Hotkeys


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Hotkeys (also known as "nested commands") are available anytime VisualCAM has prompted you to enter a point or is idle. All hotkeys are executed immediately without affecting the current command. Some hotkeys are a toggle, which means that pressing the key will turn a mode on or off.

When a hotkey has an equivalent menu command, it is indicated. Equivalents for most hotkeys are also available through a right-click, context sensitive, shortcut menu, if enabled.

Key

Command

Key

Command

1-9,0

Bring a layer (1-10) to top

O or -

View|Zoom Out

Ctrl+1-9,0

Bring a layer (11-20) to top

Ctrl+O

File|Open

A

Turn on all layers

P

View|Pan

Ctrl+A

Turn on only active layer

Ctrl+P

Toggle Autopan mode (pan with cursor)

Shift+A

Setup|Apertures

Ctrl+Alt+Q

Exit without confirmation

B

Toggle View|Backside

Q

Query|Item

Shift+B

Setup|Layer Sets|Blind/Buried

R

View|Redraw

C

Enter absolute coordinates

Ctrl+R

View|All

Ctrl+C

Enter relative coordinates

S

Toggle Options|Grid Snap

D

Increment current D-code/tool

Ctrl+S

File|Save

Ctrl+D

Decrement current D-code/tool

T

Toggle tool path view

F

View|Selection Filter

Shift+T

Setup|NC Tools

Ctrl+F

Edit configuration flags

U

Undo last edit

G

Toggle View|Grid

Ctrl+U

Undo all edits

Ctrl+G

Edit grid settings

Shift+U

Reverse last undo (Redo)

H

Toggle View|Highlights

V

Toggle View|Composites

I or +

View|Zoom In

Ctrl+V

Toggle View|Virtual Panel

Ctrl+I

Copy workspace to Clipboard

Y

Setup|Layers

L

Increment active layer

Esc

End current function

Ctrl+L

Decrement active layer

Enter

Enter coordinate at cursor location

Shift+L

Setup|Layer Sets|View/Edit

Home

Snap cursor to item center

M

Macro|Run

Ctrl+Home

Snap cursor to item center & show Absolute Coordinates box

Ctrl+M

Options|Units/Precision

PgUp

Increase cursor bounding box

N

Toggle active layer display positive/negative

PgDn

Decrease cursor bounding box

Ctrl+N

File|New

çèéê

Scroll left, right, up, and down

VisualCAM also offers competitive product hotkey support. If you wish to apply VisualCAM functions to the equivalent hotkey used in one of the competitive products listed, you can change the setting using the Options|Configure command. Only the competitive product hotkeys listed below are supported.

VisualCAM Function [Hotkey]

CAM350 Hotkey

ViewMaster Hotkey

Bring layer 1-10 to the top [1-9,0]

1-9,0

None

Setup|Apertures [Shift+A]

A

F5

Snap cursor to center of item [Home]

None

A

Zoom in at current cursor position

C

None

Set active D-code, by number

D

Shift+D

Query|Measure|Point To Point

None

D

View|Sketch

F

Shift+O

Toggle workspace redraw on/off

G

None

View|Grid [G]

V

G

View|Highlights [H]

H

None

Invert current select group

None

Ctrl+I

Edit|Copy

None

K

Turn layers off, by number (0 = all)

K

None

Turn layers on, by number (0 = all)

L

None

Edit|Move

None

Shift+M

Toggle active layer display positive/negative [N]

N

None

File|New

None

Ctrl+N

Toggle orthogonal snap (0/45/90)

O

None

File|Open

None

Ctrl+O

Zoom to previous position

P

None

File|Print

None

Ctrl+P

Query|Item [Q]

Q

Shift+A

Edit|Align Layers

None

Ctrl+Q

View|Redraw [R]

R

End

Edit|Rotate

None

Ctrl+R

Options|Grid Snap [S]

S

None

Edit|Select|New Group

None

S

File|Save

None

Ctrl+S

View|Overlay

T

None

Transcode current item

None

Ctrl+T

Edit|Undo [U]

U

Ctrl+Z

Edit|Redo [Shift+U]

Ctrl+U

None

Edit|Select|Clear

None

Ctrl+U

Zoom by Window (default left mouse button*)

W

Shift+Home

Edit|Select|New Group (Window mode)

None

Ctrl+W

Edit|Mirror (Group mode)

None

Shift+X / Shift+Y

Setup|Layers [Y]

Y

None**

Toggle all layers on [A]

None

0 / Ctrl+0

Toggle all layers off, except active [Ctrl+A]

None

Shift+0

Help [F1]

F1

F1

File|Import|Gerber

None

F2

File|Import|Import Wizard

None

Ctrl+F2

Exit program without prompt [Ctrl+Alt+Q]

None

Alt+F4

Setup|NC Tools [Shift+T]

None

Shift+F5

View|Zoom In [+]

+

PgUp

View|Zoom Out [-]

-

PgDn

Make next layer active/visible [L]

None

=

Make previous layer active [Ctrl+L]

None

Backspace

View extents of all on layers [Ctrl+R]

Home

Home

Pan to cursor location [P]

Ins

None

Edit|Delete

None

Del

Increase snap box size [PgUp]

PgUp

None

Decrease snap box size [PgDn]

PgDn

None

End current command [Esc]

Right mouse button*/Esc

Esc

Select item

Spacebar

Enter

Pan left [ç]

None

Ctrl+ç

Pan right [è]

None

Ctrl+è

Pan up [é]

None

Ctrl+é

Pan down [ê]

None

Ctrl+ê

*To change the default mouse functions, use the Function Key/Mouse Button tab in the Options|Configure command.

**Because the F10 key is reserved by a Windows function, the F10 hotkey from ViewMaster, which opens the Layer Table, cannot be emulated.

Mouse and Function key commands

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