| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calculator | Ctrl + Num “.” | Decimal in numbers | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Use the number pad key. | Frequent Commands | ||
Click OK on dialog | Ctrl + D | Done | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | High | Fully Tested | Works on most dialogs for the OK/Close button. | Frequent Commands | |
Copy | Ctrl + C | Copy | Constant Use | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Copy Feature/Characteristic Name | Ctrl + Shift + C | Copy | Easy ShortcutMedium Use | Low | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | ||
Copy Tolerance to Lower Limit | Ctrl + “ ` “ | “*” + “-” | Constant Use | High | Fully Tested | Use this shortcut after entering the upper tolerance. | Frequent Commands | |
Cut | Ctrl + X | X like scissors | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | ||||
Delete Feature Without Confirmation | Ctrl + W | Wipe out | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | High | Fully Tested | For deleting features or characteristics. The confirmation window is skipped and the “Use of…” dialog is closed. | Frequent Commands | |
Down Arrow to Next Feature | Alt + Q | Quick go down | Easy ShortcutConstant UsePossibly Change Shortcut | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Edit Feature Strategy | Ctrl + E | Edit | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Find/Search | Ctrl + F | Find | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | ||||
Group Features | Ctrl + G | Group | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Increment Number | Ctrl + Q | Quickly add 1 | Constant UseEasy ShortcutNeeds improvement | High | Fully Tested | Place cursor after any text that has a number at the end. The hotkeys will change the number portion of the text. | Frequent Commands | |
Notepad | Ctrl + Num “+” | + for add note | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Use the number pad key. | Frequent Commands | ||
Paste | Ctrl + V | Vomit | Constant Use | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Rename feature or characteristic | Ctrl + R | Rename | Constant UseEasy ShortcutNeeds improvement | High | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | ||
Replace | Ctrl + H | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||||
Run Program window | Alt + Z | Zoom | Constant UseEasy ShortcutNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Save Program | Ctrl + S | Save | Constant Use | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Select All | Ctrl + A | All | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | ||||
Show List of Shortcuts (website) | Alt + F1 | F1 is a common key for Help | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Snipping Tool | Shift + Alt + X | X like scissors | Constant UsePossibly Change Shortcut | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands | |||
Transfer Format Paintbrush | Ctrl + T | Transfer | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Frequent Commands |
| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angle Between Features | Alt + 7 | 7 looks like angle | Occasional | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Caliper Distance | Alt + 6 | 6-inch caliper | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Caliper Distance exists in Calypso 2017 and newer. | Characteristics | ||
Cartesian Distance | Alt + 1 | 1 distance result | Easy ShortcutMedium Use | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Concentricity | Alt + K | “Koncentricity” | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Diameter | Alt + 4 | 4 points to make complete circle | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Flatness | Alt + F | Flatness | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Half Cone Angle | Alt + “\” | \ looks like half cone angle | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Max Result | Alt + “+” | Plus sign | Occasional | Fully Tested | Use the number pad key. | Characteristics | ||
Min Result | Alt + “-” | Minus sign | Occasional | Fully Tested | Use the number pad key. | Characteristics | ||
Parallelism | Alt + “=” | = parallel lines | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Perpendicularity | Alt + T | perpendicularity symbol | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Position | Alt + 3 | 3 datum references (usually) | Easy ShortcutMedium Use | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Profile of a Line | Alt + 8 | 8 is a curve profile shape | Medium UseNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Profile of a Surface | Alt + 9 | Medium UseNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | ||||
Radius | Alt + 2 | 2 has a radius in it | Easy ShortcutMedium Use | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Result Element | Alt + M | Math | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Roundness | Alt + 0 | 0 is out of round | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | |||
Simple Distance | Alt + 5 | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | ||||
X Value | Alt + “,” | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | ||||
Y Value | Alt + “.” | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics | ||||
Z Value | Alt + “/” | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Characteristics |
| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3d Line (Theoretical) | Alt + I | I looks like a line | Easy ShortcutOccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Alignment | Alt + R | Reference system | Easy ShortcutOccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Circle (Theoretical) | Alt + O | Letter O looks like circle | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Cone Calculation | Alt + V | V looks like cone | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Construct Intersection | Alt + X | X is like an intersect | Easy ShortcutMedium Use | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Construct Perpendicular | Alt + H | H is perpendicular | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Construct Projection | Alt + P | Projection | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Construct Symmetry | Alt + W | W is symmetrical | Easy ShortcutOccasional | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Cylinder (Theoretical) | Alt + B | a Barrel is a cylinder | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Define a Space Point | Alt + S | Space point | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Define Circle on a Cylinder | Alt + C | Circle | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Define Points | Alt + D | Define point | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Create Features | |||
Define/Select Geometry | Alt + A | All-purpose | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Used both for Extract Features and Select already extracted features. | Create Features | ||
Plane (Theoretical) | Alt + G | Glass pane | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | Create Features |
| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAD - Creating features | Ctrl + Alt + C | Create | Easy ShortcutMedium Use | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
CAD Evaluation (color map) | Ctrl + Alt + R | Rainbow color | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
CAD Image Quality High | Ctrl + Alt + Q | Quality | Occasional | Fully Tested | There is a 3-second wait before the CAD settings window closes, so the graphics can refresh on larger CAD models. | CAD commands | ||
CAD model comparison | Ctrl + Alt + K | "Komparison” | Occasional | Fully Tested | The “Comparison” button is clicked automatically. | CAD commands | ||
CAD model transformation | Ctrl + Alt + T | Transform | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
CAD Settings | Ctrl + Alt + W | Wrench | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Delete CAD model | Ctrl + Alt + D | Delete | Occasional | Fully Tested | A dialog window will ask for confirmation, since there is no undo for this. | CAD commands | ||
Delete CAD Section Lines | Ctrl + Alt + L | Lines | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Fit to view | Ctrl + Alt + F | Fit | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Heal CAD Model | Ctrl + Alt + H | Heal | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Merge Faces with Same Geometry | Ctrl + Alt + G | Glue | Occasional | Low | Fully Tested | CAD commands | ||
Modify CAD Entities | Ctrl + Alt + M | Modify | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Open CAD Model | Ctrl + Alt + O | Open CAD | OccasionalNegligible BenefitPossibly Change Shortcut | Fully Tested | The file type filter defaults to .STEP. | CAD commands | ||
Section View | Ctrl + Alt + X | X for cross section | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Toggle CAD edges | Ctrl + Alt + E | Edges | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Toggle CAD surfaces | Ctrl + Alt + S | Solid view | Constant Use | High | Fully Tested | CAD commands | ||
Toggle Display Point as Probe Ball | Ctrl + Alt + B | Ball | Medium Use | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
Toggle Display Strategy when Selecting Feature | Ctrl + Alt + J | OccasionalNegligible Benefit | Fully Tested | CAD commands | ||||
Toggle Extracted Surface Color | Ctrl + Alt + P | Purple color | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
View from -X | Ctrl + 4 | -X on keypad | Medium Use | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
View from -Y | Ctrl + 2 | -Y on keypad | Medium Use | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
View from +X | Ctrl + 6 | +X on keypad | Medium Use | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
View from +Y | Ctrl + 8 | +Y on keypad | Medium Use | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
View from +Z | Ctrl + 5 | Center of keypad | Medium Use | Fully Tested | CAD commands | |||
View from Isometric | Ctrl + 3 | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands | ||||
Zoom to selected feature | Ctrl + Alt + Z | Zoom | Occasional | Fully Tested | CAD commands |
| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assign Clearance Planes (Measurement Plan Editor) | Shift + Alt + C | Clearance | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Assign Stylus System (Measurement Plan Editor) | Shift + Alt + S | Stylus System | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Base Alignment | Shift + Alt + B | Base Align | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Bypasses the “Load, Create or Change Base Alignment” selection window. | Misc. commands | ||
Change Units to Inches | Shift + Alt + I | Inch | Occasional | Medium | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | ||
Change Units to MM | Shift + Alt + M | Millimeters | Occasional | Medium | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | ||
Characteristics Settings Editor | Shift + Alt + H | Occasional | Medium | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Clearance Plane | Shift + Alt + L | Limits for travel | Occasional | Fully Tested | Also opens “Clearance Plane from CAD model” Edge distance input box. | Misc. commands | ||
