General Shortcuts
Select All vectors
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Ctrl + A
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General Shortcuts
Unselect All vectors
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Esc
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General Shortcuts
Selects all vectors inside and touching selection rectangle
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Select Right to Left
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General Shortcuts
Only selects vectors fully inside selection rectangle
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Select Left to Right
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General Shortcuts
Toggles between Selection and Node Editing modes
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N
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General Shortcuts
Switches to Selection Mode (exits Node editing or Transform mode)
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Esc
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General Shortcuts
Opens the Scale form for Transforming the vectors
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T
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General Shortcuts
Opens the Move form
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M
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General Shortcuts
Opens the Rotate form
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R
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General Shortcuts
Opens the Join Vectors form
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J
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General Shortcuts
Opens Measure tool form
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Ctrl + M
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General Shortcuts
Rotates selected object 45 degrees to left
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Ctrl + 9
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General Shortcuts
Rotates selected object 45 degrees to right
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Ctrl + 0
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General Shortcuts
Exits vector drawing and editing tools and closes the data entry form
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Esc
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General Shortcuts
Exits vector drawing and editing tools and closes the data entry form
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Right mouse click
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General Shortcuts
Finishes Drawing operation and stays in the same mode.
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Spacebar
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General Shortcuts
Zoom click top left and bottom right corners to zoom
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Z
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General Shortcuts
Exits zoom mode returning to Selection mode
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Esc
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General Shortcuts
Zoom to fit Material
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F
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General Shortcuts
Zoom to fit Material
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F6
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General Shortcuts
Opens the Help File
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F1
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General Shortcuts
Opens the 2D Drawing window
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F2
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General Shortcuts
Opens the 3D Preview window
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F3
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General Shortcuts
Opens the Snap Settings form
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F4
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General Shortcuts
Refreshes the 2D window
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F5
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General Shortcuts
Scales 2D view to fit material
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F6
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General Shortcuts
Toggles between the Drawing and Modeling Tab
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F8
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General Shortcuts
Center selected object in view
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F9
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General Shortcuts
Opens the Alignment Tools form
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F10
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General Shortcuts
Toggle drawing tab on
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F11
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General Shortcuts
Toggle toolpath tab on
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F12
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General Shortcuts
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Tab Navigation
Toggle Drawing Tab on
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F11
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Tab Navigation
Toggle Toolpath Tab on
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F12
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Tab Navigation
Opens the Layers Tab
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Ctrl + L
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Tab Navigation
Opens the Drawing Tab
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Ctrl + D
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Tab Navigation
Toggles between the Drawing and Modeling Tab
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F8
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Mirror Shortcuts
Mirror Horizontally
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H
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Mirror Shortcuts
Create Mirror Copy Horizontally
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Ctrl + H
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Mirror Shortcuts
Mirror Horizontally, around center of material
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Shift + H
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Mirror Shortcuts
Create Mirror Copy Horizontally, around center of material
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Ctrl + Shift + H
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Mirror Shortcuts
Mirror Vertically
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V
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Mirror Shortcuts
Create Mirror Copy Vertically
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Ctrl + V
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Mirror Shortcuts
Mirror Vertically, around center of material
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Shift + V
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Mirror Shortcuts
Create Mirror Copy Vertically, around center of material
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Ctrl + Shift + V
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Alignment
Moves selected object to the center of the material
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F9
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Alignment
Opens the Alignment Tools form
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F10
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Groups
Creates a single group containing selected vectors / components
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G
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Groups
Converts a Group to individual vectors or components
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U
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Groups
‘Deep’ ungroup the selected objects to their original layers. Sub-groups are also ungrouped
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Ctrl + U
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Groups
‘Deep’ ungroup the selected objects to their groups layers. Sub-groups are also ungrouped
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Ctrl + Shift + U
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Node Editing
Insert a Point
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I
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Node Editing
Delete Point / Span
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D
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Node Editing
Smooth / Unsmooth Point
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S
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Node Editing
Cut Vector opens the vector
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C
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Node Editing
Convert span to Bezier
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B
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Node Editing
Convert span to Arc
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A
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Node Editing
Convert span to Line
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L
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Node Editing
Makes the selected node the Start Point for machining
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P
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Node Editing
Displays a single node’s X and Y location properties
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X
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Node Editing
Changes the X co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)
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X
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Node Editing
Changes the Y co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)
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Y
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Node Editing
Enter Horizontal mirror mode (press again to exit)
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H
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Node Editing
Enter Vertical mirror mode (press again to exit)
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V
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Node Editing
Edit Undo
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Ctrl + Z
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Node Editing
Edit Redo
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Ctrl + Y
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Node Editing
Copy the selected vectors
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Ctrl + C
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Node Editing
Paste the selected vectors
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Ctrl + V
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Node Editing
Pastes a copy of the selected vectors each time the left mouse button is released
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Ctrl & Drag
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Node Editing
Cut the selected vectors
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Ctrl + X
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Node Editing
Moves the object either horizontally or vertically aligned with its original position
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Shift & Drag
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Node Editing
Creates a copy of the original object horizontally or vertically aligned to its original position
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Ctrl + Shift & Drag
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Node Editing
Create New file
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Ctrl + N
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Node Editing
Open an Existing file
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Ctrl + O
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Node Editing
Save file
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Ctrl + S
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Node Editing
Import file
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Ctrl + I
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Node Editing
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.
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PgUp
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Node Editing
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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PgDn
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