Z-Suite Shortcuts

General:

CTRL - Z   ->   Undo

CTRL - Y   ->   Redo

CTRL - RIGHT mouse button   ->   Select more models

CTRL - A   ->   Select all models

CTRL - C   ->   Duplicate selected models

DELETE or BACKSPACE key   ->   Delete selectred models

View:

+ key   ->   Zoom in

- key   ->  Zoom out

LEFT ARROW key   ->   Rotate view right

RIGHT ARROW key   ->   Rotate view left

UP ARROW key   ->   Rotate view down

DOWN ARROW key   ->   Rotate view up

Rotate:

CTRL - LEFT and RIGHT mouse movements  ->  Rotate selected models around selected axis in 5° steps

Move:

CTRL - UP and DOWN  mouse movements  ->  Resize selected models in 10% steps along selected axis or all axis

Split:

UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW key ->  Move split plane in 1mm steps along selected axis

Pause:

UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW key ->  Move pause plane in 1% steps along Z axis

thx for this

it would be convenient if we could have shortcuts for rotate objetcs, move objects and scale objetcs

not sure I'd want a shortcut for scaling objects... I'd hate to bump that key.

Do you do a lot of scaling?

I'm almost exclusively scaling by 25.4 to get from mm to inch. Maybe a "x 25.4"  and "/ 25.4" buttons next to the existing up/down arrow buttons would be helpful

Don’t be so… Imperialcentric! : )

The Form1+ software has a very nice feature... when it sees a very small object is imported it asks if you want to use inches or mm.  Just click "inches" and it rescales.  I've already messed up one print on the Zortrax by typing 24.5 instead of 25.4.  User friendly seems to be a Zortrax theme... I'm sure they will add such a feature sometime soon.

I just started designing in mm to start with it works much better all the way around

The Form1+ software has a very nice feature... when it sees a very small object is imported it asks if you want to use inches or mm.  Just click "inches" and it rescales.  I've already messed up one print on the Zortrax by typing 24.5 instead of 25.4.  User friendly seems to be a Zortrax theme... I'm sure they will add such a feature sometime soon.

Why not just have design software export in mm? That's what I do.. I can't draw in mm.. lol

That's more clicks.  I'm using an old version of Inventor and as far as I know, it doesn't give you the option to design in inches and export in mm.  I have to change the document settings each time I create a .STL if I did it that way.  Its actually faster for me to change it in the Zortrax software each time.  The Form1 requires only one click.  Simplify 3D, which is the software I use on my open source FFF printer, lets you pick inches or mm in the settings so it always uses the one you selected there.  That's essentially zero extra clicks which is even better.

That's more clicks.  I'm using an old version of Inventor and as far as I know, it doesn't give you the option to design in inches and export in mm.  I have to change the document settings each time I create a .STL if I did it that way.  Its actually faster for me to change it in the Zortrax software each time.  The Form1 requires only one click.  Simplify 3D, which is the software I use on my open source FFF printer, lets you pick inches or mm in the settings so it always uses the one you selected there.  That's essentially zero extra clicks which is even better.

See if this works on your Inventor.. http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-59FB702C-F37A-4DEA-ADCF-51AD8A219C9B-htm.html

Mine only gives me the option for resolution.  Its Inventor 11 (not 2011).  I think its around 10 years old or so now.  Thanks for checking on that for me though.

I press and hold the left mouse key and move the mouse to move the part

I press and hold the right mouse key and move the mouse to rotate the part (or maybe vice versa)

Moving the mouse wheel zooms in and out

Nettfabb has a converter thats just a click and then export. easy peasy. lol