robinhartley94

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by robinhartley94 9y ago
I hope so! If you have any tech questions, ask away.
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
I originally created The Amazing Shortcut Keypad to automate AutoCAD during my engineering studies. Instead of having to type 'line' 'rectangle' 'fillet radius 20' 'snap 5' etc, I now just press a but
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Hmm yeah that's the thing with a highly customised setup. Well if you do get one I've no doubt it'll do the job for you well :)
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
There are a couple of them kicking around the Mechanical Keyboard community. This sort of thing: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRSutzW... However, you will be able to make a keypad consisting of anywh
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
You've got it in one!
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Yeah, you've got it! You can type text, send keyboard shortcuts, mouse movements, media commands and numpad keys. You can also delay and repeat anything as much as you like. Now any of that can be done in any combination and it's
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
You're right about automating repetitive tasks. Usually they're going to get automated if they come up often enough. But what if you're going to do something tedious for the next 10 minutes, like editing numbers in a data bas
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
This is a really good point, and in the future it would be really cool to implement it on anything. However, it's tricky to guarantee compatibility with every num pad out there, and there are several pieces of software which try and do
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
BTW, full demo vid is here showing the drag-and-drop software in action as well as several use cases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIkcKXIPrLY
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
It's worth the money!
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
They are really sturdy pieces of kit and they're UTF-8 too so great for custom characters etc. However, they're really expensive in the UK (where I'm from) and the interface is seriously old and clunky so there is room for im
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
That sounds like an awesome setup. Can't deny that programming up your own layout to your exact needs definitely gives you the best results.
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by robinhartley94 9y ago
Hey! Robin here - the creator of TASK: The Amazing Shortcut Keypad. Great to see so many comments and some interesting engagement :D A lot of you are identifying other ways to achieve this sort of automation either with AutoHotKey or custom