Convert Classic Keyboard, Shortcut, and Modes

The Convert Classic Keyboard, Shortcut, and Modes utility can be used to extract keyboard and context menu shortcuts and modes used in the Classic layout style so that they can be used in the Lightning layout style. Classic keyboard and context menu shortcuts and modes reside in toolbar configuration files. This utility writes these items to separate keyboard shortcut configuration, context menu configuration, and mode configuration files.
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1. Select Convert Classic Keyboard, Shortcut, and Modes in Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > General.

2. The Convert Classic Keyboard, Shortcut, and Modes screen appears with a list of the environments that correspond to the Assembly Editor, Drawing Editor, Manual Erection View Detailing, and Modeling environments. Each environment contains toolbar configuration files from the Classic interface.

Alternative 1: Select the name corresponding to the name of the program whose keyboard and context menu shortcuts and modes you want to convert, then press the OK button. Go to step 3.

Alternative 2: Press Cancel to end the Convert Classic Keyboard, Shortcut, and Modes operation and go back to Utility Functions. Do not continue.

3. The Configuration File(s) to Extract screen appears with a list of toolbar configuration names from the environment that you chose in step 2.

Alternative 1: Select one or more toolbar configurations from which you want to extract keyboard, context menu shortcuts and modes, then press the OK button. The configuration files are now available for use by roles when you add them using Customize Interface. The new files are named after the toolbar configuration(s) you chose.

Alternative 2: Press Cancel to end the Convert Classic Keyboard, Shortcut, and Modes operation and go back to Utility Functions.