I’m wondering if anybody has any suggestions. I’d like to find a customizable keyboard that I can place to the left of my main keyboard. I work with my right hand on the mouse and my left hand on the left side of the keyboard where I can hit everything from Tab down to the Spacebar.
What would be nice is a short keyboard that could be set up like the left side of the usual one but would locate a bunch of customizable keys right there too. I’d copy all the F-Keys over there where they were closer and make as many 1-key hotkeys as I could.
Some of the gaming controller gizmos look kind of interesting but not really similar enough to a keyboard to make a smooth transition. I’ve tried a 3d mouse, but the 3d controller gives me motion sickness-like issues and the hotkeys are splattered all over the place.
I haven’t tried to assign 1 key shortcuts for Rhino but find that the location of the numeric keypad and other navigation keys to the left side greatly enhances my comfort and functionality.
I use a large Wacom tablet with my right hand and a left handed keyboard is an almost essential accessory for this.
I’ve been using Evoluent keyboards for years now and love them:
Evoluent makes great stuff and I use their VerticalMouse in a monthly rotation cycle with a Logitec gamers mouse and a trackball. The best ergonomic solution is to change it up.
I hadn’t thought about switching to a left-handed keyboard.
I think the X-Keys board looks like what I want. They even have foot pedals… I wonder if it would be worth using one of those to get to the MMB Popup toolbar. I use that for almost everything which means not dragging the mouse all over searching for icons, but it does mean a lot of extra clicking to bring up the toolbar.
Hello,
it could not be what you are looking for but just an idea.
I assigned Aliases which I use often on left side keys as following,
Just imagine right finger keys mirror to left finger keys.
ex. p => q, o => w, i => e, l => s,
I can keep my right hand on the mouse most of the time, guarantee you can draw much faster and less stressful.
4v _4View ZEA ZOOM All Extents
ar array
b blend
C curve
ce circle
cet _circle t
cq copy
cs _ConnectSrf
cw connect
d delete
db dupborder
dd _DimDiameter
de DupEdge
deff _BooleanDifference
dev dim
ebt intersect
es _Export
ex extend
ext extrudecrv
f fillet
fe FilletEdge
ff join
ffe JoinEdge
fs filletsrf
gg hide
ggg Ghosted
q '_Plane 3point
qeq pipe
qs _PlanarSrf
qw _Polyline
r redo
rb rebuild
rd _DimRadius
re _Rectangle 3point
rec _Rectangle center
rr _Undo
rw rotate
S line
s1 sweep1
s1d Scale1D
s2 sweep2
s2d Scale2D
sa _SaveAs
sc SelCrv
se _ExtendSrf
seb length
sg show
sq _Split
st _line t
sw loft
tr trim
v move
ve mirror
W offset
ws _OffsetSrf
x extend
xq Explode
xs ExtendSrf
xt extrudecrv
xtt _ExtrudeCrvTapered
ze Zebra
Z '_Zoom Extents
I’ve used the X-Keys 60 key device for a couple months now. It’s exactly what I was looking for. It took a few days of trying things to get it set up the way I want but it’s perfect. The button I use the most is the one that pops up the MMB popup toolbar but that’s good because it takes the load off my right hand.
I have a bunch of my most used commands, navigation buttons, macros to assign layers and a couple that insert text strings that I use all the time.
I’m looking at a Logitech G 613 gaming keyboard. Is it possible to assign the extra keys as hot keys? There are six that run down the left hand side G1 - G6. Anybody using something like this outside of reassigning F keys?