I'd recommend performing a Repair Reinstall (Control Panel > Add Remove Programs).

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:49:54 +0000

Hello and HELP! :) I have just had to reinstall my stand-alone copy of Autocad 2008 (survived the Win7 upgrade over the last two days) and am now up and running BUT none of my typical keyboard aliases are working. I have checked the path for the acad.pgp file and found it where it was discussed above. I can also launch the editor as described in this forum but I don't want to edit or change any of the traditional keys – I just want them back and working! I can't function without the ability to hit "e" for Erase and "z" for zoom…I'm too old!

Thanks for any help.

By: Flawlenremn

Flawlenremn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:37 +0000

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By: Travis Schaeffer

Travis Schaeffer — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:58:13 +0000

Try typing aliasedit thats the command for opening the editor otherwise you’ll have to do it the old fashioned way.
See Donnie’s comment above (http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/05/05/becoming-a-keyboard-warrior-the-command-alias-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-2701)

By: Sanket

Sanket — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:38:36 +0000

I have one problem,
I do not get command alias editor dialog box after clicking Express > Tools > Command Alias Editor
Any one suggest me what can I do for same.

By: Donnie Gladfelter

Donnie Gladfelter — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:35:27 +0000

bigD – Not knowing how your CAD Manager has set up your CAD environment, it’s rather difficult to pinpoint what’s going on here. As for the LISP thing, I’d recommend looking in the startup suite (APPLOAD command), and/or look at the LISP node within the CUI command. There’s a number of ways to load LISP, hence the reason so much hinges on how things were setup in the first place.

If you’re having a hard time locating your acad.pgp file. use the Command Alias Editor mentioned in this post, and go to File > Open. Look at the location that defaults to. On Win XP things should look something like this” C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USERNAME\Application Data\Autodesk\AUTOCAD VERSION\enu\Support” (note the variable for both the username and product name).

By: bigD

bigD — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:41:02 +0000

HST and Donnie, I’m working in 2007, and I have a similar problem. I’m not able to change any of my aliases… in fact no one in my office is. quite frustrating, really. I read HST’s comment about unloading the lisp… how would one go about doing this. And also, Donnie, how do I know if my .pgp file is in the right spot? I looked in this folder and i am sorry to say that I have no clue what i’m looking at.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

By: HST

HST — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:26:32 +0000

Hi, thank you for your response. I actually figured out the problem (after going through EVERYTHING). The .pgp file was in the correct place, with all the correct aliases. What was happening was when our new AutoCAD was loaded, all the existing lisp files our office had were also loaded even though I didn't use all of them. One of the lisp files was for shortcut commands (which were different) and it was overwriting my alias commands. So once I unloaded the lisp, everything worked perfectly! Hopefully if anyone else comes across this problem my solution will help!

By: Donnie Gladfelter

Donnie Gladfelter — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:37:02 +0000

@HST – The first thing I would check is to see if the acad.pgp file is located in the correct location. Keep in mind for the last several releases AutoCAD uses the local user directory for the acad.pgp file. In 2010 the path should look like this (C:\\Documents and Settings\\USERNAME\\Application Data\\Autodesk\\PRODUCT NAME\\enu\\Support)

By: HST

HST — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:12:42 +0000

I just upgraded to 2010 and none of my aliases are working. The .pgp file is there, and shows them as being what I want, but they don't actually work. Any ideas on how to fix this?