Hotkeys – Shortcut Keys – for Verisurf Measurement and CAD Functions

Measure Hotkeys – Measure Settings Active, Graphical Window Has Focus
Key Function Description
1 Points Initiates Point measurement
2 Lines Initiates Line measurement
3 Circles Initiates Circle measurement
4 Planes Initiates Line measurement
5 Spheres Initiates Sphere measurement
6 Cylinders Initiates Cylinder measurement
7 Cones Initiates Cone measurement
8 Slots Initiates Slot measurement
9 Ellipses Initiates Ellipse measurement
0 Inspect Initiates Inspect/Build mode
A Arrows Toggles Build Arrow display On/Off while Inspect/Build
B Ball Toggles On/Off to display measured points as spheres
C Center Center the Graphics window on the current probe location
D Done Terminate the measurement of the current feature
G Color bar Toggle color bar gage
K Skip Use during Auto Alignment and Auto Inspect
L Laser beam Toggles Laser Beam display, from the origin of the active device to the measure Points
M Projection Opens Preferences – Projection Settings
N Name Toggles Point names On/Off
P Mode Toggle between Single/Stationary Point and Continuous Pointcloud
R Device DRO readout Toggles Device Manager display on/off
S Settings Toggle to hide or unhide Measure Settings dialog
U Undo Undo the last probe-hit or when measuring features, undo the feature. Works when using Measure and Auto Align
V Vectors Toggles Feature and Point vectors on/off and small, mid, or large
[+] Inc Increment the Point number
[-] Dec Decrease the Point number
ESC Finish/Abort Finish or Abort current Feature measurement
Spacebar Measure Trigger measurements
Operations Managers Hotkeys – Operations Manager, Has Focus
Key Function Description
B Ball display Toggles on/off to display measured points as spheres
D Feature display Toggle Feature body display
G Alignment Global Register
L Laser beam Toggles Laser Beam display, from the origin of the active device to the measure Points
N Name Toggles point names on/off
R Device DRO readout Toggles Device Manager on/off
S Measured features Show feature measured points
V Vectors Toggles Feature and Point vectors On/Off
Z Vector size Toggles the Vector of the Point or Feature; off, small, medium, or large
Device Hotkeys

The following table summarizes the shortcuts that are available directly on the device. FIRST refers to the green button on a FARO arm or the middle button on a Romer arm. SECOND refers to the red button on a FARO arm or the white button on a Romer arm. HOLD indicates that the function takes effect after pressing the button for a few seconds.

Button Function Description
First Trigger Record a probe-hit
Second Done Terminate measurement of the current feature
Second+hold Undo Undo the last probe-hit or, when measuring features, undo the feature
F8 Home For Laser Trackers only
General UI (User Interface) Hotkeys
Key Function Description
Spacebar Repeat Repeats previous command
Alt + 1 GView – Top Top Graphics view
Alt + 2 GView – Front Front Graphics view
Alt + 3 GView – Back Back Graphics view
Alt + 4 GView – Bottom Bottom Graphics view
Alt +5 GView – Right Right Graphics view
Alt +6 GView – Left Left Graphics view
Alt + 7 GView – Isometric Isometric Graphics view
Alt + Arrow Keys Rotate Rotate view
Alt + C Run Add-In Run C-hooks
Alt + D Drafting Options Opens Drafting Options
Alt + E Hide / Unhide Hides / Unhides selected CAD entities
Alt + F1 Fit Fit model to Graphics window
Alt + F2 Unzoom 80% Unzoom view by 80%
Alt + F4 Exit Mastercam Close Mastercam
Alt + F8 Configure Mastercam Open Systems Configuration
Alt + F9 Show Gnomons Display WCS Origin Arrows
Alt + F12 Rotate Position Select a center point for motion controller
Alt + G Grid Settings Opens Grid Settings
Alt + H Help Opens Mastercam Help
Alt + I Solids Manager Opens Solids Manager
Alt + L Planes Manager Opens Plane Manager
Alt + M Multi-Threading Manager Opens Multi-Threading Manager
Alt + O Toolpaths Manager Opens Toolpath Manager
Alt + P GView – Previous View Returns GView to the previous view
Alt + S Shading Toggle Toggles Shading On / Off
Alt + T Show / Hide displayed Toolpaths Toggle Toolpaths On / Off
Alt + V About Mastercam
Alt + X Set From Entity Select an entity to set Main Color, Level, Style, and Width
Alt + Z Levels Manager Opens Level Manager
Ctrl + A Select All Select all entities in Graphical window
Ctrl + C Copy to Clipboard Copy selection to clipboard
Key Function Description
Ctrl + S Save Saves file
Ctrl + T Shading translucency toggle Toggle Translucency on/off
Ctrl + V Paste Pastes Clipboard contents to the graphical window
Ctrl + X Cut to clipboard Move selection to clipboard
Ctrl + Y Redo Redo previous commands with each click
Ctrl + Z Undo Undo previous commands with each click
Ctrl + Shift + S Save As Open File Save As dialog
F1 Window Specify a Zoom Window using the mouse
F2 Unzoom Previous 50% Unzoom previous view by 50%
F4 Analyze Entity Select an Entity to Analyze
F5 Delete Entities Select Entities to Delete
F9 Show Axes Display X, Y, Z axes
Arrow Keys Pan Use Arrow keys to Pan the direction of the Graphical view
Pg. Up / Pg. Down Zoom /Unzoom by 5% Use Pg. Up to Zoom and Pg. Down to Unzoom by 5%