You can use these keyboard shortcuts to speed up your actions in tkCNC Editor:

Main window:

• Ctrl + N – New CNC File
• Ctrl + O – Open CNC File
• Ctrl + S – Save CNC File
• Ctrl + P – Print…
• Ctrl + Q – Exit application
• Ctrl + Z – Undo
• Ctrl + Y – Redo
• Ctrl + X – Cut
• Ctrl + V – Paste
• Del - Delete
• Ctrl + A – Select All
• Ctrl + F – Find/Replace
• Ctrl + U – To Uppercase
• Ctrl + L – To Lowercase
• Ctrl + G – Go to Line…
• Ctrl + R – Renumber
• F7 – Calculator

CNC program simulation window:

• F2 – Start/Stop simulation
• F3 – To start
• F4 – To End
• F5 – 5 blocks back
• F6 – 1 block back
• F7 – 1 block forward
• F8 – 5 blocks forward
• F9 – Align view

• Ctrl + N – Clear Contour(s)
• Ctrl + O – Open saved contour(s)
• Ctrl + S – Save contours
• Ctrl + E – Generate CNC code and exit “Edit 2D Contour” window
• Ctrl + Z – Undo last action
• Ctrl + A – Select all
• F1 - Help
• F2 – Select mode
• F3 – Pan mode
• F4 – Zoom mode
• L – Add Line
• A – Add Arc
• C – Add Circle
• Del – Delete selected elements
• 0 – Convert element to line (G0)
• 1 – Convert element to line (G1)
• 2 – Convert element to arc (G2)
• 3 – Convert element to arc (G3)
• Up/Down – turn tool radius compensation off (G40)
• Left – turn tool radius compensation on (G41)
• Right – turn tool radius compensation on (G42)
• B – Copy from background
• Ctrl + M – Move
• Ctrl + C – Copy
• Ctrl + L – Scale
• Ctrl + F – Offset
• Ctrl + R – Rotate
• Ctrl + I – Mirror

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