Shortcuts Aspire for Windows

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the Aspire for Windows which is used on the operating system Windows, in this hotkeys description 77 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

General Shortcuts

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+A Select All vectors
Esc Unselect All vectors
Select Right to Left Selects all vectors inside and touching selection rectangle
Select Left to Right Only selects vectors fully inside selection rectangle
N Toggles between Selection and Node Editing modes
Esc Switches to Selection Mode (exits Node editing or Transform mode)
T Opens the Scale form for Transforming the vectors
M Opens the Move form
R Opens the Rotate form
J Opens the Join Vectors form
Ctrl+M Opens Measure tool form
Ctrl+9 Rotates selected object 45 degrees to left
Ctrl+0 Rotates selected object 45 degrees to right
Esc Exits vector drawing and editing tools and closes the data entry form
Right mouse click Exits vector drawing and editing tools and closes the data entry form
Spacebar Finishes Drawing operation and stays in the same mode.
Z Zoom click top left and bottom right corners to zoom
Esc Exits zoom mode returning to Selection mode
F Zoom to fit Material
F6 Zoom to fit Material
F1 Opens the Help File
F2 Opens the 2D Drawing window
F3 Opens the 3D Preview window
F4 Opens the Snap Settings form
F5 Refreshes the 2D window
F6 Scales 2D view to fit material
F8 Toggles between the Drawing and Modeling Tab
F9 Center selected object in view
F10 Opens the Alignment Tools form
F11 Toggle drawing tab on
F12 Toggle toolpath tab on

Tab Navigation

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F11 Toggle Drawing Tab on
F12 Toggle Toolpath Tab on
Ctrl+L Opens the Layers Tab
Ctrl+D Opens the Drawing Tab
F8 Toggles between the Drawing and Modeling Tab

Mirror Shortcuts

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
H Mirror Horizontally
Ctrl+H Create Mirror Copy Horizontally
Shift+H Mirror Horizontally, around center of material
Ctrl+Shift+H Create Mirror Copy Horizontally, around center of material
V Mirror Vertically
Ctrl+V Create Mirror Copy Vertically
Shift+V Mirror Vertically, around center of material
Ctrl+Shift+V Create Mirror Copy Vertically, around center of material

Alignment

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F9 Moves selected object to the center of the material
F10 Opens the Alignment Tools form

Groups

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
G Creates a single group containing selected vectors / components
U Converts a Group to individual vectors or components
Ctrl+U ‘Deep’ ungroup the selected objects to their original layers. Sub-groups are also ungrouped
Ctrl+Shift+U ‘Deep’ ungroup the selected objects to their groups layers. Sub-groups are also ungrouped

Node Editing

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
I Insert a Point
D Delete Point / Span
S Smooth / Unsmooth Point
C Cut Vector opens the vector
B Convert span to Bezier
A Convert span to Arc
L Convert span to Line
P Makes the selected node the Start Point for machining
X Displays a single node’s X and Y location properties
X Changes the X co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)
Y Changes the Y co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)
H Enter Horizontal mirror mode (press again to exit)
V Enter Vertical mirror mode (press again to exit)
Ctrl+Z Edit Undo
Ctrl+Y Edit Redo
Ctrl+C Copy the selected vectors
Ctrl+V Paste the selected vectors
Ctrl & Drag Pastes a copy of the selected vectors each time the left mouse button is released
Ctrl+X Cut the selected vectors
Shift & Drag Moves the object either horizontally or vertically aligned with its original position
Ctrl+Shift & Drag Creates a copy of the original object horizontally or vertically aligned to its original position
Ctrl+N Create New file
Ctrl+O Open an Existing file
Ctrl+S Save file
Ctrl+I Import file
PgUp Vertically tiles the 2D View and the 3D View window so you can see them both simultaneously. Currently Selected window is on the left – typically best to select the 2D View first when doing this.
PgDn Horizontally tiles the 2D View and the 3D View window so you can see them both simultaneously. Currently Selected window is at the top – typically best to select the 2D View first when doing this.
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Date of change: 24.01.2019
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*Some of the keys listed may not work in older versions of the program