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Select All vectors

Deselect all vectors

Selects all vectors inside and touching selection rectangle

Only selects vectors fully inside selection rectangle

Toggles between Selection and Node Editing modes

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

Opens the Scale form for Transforming the vectors.

Opens the Move form

Opens the Rotate form

Opens the Join Vectors form

Rotates selected object 45° counterclockwise

Rotates selected object 45° clockwise

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

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

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.

Zoom - click top left and bottom right corners to zoom

Exits zoom mode returning to Selection mode

Zoom to fit Job

Zoom to fit Material

Zoom to fit Material

Opens the Help File

Opens the 2D Drawing window

Opens the 3D Preview window

Opens the Snap Settings form

Refreshes the 2D window

Scales 2D view to fit material

Center selected object in view

Opens the Alignment Tools form

Opens context sensitive menus

Edit Undo

Edit Redo

Copy the selected vectors

Paste the selected vectors

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

Cut the selected vectors

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

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

Create New file

Open an Existing file

Save file

Import file

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.

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.

Opens Measure tool form

Toggle Drawing Tab on

Toggle Toolpath Tab on

Opens the Layers Tab

Opens the Drawing Tab

Toggles between the Drawing and Modeling Tab

Toggle Top Side on

Toggle Bottom Side on

Toggle Multi-Sided View on

Mirror Horizontally

Create Mirror Copy Horizontally

Mirror Horizontally, around center of material

Create Mirror Copy Horizontally, around center of material

Mirror Vertically

Mirror Vertically, around center of material

Create Mirror Copy Vertically, around center of material

Moves selected object to the center of the material

Opens the Alignment Tools form

Group the selected objects

Ungroup the selected objects to their original layers, sub-groups remain grouped.

Ungroup the selected objects to the group's layer, sub-groups remain grouped.

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

'Deep' ungroup the selected objects to the group's layer. Sub-groups are also ungrouped.

Reduce the nudge distance

Increase the nudge distance

Nudge by the Fixed Nudge Distance which is specified in the Snap Settings (F4)

Insert a Point

Delete Point / Span

Smooth / Unsmooth Point

Cut Vector opens the vector

Convert span to Bezier

Convert span to Arc

Convert span to Line

Makes the selected node the Start Point for machining

• Displays a single node's X and Y location properties
• Changes the X co-ordinate position of selected nodes to match the position of the first one (when more than one selected)

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

Enter horizontal mirror mode (press again to exit)

Enter vertical mirror mode (press again to exit)

Toggle Keep Bezier Tangency mode, which will fix the start and end directions of Bezier curves when they are being dragged directly

Join two selected open vectors (at two end nodes if also selected)

Opens context sensitive menus

Moves node to the absolute position X and Y

Moves object the Value from original position in direction of cursor.
Equivalent to: Value L.

Moves object to the absolute position X and Y

Rotate the selection by Value degrees counterclockwise.
Equivalent to: Value L.

Default when dragging edge scale nodes only.
Set the width or height of the object to 'Value' (depending on which handle is being dragged).
Equivalent to: Value L.

Default when dragging corner scale nodes only.
Set the width and height of the object to the given values.
Equivalent to: Value D Value W.

Scale the object by a factor.

Places next point Value away from the last point in the direction of cursor.
Equivalent to: Value L.

Place the next point offset by that amount relative to the last point's position.
Equivalent to: Value D Value W.

Places the next point at position X and Y

Creates a line with an angle of A° and a length L

Create a circle with the given radius.
Equivalent to: Value R.

Create a circle of Diameter D

Create a circle with the given diameter.
Equivalent to: Value L.

Create an ellipse with width and height.
Equivalent to: Value W Value H.

Create an ellipse with width X and use the current height

Create an ellipse with height Y and use the current width

Create a sqaure with the given side length.
Equivalent to: Value L.

Create a rectangle with given width and height.
Equivalent to: Value W Value H.

Create a rectangle with width X and use the current height

Create a rectangle with height Y and use the current width

Create a rectangle with a radius R and width X, using current height

Create a rectangle with a radius R and height Y, using current width

Create a rectangle with width W and height H

Create a rectangle with width and height

Create a polygon inscribed on circle with the given radius.
Equivalent to: Value R.

Creates a Polygon with diameter D

Create a polygon with number of sides S and radius R

Create a polygon with number of sides S and diameter D

Create a star with the given radius.
Equivalent to: Value R.

Create a star with diameter D

Create a star with number of points P and radius R

Create a star with number of points P and diameter D

Create a star with number of points P , Internal Radius % I and radius R

Create a star with number of points P , Internal Radius % I and diameter D