Function Name

Alias

Shortcut

Description

Leader

Draws a Leader dimension entity in the active drawing space

About

Displays the About box. The About box displays current version, license, and key code information

Activate Viewport

Activates the selected viewport so that it may be positioned over the Model Space

Add Attribute

AddAttribute

att

Creates and adds an AttributeDefinition entity in the selected drawing space

Add Cable Jumps

aj

Adds Jumps to the selected WireCAD cable

AddEditPluginInfo

Displays the Add/Edit Plugin dialog. (Used by develops to register plugins)

Add Vertex

av

Add a Vertex to the selected polyline

Arc

Arc

a

Draws and Arc in the selected drawing space

Area

aa

Measures the area of a selected entity

Assign Cable Numbers

ac

Assigns a new number to a cable connected between to SysNamed devices. If a number is already assigned then it edits the existing assignment

AssignSysName

as

Assigns a new SysName to a device. If a number is already assigned then it edits the existing assignment

AssignTerminal

at

Assigns ports from existing SysNamed devices to the selected Terminal

AssignTerminals

ats

Same as above but for multiple terminals of the same type(block name)

AutoBlock

ab

Displays a dialog allowing automatic placement of existing SysNamed devices in the selected drawing space.

AutoSave All

Saves all open drawings and resets the AutoSave clock

AutoScheme

Creates functional drawings from data that is in the project databases. This is useful for creating different detail or overall views.

Box

Box

Draws a 3D Box in the selected drawing space

Break Line

Break

br

Breaks a Line or Polyline at a specified point for a specified distance

Bring To Front

btf

Brings the selected item(s) to the top of the Z order

Cable Properties

cprop

Displays the Edit Cable Properties dialog

CheckForUpdates

cu

Checks the web for WireCAD updates

CheckInAllDrawings

Checks in all drawings

CheckInDrawing

Checks in a single drawing

CheckInProject

Check in a Project that has been checked out

CheckOutDrawing

Checks out a drawing making read-only for other users

CheckOutProject

Checks out a project making portable to other machines and marking this copy as read only

Circle

Circle

c

Draws a Circle in the selected drawing space

CircuitFinder

Displays a dialog  for finding chains of cables (circuits)

ClipCopy

Copy to clipboard. Same as Ctrl+C

ClipCut

Cut to clipboard. Same as Ctrl+X

ClipPaste

Paste from clipboard. Same as Ctrl+V

CloseActiveProject

Closes the active project.

Close All Drawings

ca

Closes all open drawings. Prompts to save if drawing is changed

Close Drawing

cd

Closes the active drawing. Prompts to save if drawing is changed

Edit MText

EditMText

etxt

Edits selected Multiline text entity.

ControlSoftwareActivation

Displays the Software activation dialog allowing activation and deactivation of the application

ConvertOldProject

co

Converts a WireCAD v2-v5.1 project into the new project format. Drawings remain unchanged while databases are transferred into the new format. The old databases are unharmed and the projects can still work on older versions. However, changes made in v6 will not reflect in the old database.

Copy

Copy

cp

Basepoint copy of selected entities in the active drawing space

Corner

Corners two line segments at the point at which they intersect.

New Viewport

ViewPort

Creates a new Viewport in the selected drawing space. Not application in Model Space

DataIntegrityChecks

Display the Data Integrity Checks form which helps find areas of the database that have relational issues

DeAssignCableNumbers

Removes the cable number entry from the Cables database (soft delete) while resetting the cable polyline  in a drawing back to an unassigned state

Dim Aligned

dim

DAL

Draws an Aligned dimension in the active drawing space

Dim Angular

DAN

Draws an Angular dimension in the active drawing space

Dim Diameter

DDI

Draws a Diameter dimension in the active drawing space

Dim Radial

DRA

Draws a Radial dimension in the active drawing space

Dim Rotated Hor

Draws a Horizontal dimension in the active drawing space

Dim Rotated Ver

Draws a Vertical dimension in the active drawing space

Distance

DI

Measures the distance in Drawing Units (DU) between two points in the drawing

Draw Cable

dcc

Initiates the Draw Cables command which draws a cable between two connection points in the active drawing space based in the selected cable properties

Edit Account Info

Displays the Edit Account Info dialog.

