General Shortcuts
Select All vectors
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Ctrl + A
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General Shortcuts
Deselect All vectors
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Esc
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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° counterclockwise
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9
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General Shortcuts
Rotates selected object 45° clockwise
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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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RMB
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General Shortcuts
Re-opens the last vector creation form you used. This is very useful when using other forms in between each shape / text / dimension you create.
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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 Job
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Ctrl + F
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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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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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Double Sided Job Setup
Toggle Top Side on
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1
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Double Sided Job Setup
Toggle Bottom Side on
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2
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Double Sided Job Setup
Toggle Multi-Sided View on
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=
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Mirror
Mirror Horizontally
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H
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Mirror
Create Mirror Copy Horizontally
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Ctrl + H
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Mirror
Mirror Horizontally, around center of material
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Shift + H
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Mirror
Create Mirror Copy Horizontally, around center of material
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Ctrl + Shift + H
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Mirror
Mirror Vertically
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V
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Mirror
Create Mirror Copy Vertically
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Ctrl + V
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Mirror
Mirror Vertically, around center of material
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Shift + V
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Mirror
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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Group
Group: Creates a single group containing selected vectors / components
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G
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Group
Ungroup: Converts a Group to individual vectors or components
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U
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Group
Deep ungroup the selected objects to their original layers.Sub-groups are also ungrouped
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Ctrl + U
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Group
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 and 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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Alt and 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 + Alt and 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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Page Up
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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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Page Down
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Moving Objects According to Value
Moves object the L Value from original position in direction of cursor
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Value then Enter
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Moving Objects According to Value
Moves object relative to its position by X and Y
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Value then , then Value then Enter
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Moving Objects According to Value
Moves object to the absolute position X and Y
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Value then X then Value then Y
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Rotating Object According to Value
Rotate the selection by R degrees counterclockwise
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Value then Enter
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Node Editing As per Value
Moves node from original position by that amount in direction of cursor
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Value then Enter
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Node Editing As per Value
Move the node by that amount relative to its current position
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Value then , then Value then Enter
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Node Editing As per Value
Moves node to the absolute position X and Y
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Value then X then Value then Y
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Polyline Tool As Per Value
Places next point L away from the last point in the direction of cursor
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Value then Enter
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Polyline Tool As Per Value
Place the next point offset by that amount relative to the last point's position
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Value then , then Value then Enter
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Polyline Tool As Per Value
Places the next point at position X and Y
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Value then X then Value then Y
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Polyline Tool As Per Value
Creates a line with an angle of A° and a length L
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Value then A then Value then L
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Draw Circle
Create a circle with the given radius
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Value then Enter
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Draw Circle
Create a circle of Diameter D
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Value then D
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Draw Ellipse
Create a circle with the given diameter
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Value then Enter
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Draw Ellipse
Create an ellipse with width and height
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Value then , then Value then Enter
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Draw Ellipse
Create an ellipse with width X and use the current height
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Value then X
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Draw Ellipse
Create an ellipse with height Y and use the current height
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Value then Y
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Draw Rectangle
Create a sqaure with the given side length
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Value then Enter
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Draw Rectangle
Create a rectangle with given width and height
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Value then , then Value then Enter
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Draw Rectangle
Create a rectangle with width X and use the current height
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Value then X
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Draw Rectangle
Create a rectangle with height Y and use the current height
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Value then Y
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Draw Rectangle
Create a rectangle with a radius R and width X, using current height
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Value then R then Value then X
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Draw Rectangle
Create a rectangle with a radius R and height Y, using current width
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Value then R then Value then Y
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Draw Rectangle
Create a rectangle with width W and height H
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Value then W then Value then H
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Draw Rectangle
Create a rectangle with width and height
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Value then , then Value then Enter
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Draw Polygon
Create a circle with the given radius
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Value then Enter
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Draw Polygon
Creates a Polygon with diameter D
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Value then D
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Draw Polygon
Create a polygon with number of sides S and radius R
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Value then S then Value then R
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Draw Polygon
Create a polygon with number of sides S and diameter D
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Value then S then Value then D
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Draw Star
Create a star with the given radius
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Value then Enter
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Draw Star
Create a star with diameter D
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Value then D
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Draw Star
Create a star with number of points P and radius R
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Value then P then Value then R
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Draw Star
Create a star with number of points P and diameter D
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Value then P then Value then D
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Draw Star
Create a star with number of points P , Internal Radius % I and radius R
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Value then P then Value then I then Value then R
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Draw Star
Create a star with number of points P , Internal Radius % I and diameter D
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Value then P then Value then I then Value then D
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