Many of these hot keys are available in menus that pop up when you right-click
on the toolbars in the Zap, Slicer, and XYZ windows. This gives you another way to
look up the keys as well as execute the operation.
Model edit functions
| Keys | Command |
|---|---|
| O | Go to previous object. |
| P | Go to next object. |
| Shift+C | Go to next contour. |
| C | Go to previous contour. |
| 5/6 | Go to previous/next contour in same surface. |
| 7/8 | Go to previous/next surface. |
| [ or < | Go to previous point. |
| ] or > | Go to next point. |
| { or ( | Go to first point in contour. |
| } or ) | Go to last point in contour. |
| E | Unselect current point. |
| Shift+E | Unselect current contour. |
| N | Create a new contour. |
| Shift+N | Create a new contour with a new surface number. |
| 0 | Create a new object. |
| Delete | Delete current model point. |
| Shift+D | Delete current contour or all selected contours. |
| Ctrl+D | Truncate current contour at current point. |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Delete current surface. |
| Shift+M | Move contour to selected object or surface. |
| K | Copy contour (when Edit-Contour-Copy dialog is open). |
| Shift+J | Join selected contours. |
| Ctrl+B | Break contour (when Edit-Contour-Break dialog is open). |
| Shift+O | Toggle selected contour(s) of closed-type objects between open and closed. |
| Ctrl+G | Toggle making a gap between the current point and the next. |
| M | Toggle model edit mode and movie mode. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo changes to the model. |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo model changes that were undone. |
| Keys | Command |
|---|---|
| T | Toggle model drawing on/off. |
| Shift+T | Toggle current point/contour markers on/off. |
| Ctrl+T | Toggle current object on/off. |
| G | Toggle nearby contour ghost draw mode; does not work with Interpolator. |
| Ctrl+Shift+G | Also toggle ghost mode; works when Interpolator is being used. |
| S | Save model file. |
| Ctrl+S | Make TIFF snapshot of image in window (Tumbler also). |
| Shift+S | Make non-TIFF snapshot of image in window (Tumbler also). |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Make snapshot with second non-TIFF format. |
| F | Print current pixel value in information window. |
| Shift+F | Find the maximum pixel within 10 pixels and report its value, or toggle FFT in Slicer. |
| Ctrl+F | Print name of file at current Z value when multiple single-image files are loaded as Z planes. |
| Ctrl+E | Print the piece and edge numbers of the montage overlap zone marked with the current point to use for displaying the edge in Midas. The same numbering is used as in Midas. The aligned piece coordinates must be available from a file entered with the -pa option. |
| , | Decrease movie speed. |
| . | Increase movie speed. |
| - | Decrease Zoom |
| = or + | Increase Zoom (except Slicer, where only = and Keypad + zoom up) |
| 3/4 | Start or stop a movie through time in forward/reverse direction. |
| #/$ | Start or stop a movie through Z in forward/reverse direction. |
| Keys | Command |
|---|---|
| PageUp | Increase Z |
| PageDown | Decrease Z |
| Shift+PageUp | Increase Z to next section with contours in current object. |
| Shift+PageDown | Decrease Z to previous section with contours in current object. |
| Keypad-Star | Increase Z by the big paging step size, adjustable in Behavior tab of Options dialog with a default 10. |
| Keypad-Slash | Decrease Z by the big paging step size. |
| Up-Arrow | Increase Y |
| Down-Arrow | Decrease Y |
| Right-Arrow | Increase X |
| Left-Arrow | Decrease X |
| End | Go to Z = 1; |
| Home | Go to Z = max; |
| Insert | Go to middle Z of stack (does not work on Mac, use Shift+Home) |
| Shift+Home | Go to middle Z of stack (works on Mac and elsewhere) |
| 1/2 | Previous/Next Time Index. |
| !/@ | Set time index to beginning/end (using Start or End for Time in Edit-Movie dialog). |
| Keypad-2/4/6/8 | Move current model point in X/Y in Zap window in model mode, |
| Pan in Zap window in movie mode. | |
| Keypad-3/9 | Move current model point in Z in Zap window in model mode |
| Keys | Command |
|---|---|
| Shift+A | Autocontrast - set to target mean and SD of intensity. |
| F1 | Decrease Black Level |
| F2 | Increase Black Level |
| F3 | Decrease White Level |
| F4 | Increase White Level |
| F5 | Decrease Contrast. |
| F6 | Increase Contrast. |
| F7 | Decrease Brightness. |
| F8 | Increase Brightness. |
| F9 | Select Color map ramp # 1. |
| F10 | Cycle through Color map ramps: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1. |
| F11 or & | Invert Color map. |
| F12 or * | Toggle False Color. |
| Keys | Command |
|---|---|
| \ | Open Slicer window. |
| V | Open Model View window. |
| Shift+G | Open Graph window. |
| Ctrl+X | Open XYZ window. |
| Z | Open Zap window. |
| Ctrl+P | Open Image Processing window. |
| Shift+U | Open Model View and Isosurface windows. |
| Shift+H | Open Grab with Note plugin. |
| Ctrl+R | Raise all 3dmod windows above other windows. |