Main Window
P -
Play animation (+Ctrl for Preview frame)
F - add Figure from figure selector
J -
Join selected figure to another figure
I -
Input segment / figure position / camera values
Arrow keys -
move selected figure (rotate segment if cursor over red handle)
Ctrl+Left or
Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Down - set
selected figure to previous in the list
Ctrl+Right or
Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Up - set
selected figure to next in the list
<> or
,. - store
current frame and step to the previous/next frame
Alt+Z+Drag Red Handle - rotate and scale
multiple selected figures individually without separation
Alt+X+Drag Read Handle - rotate and separate
multiple selected figures without scaling
R+Drag Red Handle -
Re-position joint (
Edit Mode) (right mouse button to bend)
Caps Lock+Drag Red Handle -
Isolate (Lock) the rotation of attached dynamic segments
Arrow keys when cursor over red handle -
rotate segment (Ctrl and Alt can be used in combination)
Shift+Arrow keys when cursor over red handle - rotate segment to
align with axes
Shift+Mouse Wheel when cursor over scale box - change the
figure scale in small increments
Ctrl+N - New Animation
Ctrl+Z - undo
Ctrl+Y - redo
Ctrl+A - select All figures
Ctrl+Shift+A - select All figures of the same type as those currently selected
+ or
Mouse Wheel Up -
zoom in (+Shift for finer zooming)
- or
Mouse Wheel Down -
zoom out (+Shift for finer zooming)
F3 - scale
zoom to selected figures and center
F4 - scale
zoom to animation area and center
Drag with Mouse Wheel Down or
Spacebar Down - shift
zoomed area
Ctrl+H - show / hide Handles of unselected figures
F8 - Center
Camera Over Selected Figures
Ctrl+Alt+H - go to pivot Help files web page
Ctrl+Alt+R - view Readme file
Ctrl+Alt+A - open About window
D -
Duplicate selected segment (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for mirror)
K - change the
Kind of the selected segment (line/circle)
F - change the
Fill of the selected circle
E - change the
End cap of the selected line
Up/Down -
thickness +/-1 (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for +/-5)
S - make the selected segment
Static/dynamic (+Shift for the whole branch)
Insert -
split selected segment by
Inserting a joint (+Shift for the whole branch)
Delete -
Delete selected segment or polygon (+Shift for the whole branch)
H - set
colour (
Hue) of selected segment or polygon (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for gradient colour)
M -
flip (
Mirror) the selected segment (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for flip vertical)
Right Arrow -
raise selected segment or polygon in draw order to top (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for 1 step)
Left Arrow -
lower selected segment or polygon in draw order to bottom (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for 1 step)
R+Drag Red Handle -
Re-position joint (
Edit Mode)
Caps Lock+Drag Red Handle -
Isolate (Lock) the rotation of attached dynamic segments
Arrow keys when cursor over red handle -
rotate segment (Ctrl and Alt can be used in combination)
Shift+Arrow keys when cursor over red handle - rotate segment to
align with axes
Ctrl+N - New figure
Ctrl+O - Open figure
Ctrl+S - Save figure
Ctrl+Alt+S - Save As
Ctrl+A - Add figure to animation
Ctrl+U -
Modify /
Update edited figure in animation
Ctrl+Z - undo
Ctrl+Y - redo
Ctrl+P or Space bar - Preview the figure without handles
Ctrl+W - increase
outline thickness (
Width)
Ctrl+Q - decrease
outline thickness
+ or
Mouse Wheel Up -
zoom in
- or
Mouse Wheel Down -
zoom out
F3 - scale
zoom to selected segment or polygon and center (+Shift for whole branch)
F4 - scale
zoom to whole figure and center
F8 - Match main Canvas
Pan/Zoom with the figure builder pan/zoom when in transparent window mode
F9 - Set the background colour of the canvas
Drag with Mouse Wheel Down or
Spacebar Down - shift
zoomed area
C - Copy all values to the clipboard
V - Paste all values from the clipboard
Miscellaneous
Esc - Closes most active windows
