Aspire (Windows)

General Shortcuts

Only selects vectors fully inside selection rectangle

Select Left to Right

All hotkeys for Aspire (Windows)

General Shortcuts
Select All vectors

Ctrl + A

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Unselect All vectors

Esc

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Selects all vectors inside and touching selection rectangle

Select Right to Left

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Only selects vectors fully inside selection rectangle

Select Left to Right

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Toggles between Selection and Node Editing modes

N

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Switches to Selection Mode (exits Node editing or Transform mode)

Esc

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Opens the Scale form for Transforming the vectors

T

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Opens the Move form

M

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Opens the Rotate form

R

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Opens the Join Vectors form

J

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Opens Measure tool form

Ctrl + M

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Rotates selected object 45 degrees to left

Ctrl + 9

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Rotates selected object 45 degrees to right

Ctrl + 0

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Exits vector drawing and editing tools and closes the data entry form

Esc

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Exits vector drawing and editing tools and closes the data entry form

Right mouse click

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Finishes Drawing operation and stays in the same mode.

Spacebar

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Zoom click top left and bottom right corners to zoom

Z

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Exits zoom mode returning to Selection mode

Esc

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Zoom to fit Material

F

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Zoom to fit Material

F6

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Opens the Help File

F1

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Opens the 2D Drawing window

F2

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Opens the 3D Preview window

F3

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Opens the Snap Settings form

F4

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Refreshes the 2D window

F5

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Scales 2D view to fit material

F6

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Toggles between the Drawing and Modeling Tab

F8

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Center selected object in view

F9

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Opens the Alignment Tools form

F10

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Toggle drawing tab on

F11

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Toggle toolpath tab on

F12

General Shortcuts

Tab Navigation
Toggle Drawing Tab on

F11

Tab Navigation
Toggle Toolpath Tab on

F12

Tab Navigation
Opens the Layers Tab

Ctrl + L

Tab Navigation
Opens the Drawing Tab

Ctrl + D

Tab Navigation
Toggles between the Drawing and Modeling Tab

F8

Mirror Shortcuts
Mirror Horizontally

H

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Create Mirror Copy Horizontally

Ctrl + H

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Mirror Horizontally, around center of material

Shift + H

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Create Mirror Copy Horizontally, around center of material

Ctrl + Shift + H

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Mirror Vertically

V

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Create Mirror Copy Vertically

Ctrl + V

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Mirror Vertically, around center of material

Shift + V

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Create Mirror Copy Vertically, around center of material

Ctrl + Shift + V

Alignment
Moves selected object to the center of the material

F9

Alignment
Opens the Alignment Tools form

F10

Groups
Creates a single group containing selected vectors / components

G

Groups
Converts a Group to individual vectors or components

U

Groups
‘Deep’ ungroup the selected objects to their original layers. Sub-groups are also ungrouped

Ctrl + U

Groups
‘Deep’ ungroup the selected objects to their groups layers. Sub-groups are also ungrouped

Ctrl + Shift + U

Node Editing
Insert a Point

I

Node Editing
Delete Point / Span

D

Node Editing
Smooth / Unsmooth Point

S

Node Editing
Cut Vector opens the vector

C

Node Editing
Convert span to Bezier

B

Node Editing
Convert span to Arc

A

Node Editing
Convert span to Line

L

Node Editing
Makes the selected node the Start Point for machining

P

Node Editing
Displays a single node’s X and Y location properties

X

Node Editing
Changes the X co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)

X

Node Editing
Changes the Y co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)

Y

Node Editing
Enter Horizontal mirror mode (press again to exit)

H

Node Editing
Enter Vertical mirror mode (press again to exit)

V

Node Editing
Edit Undo

Ctrl + Z

Node Editing
Edit Redo

Ctrl + Y

Node Editing
Copy the selected vectors

Ctrl + C

Node Editing
Paste the selected vectors

Ctrl + V

Node Editing
Pastes a copy of the selected vectors each time the left mouse button is released

Ctrl & Drag

Node Editing
Cut the selected vectors

Ctrl + X

Node Editing
Moves the object either horizontally or vertically aligned with its original position

Shift & Drag

Node Editing
Creates a copy of the original object horizontally or vertically aligned to its original position

Ctrl + Shift & Drag

Node Editing
Create New file

Ctrl + N

Node Editing
Open an Existing file

Ctrl + O

Node Editing
Save file

Ctrl + S

Node Editing
Import file

Ctrl + I

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.

PgUp

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.

PgDn

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