Marker:Toolbars Reference Guide

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Contents 1 System Toolbar 2 Manual Toolbar 3 General Toolbar 4 Marker Toolbar 5 Piece Toolbar 6 Nesting Toolbar 7 Placement Toolbar 8 Alignment Toolbar 9 Group Toolbar 10 Options Toolbar [edit] System Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Select Tool Z Selects pieces or objects, by clicking and dragging New Ctrl+N Creates a new file Open Ctrl+O Opens an existing file Save Ctrl+S Saves a file Open Style Shift+O Opens the order page for marker making Print Ctrl+P Prints pieces on the working area Plot Ctrl+L Plots the pieces on the working area Report To Excel Customize Excel Report Check Current Solution Splicing Report Optimum Layout Calculations Cost Calculation Report Time Calculation Report Ctrl+R             Exports the current file information to an Excel report Assigns the information to be included in the Excel report Searches for uncompleted bundles or sets Exports the splicing table to a text file which includes the splicing marks location Calculates the optimal layout according to estimated or real fabric, waste and nesting values Displays information about the marker area, cutting length and expected cost Displays information about the expected cutting time Undo Ctrl+Z Undoes the Last action; Undoes by history, by clicking the chevron Redo Ctrl+Y Reverses the Undo; Redoes by history, by clicking the chevron Merge   Adds a previously saved marker file to the open file Find And Update   Finds marker files or pieces in marker files File History   Allows you to save additional information to each marker file Import Shift+I Converts files in different formats to a marker table file Export Shift+E Converts OptiTex files to any of the other standard graphic file formats About   Displays the current software version and additional information on the software producer Help Tool F1 Displays the on-line help services Redraw Marker Ctrl+Alt+R Updates the marker display

[edit] Manual Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Shoot Left   Aligns the selected pieces to the left Shoot Right   Aligns the selected pieces to the right Shoot Down   Aligns the selected pieces downwards Shoot Up   Aligns the selected pieces upward Flip X Shift+X Flips the selected pieces on the horizontal axis Flip Y Shift+Y Flips the selected pieces on the vertical axis Rotate 90 F3 Rotates the selected piece by 90 degrees Rotate 180 F4 Rotates the selected piece by 180 degrees Rotate Around Center Tool   Rotates the selected piece(s) with your mouse around the piece center Rotate Piece Tool   Rotates the selected piece(s) with your mouse around the cursor Shoot Shoot And Rotate Shoot Into Hole Places pieces in blank areas of the marker by using the mouse right click Places and rotates pieces in blank areas of the marker by using the mouse right click Skips over placed pieces to place and rotate pieces in blank areas of the marker by using the mouse right click [edit] General Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Measure Tool M Measures a distance on your marker Notch/Button Tool N Adds notches or buttons to a piece on the marker Text Tool T Adds text on the pieces or on the marker table Zoom Rectangle Tool Undo Zoom Zoom All Pieces Zoom All Marker     Home   Enlarges a specific area on the marker table Resets the screen view to the previous scale Resets the screen view to full scale Scales the entire length of the marker to fit it on the screen Change Cut/Plot Order Tool   Displays and changes the sequence in which the pieces will be cut or plotted Change Cut/Plot Start Point Tool   Displays and changes the starting point of each piece on the marker Left Button Shoot Mode   Allows you to perform the Shoot operation using the LEFT mouse button [edit] Marker Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Marker Definitions Ctrl+M Specifies or changes options related to the current marker, including the marker size and the fabric spreading method Detect Intersection I Checks for overlapping pieces on the marker Remove Intersecting Pieces   Clears overlapping pieces from the table Duplicate Placement Ctrl+D Copies an exact replica of the selected pieces nesting at the end of the marker Array   Duplicates selected piece(s) in a specific direction Substitute   Creates new markers with the same placement layout as the old markers Stripe Definition   Defines stripes, plaids, or floral prints on the marker, simulating a repeated design Relate Piece To Stripes Ctrl+Shift+Home Locks a piece to a specific area on the fabric Fabric Pattern   Displays a bitmap image of the actual fabric displayed in the marker area Optimize Cut Order   Defines an optimal cut sequence for numerically controlled (NC) cutting Piece Cutting Order   Defines where the cutter starts to cut the pieces, and whether pieces are cut clockwise or counter-clockwise Mark Flaw On The Marker Tool   Marks the area of a damaged fabric on the marker table Clear Flaw   Removes a selected damaged fabric indication from the marker Clear All Flaws   Removes all the damaged fabric indications from the marker [edit] Piece Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Info Ctrl+I Verifies, updates and changes all text and parameters of the selected piece All Size Info   Verifies, updates and changes all text and parameters of the selected piece and all its sizes Global Info   Verifies, updates and changes all text and parameters of all the pieces and sizes loaded to the marker file Delete Piece Shift+Del Removes the selected piece(s) from the marker Make Hole   Creates a shape within the marker that includes the shape of a smaller piece within it Edit Piece   Creates a special editing