The usual ones work as they do in most programs: save, open, new, undo, copy and paste, select all. Nothing on
the keyboard starts the machine moving, except the arrow keys and Page Up and Page Down while the jog panel
is open.
While a dialog is open, it has the keyboard: Enter to accept, Esc to cancel. In a text
box, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and the rest work on the
text, as always.
| Keys |
What it does |
| Ctrl+S |
Save. The first time, it asks where. After that, it saves straight back to the same file. A drawing you opened saves back to its own file. In the desktop app this lasts after closing and reopening 454 Design; in a browser, while the page stays open. Works while typing in a box too. |
| Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save as (also a button in the File group): always asks, to save a copy under another name or somewhere else. Save then goes to the new file. |
| Ctrl+O |
Open a drawing, a VCarve project, DXF or SVG files, or an image to trace. |
| Ctrl+N |
New drawing. An unsaved drawing is put aside: Recover last drawing brings it back. (In a browser, Ctrl+N opens a new browser window instead: use the New button.) |
| Keys |
What it does |
| Ctrl+Z |
Undo |
| Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Redo |
| Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X |
Copy or cut the selection, with its dimensions (Copy and paste) |
| Ctrl+V |
Paste, centred on the pointer |
| Ctrl+Shift+V |
Paste in place, exactly where it was copied from |
| Ctrl+D |
Duplicate the selection, with its dimensions, 10 mm right and down (what you copied stays as it was) |
| Ctrl+A |
Select all (not shapes on hidden or locked layers) |
| Delete |
Delete the selection, or the selected dimension |
| Arrow keys |
Nudge the selection 1 mm; with Shift, 0.1 mm |
| Ctrl+G |
Group the selection |
| Ctrl+U or Ctrl+Shift+G |
Ungroup |
| X |
Turn the selection into construction lines, or back |
| + |
A new toolpath for the selected shapes, as the + at the top of the Toolpaths panel |
| F9 |
Center the selection in the material |
| Esc |
Cancel what you’re in the middle of; then back to Select; then clear the selection |
| Key |
Tool |
Key |
Tool |
| V |
Select |
F |
Fillet |
| L |
Line |
T |
Trim |
| R |
Rectangle |
E |
Extend |
| C |
Circle |
O |
Offset |
| A |
Arc |
N |
Node edit |
| P |
Polyline |
D |
Dimension |
| K |
Text |
M |
Copy (to a point) |
| G |
Offset guide |
Shift+M |
Mirror |
| I |
Measure |
Shift+R |
Rotate |
| Y |
Array |
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While a tool is waiting for a value, letters are part of what you type (R2.5, D5), and Enter
takes it. With one shape selected, D sets its size; with two, the distance between them.
| Keys |
What it does |
| Home |
Fit what you’ve drawn in the window (the material, when nothing is drawn yet) |
| Mouse wheel |
Zoom at the pointer; right or middle drag to pan |
| F1 |
Help: these guides in a window over the app, with a search box, opened at what you’re working on. Esc closes it. |
| Keys |
What it does |
| Ctrl+O |
Open a G-code file. Refused while a job is running, as the Open button is. |
| Space |
Play or pause the preview (it doesn’t move the machine) |
| ← → |
Step the preview back or forward a line |
| F1 |
Help: these guides in a window over the app, with a search box, opened at what you’re working on. Esc closes it. |
In the jog panel (open it with Jog & zero on the Machine tab): the arrow keys jog X and Y, Page Up and
Page Down jog Z, and Esc closes the panel. These move the machine.
| Keys |
What it does |
| Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 |
454 Control, 454 Design (also in the Window menu) |
| Ctrl+W |
Close the window. Control asks first while the machine is busy; Design, if the drawing isn’t saved. |
| Ctrl+Q |
Quit 454 Workshop, with the same questions |
| Ctrl+Plus, Ctrl+Minus, Ctrl+0 |
Make everything larger, smaller, or back to normal |
| F11 |
Full screen |
