[cemlhh]

Hey Guys, Anyone figure out what Hot keys or keyboard short cuts in Pathpilot? I am so used to using keyboard hot keys in mach3 and now using Pathpilot its driving me nuts.

[cemlhh]

John from Tormach as let me know That, The hot keys are

Alt F for turning the Coolant on and off

[cemlhh]

John from Tormach as let me know That, The hot keys are

Alt F for turning the Coolant on and off

Alt E For Edit Program

Alt R For Cycle Start

So far that's all I have found out. Lets start a list of the Hot keys users think there should be.

First I think we need a hot key for the MID line

[compunerdy]

yes.. the enter key like before..

[CNC-Dude]

Reviving this thread. Just switched to PathPilot a few days ago, and am wondering if we have gained insight as to what the hotkeys are. I know I can turn the spindle off with the ESC key, but am missing the ability to turn the spindle ON with F5.

It may seem like a lot of whining for something as simple as pressing the FWD button, but when you have carpal tunnel you look forward to NOT having to grab the mouse!

[andyf97]

Any update on these, I would like one for start the spindle. Tried most of the keys and cannot fond one.

When doing manual milling, its handy to start and stop the spindle, ESC stops it.

The only solution I found so far was create a little G-code which starts up the spindle, activated with Alt-R

M03 S5000 or whatever other speed is desired.

Load the G-code, and just hit ALT R as required.

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Any update on these, I would like one for start the spindle. Tried most of the keys and cannot fond one.

When doing manual milling, its handy to start and stop the spindle, ESC stops it.

The only solution I found so far was create a little G-code which starts up the spindle, activated with Alt-R

M03 S5000 or whatever other speed is desired.

Load the G-code, and just hit ALT R as required.

[kstrauss]

I haven't seen a list but I've compiled the following:
PathPilot Hot Keys and Mouse Actions
Alt-F for turning the Coolant on and off

Alt-E For Edit Program

Alt-R For Cycle Start

Right click in the Gcode window, and Start From Here should be listed.

In the toolpath ortho view holding the left mouse button tilts the display and holding the right mouse button pans the display and the scroll wheel zooms.

To move X-axis, use the ←/→ keys. The right arrow jogs X-axis in the positive X direction (table moves left of operator). The left arrow jogs X-axis in the negative X direction (table moves right of operator).

To move Y-axis, use the ↑/↓ keys. The up arrow jogs Y-axis in the positive Y direction (moves table towards operator). The down arrow jogs Y-axis in the negative Y direction (moves table away from operator).

To move Z-axis, use the Page Up/Page Down keys. The Page Up key jogs the Z-axis in the positive Z direction (moves spindle up). The Page Down key moves the Z-axis in the negative Z direction (moves spindle down).

To move A-axis, use the ,/. (comma/period) keys.

Space does a PAUSE and can be re-started with Cycle Start.

<esc> does a STOP

[AMacGregor]

Does anyone know if there are keyboard shortcuts to change the jog step size?

[rodw]

You guys might like to check out the LinuxCNC shortcuts. I know nothing about PathPilot but it is LinuxCNC under the hood so some of these may work.

LinuxCNC Documentation Wiki: Keyboard Shortcuts

[GLCarlson]

They're all in the manual....and have been posted on this forum multiple times.