You can use the keyboard to navigate around the menus. To do this, press and hold the Alt key, and then press the letters on your keyboard that correspond to the letters underlined on the Menu bar and in the menu options. For example, to rotate your part, press and hold the Alt key, press the V key for the View menu, then press the V key again for Viewing Modes, then press the R key for Rotate.
Typically, use the Ctrl-key shortcuts for standard Windows commands (Ctrl+N to create a new file; Ctrl+S to save a file), and the Alt-key shortcuts to execute FeatureCAM-specific commands (Alt+R to refresh the view).
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Key sequence |
Action |
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Alt+1 (2,3,4) |
User View 1 (2,3,4) |
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Alt+ |
Step simulation forward one step. |
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Alt+ |
Step simulation backward one step. |
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Alt+Enter |
Properties |
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Alt+F1 |
Centerline simulation. |
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Alt+F2 |
Play/pause simulation. |
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Alt+F3 |
Single-step simulation. |
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Alt+L |
Last view. |
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Alt+R |
Refresh |
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Alt+Shift+V |
Save view. |
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Ctrl+click a column of any list box that does sorting |
Activates the second level of sorting. |
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Ctrl+click a viewing mode button |
Stay in that viewing mode. |
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Ctrl+click the 3D Simulation button. Release key and click the Play button. |
Run 3D simulation in hidden line mode and do continuous looping. |
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Ctrl+click Fast Forward to End |
Stop the simulation when it encounters the next rapid (in addition to the next operation). |
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Ctrl+click the Machine Simulation button. Release key and click the Play button. |
Run machine simulation in hidden line mode and do continuous looping. |
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Crtl+0 |
Bottom view |
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Ctrl+1 |
Isometric view |
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Ctrl+2 |
Front view |
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Ctrl+3 |
Isometric 2 view |
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Ctrl+4 |
Left view |
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Ctrl+5 |
Top view |
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Ctrl+6 |
Right view |
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Ctrl+7 |
Isometric 4 view |
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Ctrl+8 |
Back view |
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Ctrl+9 |
Isometric 3 view |
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Ctrl+A |
Select all. |
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Ctrl+C |
Copy |
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Ctrl+E |
Center selected. |
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Ctrl+F |
Find (text in a text window). The cursor must be in a text window. |
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Ctrl+H |
Replace (text in a text window). The cursor must be in a text window. |
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Ctrl+J |
Hide selected |
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Ctrl+K |
Hide unselected |
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Ctrl+L |
Center all. |
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Ctrl+N |
New file |
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Ctrl+O |
Open file |
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Ctrl+P |
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Ctrl+R |
Display the New Feature wizard. |
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Ctrl+S |
Save file |
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Ctrl+V |
Paste |
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Ctrl+X |
Cut |
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Ctrl+Y |
Redo |
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Ctrl+Z |
Undo |
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Ctrl+click the
Pick Curve
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Causes the warp status for that dialog to toggle. |
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Ctrl+click the
Pick Curve
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Toggles between simulation of the selection feature and the entire Setup. |
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Ctrl+click the Play button |
Run simulation in hidden line mode. |
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Hold Ctrl while toolpath is being computed |
Temporarily turns off Toolpath Computation Minimization. Toolpaths are recomputed for all features even if that feature did not change. |
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Ctrl+Shift+click the 3D Simulation button. Release keys and click the Play button. |
Continuous loop simulation for 3D simulation. |
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Ctrl+Shift+click the Machine Simulation button. Release keys and click the Play button. |
Continuous loop simulation for machine simulation. |
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Ctrl+Shift+A |
Shade selected. |
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Ctrl+Shift+C |
Unshade all. |
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Ctrl+Shift+N |
Unshade selected. |
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Ctrl+Shift+P |
Toggles perspective. |
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Delete |
Delete the selected object |
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Esc |
Stop current simulation. |
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F1 |
Context-sensitive help. |
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Middle-click-and-drag in the graphics window |
Performs viewing based on the current viewing mode. The mouse wheel-click-and-drag also performs this function. |
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Mouse scroll wheel |
Zoom |
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Shift+click an edge when filleting |
Selects all edges of the face and adds them to the list. |
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Shift+click the NC Code tab |
Show ACL instead of NC code. |
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Shift+click while clipping when Multiple Region is On |
Removes the entire picked region instead of to the nearest intersection. |
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Shift+right-click in graphics window |
Dynamic viewing using current view mode. |
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Shift+click the Show button in the SCL dialog |
Displays a dialog that shows the attributes of the model selected in SCL dialog. |
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