Controls
Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Key | Action | Notes |
e | Device Dialog | Select and customize devices |
o | CNC Tool Dialog | CNC mode only |
c | Grid.Local Dialog | Find GridBot devices on your network |
q | Preference Dialog | Change application behaviors |
l | Work Profile Dialog | Load, Save, Rename work profiles |
a | Arrange | Switch to layout view from other views |
or perform an automatic layout when | ||
already in layout view | ||
s | Slice Object | Slice workspace objects |
p | Preview Paths | Do route planning for sliced objects |
g | CNC Animation | Enter milling animation mode |
x | Export Paths as GCode, SVG, DXF | Produce downloadable files |
i | File Import Dialog | |
r | Recent Files Dialog | |
h | Home View | Default 45 degree view of objects |
t | Top View | Top-down view of objects |
f | Front View | Direct side-view (front) |
z | Reset View | Default zoom and Home |
< > | Cycle Side Views | Front, Right, Back, Left |
v | Focus on Selection (arrange mode) | Camera points to object center |
v | Toggle Single Slice View (preview mode) | Toggle single vs range of slices |
~,1-9,0 | Select layer in 10% increments | Slice and Preview modes |
d | Duplicate Selected Objects | Create a copy of selected objects |
m | Mirror Selected Objects | Mirror vertices of selected objects |
[delete] | Delete Selected Objects | Remove selected object from workspace |
[arrow] | Rotate 90 degrees | Rotate selected object |
[shift + arrow] | Rotate 5 degrees | Rotate selected object |
[ctrl + a] | Select All Objects | Select all objects |
[shit + click] | Toggle Selection | Select or Deselect a single object |
[shift + wheel] | Cycle through layers (preview mode) | Use mouse wheel as range slider |
[meta + drag] | Pan View | Move focus of camera |
[right + drag] | Pan View | |
[left + drag] | Rotate | Move camera around a focal point |
[mouse wheel] | Zoom | Move camera closer / farther from focus |
[middle + drag] | Zoom | |
[ctrl + click] | Align face of selected object to platform | Rotate object face toward work surface |
[meta + click] | Align face of selected object to platform | |
[shift + z] | Reset all preferences to stock | Reload page afterward |
Mouse | FDM Support Controls | Version Notes |
[left click] | Toggle add / remove column | |
[ctrl + drag] | Erase support columns | 2.7+ |
[cmd + drag] | Erase support columns | 2.7+ |
[opt + drag] | Draw on support columns | 2.7+ |
[alt + drag] | Draw on support columns | 2.7+ |
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