Toolbar Button Reference

Each button within the toolbar represents a shortcut to a menu command. When you click on a toolbar button, the command associated with that button is invoked. You can control which toolbars appear in the window with the View|Toolbars command. You can change which button appears in each toolbar by using the Options|Customize Toolbar command.

Drawing Buttons are used for working with Drawing layers.

Drill Buttons are used for working with NC data.

Edit Buttons are used for working with graphics.

Mainframe Buttons are used for working with files and setting up layer and aperture information.

Parts Buttons are used for assembly reverse engineering.

Query Buttons give you quantitative information about specific database items.

Redline Buttons are used for adding comments and other information which are stored separately from the layer design information.

Settings Buttons allow you to control the current state of many display properties and other commonly used program settings.

Tool Buttons execute CAM and Analysis utilities.

View Buttons manipulate your view of the data in the workspace.

Drawing Buttons

The Drawing buttons are used for working with dimensions, hole charts, and note balloons contained on drawing layers.

Documentation|Drawing|Dimensioning|Add Dimension

Documentation|Drawing|Dimensioning|Delete Dimension

Documentation|Drawing|Dimensioning|Modify Dimension

Documentation|Drawing|Dimensioning|Add Line

Documentation|Drawing|Dimensioning|Delete Line

Documentation|Drawing|Dimensioning|Modify Line

Documentation|Drawing|Drill|Add Hole Chart

Documentation|Drawing|Drill|Delete Hole Chart

Documentation|Drawing|Drill|Modify Hole Chart

Documentation|Drawing|Drill|Update Hole Chart

Documentation|Drawing|Fabrication|Add Note Balloon

Documentation|Drawing|Fabrication|Delete Note Balloon

Documentation|Drawing|Fabrication|Modify Note Balloon

Drill Buttons

The Drill buttons are used to create and modify NC data.

Add|Drill

Add|Slot

Add|NC Circle|Drilled

Add|Drilled Text

Add|Mill Path

Edit|NC|Path Properties

Edit|NC|Reverse Path Direction

Edit|NC|Explode

Add|NC Circle|Milled|CCW Inside

Add|NC Circle|Milled|CCW Outside

Add|NC Circle|Milled|CW Inside

Add|NC Circle|Milled|CW Outside

Add|Operator Message

Edit|NC|Delete|Operator Message

Edit|NC|Change|Operator Message

Add|Optional Stop

Edit|NC|Delete|Optional Stop

Setup|Break Tabs

Add|Break Tab

Edit|NC|Delete|Break Tab

Edit|NC|Move Break Tab

Edit|NC|Change|Break Tab

Edit|Change NC Tools

Tools|Convert|Gerber to NC

Tools|NC|Set Order

Tools|NC|Optimize

Tools|NC|Display Settings

Setup|NC Tools

Documentation|Reports|NC Tools

File|Export|NC (Drill/Mill)

Edit Buttons

The Edit buttons are used for adding and modifying the graphics in your database.

Edit|Undo

Edit|Redo

Edit|Copy

Edit|Move

Edit|Delete

Add|Flash

Add|Draw

Add|Rectangle

Add|Circle

Add|Arc Ctr

Add|Arc 3 Pt

Add|Array

Edit|Vertex|Add & Add|Vertex

Edit|Vertex|Delete

Edit|Vertex|Move

Edit|Vertex|Segment Delete

Add|Text

Edit|Text

Add|Polygon

Edit|Rotate

Edit|Mirror

Edit|Align Layers

Edit|Clip

Edit|Join

Edit|Origin

Edit|Scale

Edit|D-Code|Transcode

Edit|D-Code|Polarity

Edit|D-Code|Scale

Edit|D-Code|Explode Customs

Edit|Item

Edit|Select|New Group

Edit|Select|Add To

Edit|Select|Remove From

Edit|Select|Clear

Edit|Select|Invert

Mainframe Buttons

The Mainframe buttons are used to work with files and setup the layer and aperture information in your design.

File|New

File|Open

File|Save

File|Print

Help|About VisualCAM

Setup|Layers

Setup|Composites

Setup|Apertures

Documentation|Reports|Apertures

Parts Buttons

The Parts buttons are for assembly reverse engineering of parts data.

Assembly|Setup Footprint Library & Setup|Footprint Library

Assembly|Parts|Identify Using|Footprint Library

Assembly|Parts|Identify Using|IPC-D-356 Data

Assembly|Parts|Identify Using|SilkScreen Layer

Assembly|Parts|Identify Using|Centroid File

Assembly|Parts|Identify Using|Select Footprint

Assembly|Fiducials|Identify

Assembly|Fiducials|Report

Assembly|Parts|Delete

Assembly|Parts|Query

Assembly|Export FATF

Assembly|Import BOM

Assembly|Parts|BOM Report & Documentation|Reports|BOM

Tools|Convert|Drawn Text

Query Buttons

The Query buttons provide you with quantitative information about specific items in your database.

Query|Item

Query|Net

Query|User Data

Query|Embedded Passive & Tools|Embedded Passives|Query

Query|Highlight

Query|Measure|Point To Point

Query|Measure|Edge To Edge

Query|Measure|Center To Center

Analysis|Copper Area

Query|Extents

Redline Buttons

The Redline buttons are used to add comments and other information which is stored separately from normal layer information.

Documentation|Redline|View Redlining

Documentation|Redline|Add Text

Documentation|Redline|Add Balloon Text

Documentation|Redline|Add Arrow

Documentation|Redline|Add Line

Documentation|Redline|Sketch

Documentation|Redline|Delete

Documentation|Redline|Properties

Settings Buttons

The Settings buttons are used to control basic display operations.

View|Sketch

View|Overlay

View|Composites

View|Selection Filter

View|Grid

Options|Grid Snap

Options|Arcs 360

Options|Ortho Line Snap

Options|Units/Precision

Tool Buttons

The Tool buttons are CAM and Analysis utilities.

Tools|Panelize|Advanced

Tools|Panelize|Simple

Analysis|DRC/MRC

Tools|Snoman

Tools|Teardrops

Tools|Fix Silkscreen

Tools|Pad Removal|Isolated

Tools|Convert|Arcs To Segmented Arcs

Tools|Convert|Segmented Arcs To Arcs

Tools|Layer Spread

Tools|Netlist|Generate

Tools|Convert|Drawn Pads|Select Draws

Tools|Convert|To Custom

Tools|Convert|Drawn Pads|Automatic

View Buttons

The View buttons are used for altering your view of the data in the workspace.

View|Window

View|Zoom In

View|Zoom Out

View|Pan

View|All (Fit)

View|Film Box

View|Redraw