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Keyboard shortcuts can be useful for saving time on some of the more common events. All keyboard shortcuts have an alternative method of accomplishing them without knowing the shortcut, but it can save a lot of time if you learn the shortcut keys.
The shortcut keys have been separated into the following categories:
There is also the ability to customise keyboard shortcuts and 'Reset' to defaults discussed here.
To get a menu of options specific to the item/window on which you clicked :-
- Right click on an item, command button or window
- Menus also show Keyboard Shortcuts.
- Ctrl + Right click on a 3D item to get a menu specific to item to Move 3D or to Format.
- Ctrl + A:
Select All. Usually applies to text, but in CabMasterPro selects all objects on the page.
- Ctrl + C:
Copy selected object to the clipboard. The selected object is not deleted, but the previous clipboard contents are replaced.
- Ctrl + D:
Creates another copy (duplicate) of the selected item.
- Ctrl + I:
Select items (including dimension lines) in the sequence placed on drawing.
- Ctrl + N:
Create a New document (a document in CabMasterPro is a drawing).
- Ctrl + O:
Open an existing document.
- Ctrl + P:
Print the current document.
- Ctrl + R:
Generates a Report.
- Ctrl + S:
Save the current document. Prompts you for a name if it does not already have one.
- Ctrl + V:
Paste from the clipboard into the current application.
- Ctrl + X:
Cut selected objects or text to the clipboard. The selected object is deleted, and the previous clipboard contents are replaced.
- Ctrl + Y:
Redo an operation that was just undone.
- Ctrl + Z:
Undo the previous operation.
- F1:
Loads Help documentation.
- Shift+F1:
Context Sensitive Help.
- F5:
Refreshes the window. In CabMasterPro this redraws the page and optionally recalculates all cabinets. This is especially useful if you change your materials, tables, drawers and this will ensure everything is up to date for your current drawing. This is also available when you right click on the blank area of your drawing page.
- F8:
Exports Machining data. (If you have machining available with your CabMaster license).
- F11
Enters and exits the full-screen mode.
- F12
In List View, this has a dual purpose when a shape/item is selected.
- Press F12 to customise the shape.
- Same as using the Shape Tool command button.
- On completing your required amendments, press F12 again to add to list.
- Same as 'Add from Library' button.
- Esc:
Press when another command or tool, such as 'Insert > Label' or 'Home > Cabinet Tool', is selected during drawing and this returns you to the Select command.
Press during editing of an entry box in a dialog, and this reverts to the unedited contents.
+ E:
Opens Windows File Explorer.
To look at properties
after placement of a
item/cabinet, double click or press [Alt] and [ENTER] to display properties for the selected item.
To look at properties before placement, double click on the Cabinet Tool command to look at the properties, which will be displayed in blue.
Function keys can also be used...
- [ or ]:
Drops another cabinet beside the last selected cabinet. This is called chaining [ will place the cabinet to the left of it and ] will place it to the right. Note that left and right are considered from the perspective of looking straight at the cabinet from the front. The Cabinet Tool must be selected.
- S:
Reverses the direction of a Wall (turns it inside out).
- H and V:
Reflects the Wall or HPanel horizontally or vertically respectively
- T:
Opens the Triangulation Calculator
- angle ` or angle ':
This means to type a numerical angle value and then hit the back tick or inverted comma key. It has the effect of entering angle into the Set Angle box on the Movement group of commands, for use with the Move at Angle command. However, the change is not represented in the Set Angle dropdown and only affects the length A shortcut.
- length A:
Typing in a length value and then hitting the 'A' key will run the Move at Angle command using the specified length and the current angle. You can set the angle using the previous shortcut
- length U or D or L or R:
To move along any of the horizontal or vertical axes, type in the length then hit any of the 'U', 'D', 'L', or 'R' keys (for Up, Down, Left or Right respectively)
- length [ or ]:
The shortcut for the Turn Left and Turn Right commands is the left and right square bracket keys. This changes the current angle by 90 degrees, then moves in the new direction by the specified distance.
- \:
Brings the focus back to the cabinet dropdown so you can start typing a new cabinet name.
- Shift:
To draw a straight line, hold down the Shift key while drawing. It also allows you to draw, for example a wall, at the nearest 45° angle. See
- Arrow keys and + or -:
With the item being drawn as the current selection, you can also move or rotate it using the keyboard. (See discussion below on Selection).
- Dot
:
This opens the Precise Movement Input dialog, allowing accurate placement by X,Y coordinates or by angle. This dialog works almost everywhere e.g. machining points, poly selections, even walls on the drawing.
- + or - keys | Rotate:
You can use the plus and minus keys, on either the main keyboard or the numeric keypad, to control the angle of the current cabinet.
- With Shift key : These keys rotate the cabinet by 90° intervals, or without shift, by 15° intervals.
- With Ctrl key : Nudges the angle in 1° steps (for +- keys)
- With Ctrl+Shift keys : Use for really small 0.1° steps.
Numeric keypad: These keys behave the same as + or - on the main keyboard, except you do not have to press the Shift key to get 90° intervals.
Note also, that you can also rotate multiple selected cabinets and walls using these keys. See also Rotate Items Tutorial.
- Arrow keys | Movement:
Press the left, right, up or down arrows to move the current selection.
It is NOT recommended to use arrow keys to move cabinets into position as they will not snap together and may leave small gaps.
See Movement commands for more on moving cabinets and setting Angle.
- With Ctrl key : Press down first for small movements.
- With Ctrl+Shift keys : Press down first for really small movements.
- Arrow keys | Text:
Select text by holding down [Shift] and then pressing an arrow key.
- Ctrl + dimension text:
To move a dimension text manually, hold down the 'Ctrl' key and select individual text dimensions. Then drag text to required position.
- M or E:
Selects Main or Extension as attachment point. For a corner cabinet, this causes Main back or Extension back to try to attach to a wall.
- A:
Toggles Alignment on and off. When alignment is on, the cabinet will try to rotate to align with the angle of a nearby wall.
- D:
Toggles Collision Detection on and off. When detection is off, the cabinet can overlap another cabinet. Note that the collision detection status of a cabinet is remembered when the drawing is saved. The current status of these settings can be seen by right clicking on the cabinet tool and looking at the dropdown menu.
- Arrow keys and + or -:
Note that when dragging, the item being dragged becomes the current selection, so you can also move or rotate it using the keyboard, as described in the Selection keys section above
- Left mouse button and the Ctrl key:
Used to automatically resize a larger cabinet to fit perfectly in between two existing cabinets - see Auto Cutback tutorial.
- Hold down both the Ctrl key and the left mouse button while dragging a cabinet into the vacant areas between cabinet, and Line up one side with an adjoining cabinet.
- When it is positioned against the wall (but still Overlap ping the cabinet the beside it), release the mouse button only and the cabinet will shrink to fit exactly into the available space.
- Finally, release the Ctrl key.
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