The "Edit" Menu

Tip: You can also access this menu by right-clicking somewhere in the mainwindow once a toolpath has been selected...

Copy and paste

• Using the menu "Edit" -> "Copy" or alternatively pressing "Ctrl" + "c" you can copy selected toolpaths...
• Using the menu "Edit" -> "Paste" or alternatively pressing "Ctrl" + "v" you can paste the copied toolpaths:
  • If you paste using the menu the copied toolpaths will be put to the right of the original ones...
  • If you paste using "Ctrl" + "v" the copied toolpaths will be put at the current mouse position...
  • Pasted toolpaths will be grouped automatically (if more than one). See below for more information about groups...

Delete

• Using the menu "Edit" -> "Delete" or alternatively pressing "Del" key you can delete selected toolpaths...

Group and Explode group

• You can put multiple toolpaths into a group to make sure every action done to one object will also be applied to every other object of the group...

Move

• Menu "Edit" - "Move" moves selected toolpaths...
• There are 2 ways to set the translation distance or target position:
  • You can enter the translation values at the X / Y controls of the dialog box...
  • Or you can just click at the desired target position:
    • Translation origin (orange cross) is by default located at the center of your selection.
      So after clicking the objects will appear centered around your cursor position...
    • If necessary you can change the translation origin by right-clicking. So if you e.g. right-click at the left, lower corner of your selection then the next left-click will put the left, lower corner to your cursor position...

Rotate

• Menu "Edit" - "Rotate" rotates selected toolpaths...
• Again there are 2 ways to set the rotation angle:
  • You can enter the angle directly using the angle control of the dialog box..
  • Or you can rotate the selection by dragging it with pressed left mouse button...
  • The pivot point (orange cross) is by default located at the center of your selection...
  • You can change the pivot point with a mouse click...

Scale

• Using menu "Edit" - "Scale" you can scale selected toolpaths...
• A dialog box will appear where you can enter the desired scaling factor...

Mirror horizontally and vertically

• You can mirror selected toolpaths along their center line using menu "Edit" - "Mirror horizontally" or "Mirror vertically"...

Nesting

• This function creates a rectangular pattern of copies of your selected toolpaths...
• The quantity of copies along the X- and Y-axis as well as the distance between them can be set using the dialog box...

Machining order

• There are 2 ways to set the machining order for your toolpaths.
  One of it is the dialog box you can open using menu "Edit" - "Machining order":
  
  
  
  
• You can then set the order by clicking at the toolpaths - the following buttons change the behaviour of this function:
  
  

  	If you activate this button and then click at a toolpath it will be put at the very beginning of the CNC program... The toolpath will be tagged with a red "1"... The previously first toolpath will become second and so on...
  	This function sets the machining order the way you click at the toolpaths. First click -> first toolpath, second click -> second toolpath... The first toolpath will be tagged as "1", the second as "2" and so on... The function will continue counting with the largest number if you reactivate it...
  	This button resets any toolpath you click at to "automatic"... It will be tagged with an "A" and its machining order will be decided by Estlcam... However: automatic toolpaths will always be machined after every toolpath with a positive number (see above) and before every toolpath with a negative number (see below)...
  	This is the counterpart to "Forward" - it counts from program end instead of program start... So you first click at the last, then at the secondlast and so on... The last toolpath will be tagged as "-1", the secondlast as "-2"... This function will continue with the smallest number if your reactivate it...
  	The counterpart to "At beginning" - it puts a toolpath at the very end... The toolpath will be tagged "-1"... The previously last toolpath will become secondlast and so on...
  	This button resets everything to "automatic"...