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Useful Shortcuts

3D ShortCut Keys

<ALT>-A                               Auto-Rotate 3D model by 360 degrees (press once)

<ALT>-Z                               Zoom-in 3D model (press and hold)

<ALT>-Y                               Zoom-out 3D model (press and hold)

<ESC>                                  Finish Auto-Rotate or Finish Component Insert Mode

<DEL>                                   Delete Component

<CTRL>-Z                            Undo last action  (insert or delete component)

<CTRL>-Y                           Redo last action (insert or delete component)

<SPACE>                            Rotate model by 90 degrees while adding Ports

<LEFT-MOUSE>               Drop Port or Component

2D ShortCut Keys (while in Edit Mode)

<DEL>                                   Delete currently selected metal

<ESC>                                  Finish drawing Free-Draw metal shape and join last point to first

<CTRL>-Z                            Undo last move or stretch operation

<CTRL>-Y                           Redo last move or stretch operation

<CTRL>-C                           Copy metal into buffer

<CTRL>-V                           Paste metal from buffer

<CTRL>-X                            Cut metal into buffer

<CTRL>-D                           Duplicate metal (equivalent to <CTRL>-C and <CTRL>-V)

2D Graph Display

Use <CTRL> and Left-Mouse to select a 2nd and 3rd dataset from the pulldown listbox to display multi-data sets in 2D graph windows.

Placing Components

Components are placed in 3D mode and can only be placed after at least 2 pieces of metal have been created.  After clicking on a component icon, by default it is positioned between the 1st and 2nd piece of metal.  To change its position, select a new 'From metal' and 'To metal' piece from the Component Properties window in the bottom right-hand corner.

To finish placing components, press the <ESC> key.

Deleting Components

To delete a previously placed component, select it by using the pull-down box in the Component Properties window and press <DEL> to remove it.