Topic: How do you terminate an ACAD command?

[Bethrine]

For terminating an active command, like LINE,

Ahem, newb thought: The above doesn't leave a "dot" that may mess up osnaps....or some such other?

[Bob Wahr]

For terminating an active command, like LINE,

Ahem, newb thought: The above doesn't leave a "dot" that may mess up osnaps....or some such other?

Nope.

[Bob Wahr]

I just accidentally found out that the menu key on your keyboard (beside Windows key on right side of space bar) also acts like 'Enter' for some reason.  Maybe it's just mine, but anyway...

the <spacebar> also works as a terminator

Throw that into my mix of esc and enter.  Probably the most used of the three.  Didn't think about it since space is enter in AutoCADexcept in text commands, and filenames

[CADaver]

I've always avoided using escape if at all possible, in the past it would be read as a cancel, and for some commands that may lead to a different result.

ENTER (in its several forms) is the proper way to COMPLETE a command.

[M-dub]

ENTER (in its several forms) is the proper way to COMPLETE a command.

Good call.  Esc will TERMINATE a command though.

What's this all about, anyway?  I mean, it just seems like a strange question, is all.

[Chuck Gabriel]

It's not such a strange question to ask if you are writing your own CAD software, and you want to know what the average user considers most intuitive in terms of user interface.

[M-dub]

It's not such a strange question to ask if you are writing your own CAD software, and you want to know what the average user considers most intuitive in terms of user interface.

No, I realize that... just curious about the application is all, I guess...  I know WHY he was asking, just ...

[Bryco]

I use spacebar but there are 3 commands (perhaps) that don't terminate with spacebar.
1) qleader and Mtext  (Does anyone actually use ctl & enter)
Can't remember 2 & 3

[Josh Nieman]

I stick to escape most of the times... the only downside is sometimes it may bug out, depending on the author's follow-through when coding, and leave some sysvars changed from the state they were in before the command was issued.