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This might be easy to do with Pro/TOOLKIT ...

I want to go into insert mode by left clicking on a feature and right hold down then bounce right into insert after or before that feature.
 
Bart, I tried to record a mapkey to do just that, but it just dropped me into the "Select a Feature" prompt even if I had a feature already selected. Grr. I'm watching this thread for replies. Hopefully someone has a solution. Dragging the "Insert here" bar is ok if you have less than a screenful of features but as soon as you have to scroll while dragging it's a pain.
 
PTC really needs to work on the RMB menus. There are lots of context sensitive actions that would be logical to perform based on what you have pre-selected. Another case of GUI developement by non-users.
 
I still like Pro/E so very much. <smile>



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BigJoe said:
Bart, I tried to record a mapkey to do just that, but it just dropped me into the "Select a Feature" prompt even if I had a feature already selected. Grr. I'm watching this thread for replies. Hopefully someone has a solution. Dragging the "Insert here" bar is ok if you have less than a screenful of features but as soon as you have to scroll while dragging it's a pain.
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You can still use a map key to get you to the edit-->feature operations-->insert mode -->activatewhere it will prompt you to select where you want to insert, then hit done manually. I think having a map key to do that is still better than draging the insert mode up from the bottom of the file tree.
 
csusie said:
You can still use a map key to get you to the edit-->feature operations-->insert mode -->activatewhere it will prompt you to select where you want to insert, then hit done manually. I think having a map key to do that is still better than draging the insert mode up from the bottom of the file tree.
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csusie, that's exactly what I'm doing now. It's the best option I've found for activating insert mode. I'm hoping that someone has a method of activating insert mode on a pre-selected feature.
 
BigJoe


I think that that mapkey is okay if you are going from regular mode to insert mode because its 2 mouse clicks instead of 1 (with your desired mapkey), that is reasonable. You will run into a problem when you are already in insert mode and want to move up or down a significant amount. That is quite a pain, I have been trying to find a the same solution as you and that is the best I have found yet.
 
csusie said:
You will run into a problem when you are already in insert mode and want to move up or down a significant amount. That is quite a pain, I have been trying to find a the same solution as you and that is the best I have found yet.
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I know how much of a pain that can be. In that case, I quit insert mode altogether, then activate insert mode in the new location, after scrolling through the model tree of course.
 
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