General Shortcuts
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| F9 | Moves selected object to the center of the material | |
| F10 | Opens the Alignment Tools form |
Groups
| Windows | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