environment for making last-minute changes to a piece Rotate   Rotates the selected piece by a specified angle Internals Ctrl+E Applies changes to the attributes of internals on the selected piece and size Text Shift+A Applies changes to the attributes of internal text on the selected piece and size Holes Internals   Allows you to define whether pieces can be nested within the internal cut-outs of larger pieces and other settings Global Internals   Makes changes to all the attributes of the internal elements that exist in all the marker pieces [edit] Nesting Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Start Auto Nesting Shift+N Clears the marker table and starts an automatic nesting process Stop Auto Nesting Ctrl+Shift+N Stops the currently running nesting process Continue Auto Nesting Shift+Alt+N Starts an automatic nesting process without clearing the marker Autonest Selected Pieces Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N Automatically nests only those pieces that were selected from the piece list Setup Autonesting   Selects nesting methods and algorithm from this box Autonest Queue   Creates a queue of Marker files to be nested Autonest To Separate Blocks   Nests pieces that belong to the same sets/bundles in separate blocks Autonest Piece By Piece   Nests each piece separately Instant Nesting   Invokes a very quick nesting process (up to 30 seconds) that nests the remaining pieces in the piece bar Compact Arrangement Ctrl+J Compacts the nest of pieces on the marker Renest Pieces on Marker   Runs the auto-nesting process only on the pieces already on the marker Fill Column   Places a row of the selected piece from the button to the marker top Start Batch   Loads and runs a series of command files (BTF) Stop Batch   Stops and resumes a Batch process [edit] Placement Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Place P Lays the selected piece or pieces on the marker table Place One Bundle Shift+P Lays one set or bundle of the selected piece or pieces on the marker table Place All Ctrl+Shift+P Lays all the remaining patterns of the selected pieces on the marker table Place Folded Left Ctrl+Shift+Alt+L Folds a piece in half and then lays it along the left-hand edge of the marker boundary Place Folded Right   Folds a piece in half and then lays it along the right-hand edge of the marker boundary Place Folded Up   Folds a piece in half and then lays it along the upper edge of the marker boundary Place Folded Down   Folds a piece in half and then lays it along the bottom edge of the marker boundary Place Folded Left-Up   Folds a piece in quarters and places it in the upper left corner of the marker boundary Place Folded Left-Down   Folds a piece in quarters and places it in the lower right corner of the marker boundary Place Folded Right-Up   Folds a piece in quarters and places it in the upper right corner of the marker boundary Place Folded Right-Down   Folds a piece in quarters and places it in the lower left corner of the marker boundary [edit] Alignment Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Advanced Alignment   Customizes the alignment method for the selected pieces Align By Marker Center Ctrl+Alt+M Aligns pieces along the horizontal center of the marker Align Horizontally By Piece Center Ctrl+Alt+H Aligns pieces horizontally according to the center of the pieces Align Vertical By Piece Center Ctrl+Alt+V Aligns pieces vertically according to the center of the pieces Align Horizontal By Lower Limit   Aligns the selected pieces horizontally according to the lowest piece Align Horizontal By Upper Limit   Aligns the selected pieces horizontally according to the uppermost piece Align Vertical By Left Limit   Aligns the selected pieces vertically according to the piece furthest to the left Align Vertical By Right Limit   Aligns the selected pieces vertically according to the piece furthest to the right [edit] Group Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Cluster Pieces   Groups selected pieces and sizes them to a single new unit Delete Cluster   Removes the selected group from the piece bar Fix On Marker   Groups the pieces permanently on the marker Unfix Selected   Releases the pieces in the selected group Unfix All   Releases all the pieces in all the groups Stripe Group Ctrl+G Ensures that if a piece is re-positioned within a stripe marker, the piece will match the other placed pieces Rectangle Block Fuse Ctrl+B Creates a block for fusing to the shape of a rectangle Thrifty Block Fuse Ctrl+Shift+B Creates a block for fusing with reduced fabric waste Optimum Block Fuse Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B Creates a block for fusing that follows the selected piece contours Select Whole Bundle Ctrl+K Selects all the pieces that are part of the same set as the selected pieces Rotate All Bundles... Shift+K Rotates the whole piece within the bundle according to the selected piece's direction Substitute One Bundle Ctrl+Shift+K Replaces the whole bundle of selected pieces with the same pieces but in a different size Substitute Size F9 Replaces selected pieces with the same pieces in a different size Duplicate And Resize Shift+F9 Copies the layout of the selected piece in a different size [edit] Options Toolbar Tool Name Tool Icon Tool Shortcut Tool Description Display Attributes F10 Determines the information to be displayed on screen and included in the output file Bubble Info   Determines the information to be displayed in a pop-up bubble Colors Determines the colors of the different elements in the program Fonts   Determines the font types and sizes used in the program Working Units   Determines the measurement units to be used Preferences   Opens the Preferences box