Close measurement plan and save it | Shift + Alt + K | Keep | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Close measurement plan without saving | Shift + Alt + J | Junk | Occasional | Fully Tested | Be sure you want to discard changes before using this one! | Misc. commands | ||
CNC End Park Position | Shift + Alt + F | Final position | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Measurement Plan Comment | Shift + Alt + “ | Quote | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Measurement Plan Editor | Shift + Alt + E | Editor | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Mirror Measurement Plan | Shift + Alt + Y | Y is mirrored | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Multiple Report Definition | Shift + Alt + R | Report | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Open Measurement Plan Folder | Shift + Alt + O | Open | Occasional | Low | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | ||
Preassignment for New Features | Shift + Alt + ? | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | ||||
Save / Load Defaults | Shift + Alt + D | Defaults | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
SCP +Z Toggle (Measurement Plan Editor) | Shift + Alt + Z | Easy ShortcutMedium Use | Fully Tested | Sets the selected features to SCP +Z, then SCP 2+Z, then SCP 3+Z, then back to SCP +Z. Useful for reducing travel with adjacent groups of features. | Misc. commands | |||
Simulation | Shift + Alt + T | Test | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Sub Clearance Planes | Shift + Alt + U | Under normal clearance plane | Occasional | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
Travel to Nominal Position | Shift + Alt + N | Nominal | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Misc. commands | |||
View Report | Shift + Alt + V | View report | Medium Use | Fully Tested | Set to view Multiple Report (PiWeb) | Misc. commands |
| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Always Close the Default Report | [Automatic] | High | Fully Tested | Can be deactivated if you want to see it. | Automatic | |||
Auto click No on the question "Update Clearance Plane Settings for Defined Features?” | [Automatic] | High | Fully Tested | Automatic | ||||
Auto-Confirm when Closing Calypso | [Automatic] | Fully Tested | Applies to Calypso version 2018 and newer. | Automatic | ||||
Close CALYPSO Monitor (run timer) | [Automatic] | Fully Tested | Automatic | |||||
Close Manual Probe Change Window when Select Stylus System is closed | [Automatic] | Fully Tested | Automatic | |||||
Close window: Difference between start and Base Alignment | [Automatic] | High | Fully Tested | Automatic | ||||
Keep Status Window Minimized | [Automatic] | High | Fully Tested | Minimized after 3 seconds. Can be deactivated to always show, and the delay time can be changed. | Automatic | |||
Maximize Calypso window on startup | [Automatic] | Fully Tested | Automatic | |||||
Select Stylus System - auto mouse move and click dropdown | [Automatic] | Fully Tested | Automatic | |||||
When load CAD, Show surfaces and edges | [Automatic] | Fully Tested | Automatic | |||||
When Open CAD, set file type to STEP | [Automatic] | Fully Tested | Automatic |
| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change “..” to “.” | (Automatic) | Fully Tested | Common typo when entering decimal numbers. | Spelling Correction | ||||
Change “alingment” to “alignment” | (Automatic) | Fully Tested | Spelling Correction | |||||
Change “paralelism” or “paralellism” to “parallelism” | (Automatic) | Fully Tested | Spelling Correction | |||||
English AutoCorrect | (Automatic) | Fully Tested | Built into PhraseExpress. It corrects many common misspellings in any application. | Spelling Correction |
| Description | Hotkeys | Text Shortcut | Hint | Tags | Priority | Status | Notes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Backspace key for Left hand | Alt + ` (also ~ symbol, left of number 1) | Alt + “ ` " (also ~ symbol, left of number 1) | (also ~ symbol, left of number 1) | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | ||
Copy Tolerance to Lower Limit |
| “*” + “-” | two keys on number pad | Constant Use | High | Fully Tested | Use this shortcut after entering the upper tolerance. | Text Shortcuts |
Dash with spaces (”—” to “ - “) | “—” two dashes | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Enter key for Left hand | ` (also ~ symbol, left of number 1) | “ ` " (also ~ symbol, left of number 1) | (also ~ symbol, left of number 1) | Constant UseEasy Shortcut | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | ||
Type “°” symbol | ** (or) deg. | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “±” symbol | +- | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Alignment” | ;al | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Base Alignment” | ;ba | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Bolt Circle” | ;bc | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Calypso” | ;ca | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Constructed Features” | ;cf | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Cylinder” | ;cy | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Datum A” | dma | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Datum B” | dmb | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Datum C” | dmc | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Position” | ;po | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Start Align” | ;st | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts | |||||
Type “Start Alignment” | ;sa | Fully Tested | Text Shortcuts |