Edit Attrib

EditAttrib

ATE

Opens the Edit Attributes dialog if the selected entity is an Insert with Attribute entities included

EditQuote

Not Yet Implemented

Ellipse

Ellipse

EL

Draws an Ellipse entity in the active drawing space

Erase

Erase

E

Erases selected entities in the selected drawing space

Exit

Exits the application

Explode

Explode

Explodes compound entities such as inserts (blocks), polylines and rectangles back one group level, or if there is only one group level explodes back to base entities.

Extend

Extend

EX

Extends Line entities to a selected intersecting entity

Fillet

Fillet

F

Fillets (radius) Polyline entities

FilletAllCables

Fillets (radius) all Cable entities in the selected drawing space

Fillet Cable

Fillets (radius) selected Cable(s) in the selected drawing space

Grid form demo

gfd

Displays the Grid Form SDK demo if the plugin is loaded

Hello World Demo

hello

hw

Displays the Hello World SDK demo if the plugin is loaded

HelpContents

Displays the Help Contents window

HelpIndex

Displays the Help Index window

ID

Displays the drawing ID of the selected single entity

Image Frame

Image

im

Draws an Image Frame entity in the active drawing space. Image frames display images (bitmaps). Image frames link to files on your hard drive. Moving drawings without packing up the project will not display properly on the destination machine.

ImportOldGlobalDatabase

io

Used for synchronizing old WireCAD v5 global database (dbEquip.mdb) with a new v6 file or server based database

Line

Line

l

Draws a Line entity in the active drawing space

Link Pointers

lp

Links two pointers together. Pointer do not have to reside on the same sheet

List All Commands

List

list

Lists all available commands in the commandline history window

Make Block

MBlock

b

Creates a CAD Block (group of entities)

Mirror

Mirror

Mirrors the selected entities in the selected drawing space

Move

Move

m

Basepoint Move the selected entities in the selected drawing space

Multiline Text

MText

mt

Draws a Multi-line Text entity in the active drawing space

NewChase

Not Yet Implemented

NewCircuit

Not Yet Implemented

New Drawing

new

nd

Create a new drawing

NewDrawingRevision

Not Yet Implemented

NewDrawingWithWiz

Create a new drawing using a wizard

NewProjectRevision

Not Yet Implemented

New Project Wizard

np

Create a new project with a wizard

NewQuote

Not Yet Implemented

NewReportWizard

rw

Create a new report using a wizard to help define which data collection, and report style (standard or label)

Offset Entities

Offset

Basepoint Offset the selected entities in the selected drawing space

Open Drawing

OpenDrawing

o

Opens a drawing

Open Drawing Dialog

Open Drawing Dialog

OD

Open drawing dialog

OpenProject

po

Open project dialog

PackUp

Packs up the current project including a file based copy of the global database, all drawing and drawing dependencies (images).

Pan

Pans the current view or selected ViewPort

Polar Array

ArrayPolar

parray

Arrays (multiple copy) entities around a polar center point

PDFExport

Exports the selected drawing space to PDF

Point

Point

p

Draws a Point entity in the active drawing space

Polyline

Pline

pl

Draws a Polyline (multiple line segments) entity in the active drawing space

Print

Print

Prints the selected drawing space

Project Info

Displays the Project Info form allowing edit of related projects, project revisions, and more.

Project Revisions

Not Yet Implemented

Push SysNames To Project Database

slurp

Scans the selected drawing for WireCAD systems, if found they are added to the project systems database.

Rack Builder

rb

Displays the Rack Builder dialog to create rack layouts from data in the project Systems database

Rectangular Array

ArrayRectangular

ar

Arrays (multiple copy) entities in rows and columns

Ray Line

RayLine

rl

Draws a Ray entity (construction line) in the active drawing space

RecoverCablesFromDB

Scans the selected drawing for WireCAD connection data, then scans the cables database, if a cable is found the drawing and database, the drawing cable # will be updated.

Rectangle

Rect

Draws a Rectangle entity in the active drawing space

Redo

Redo

r

Redoes the most currently undone function

Redraw

Redraw

Redraws the current view

Regen

Regen

Regenerates the entire drawing

RemoveCableFillets

Removes cable fillets from the selected cable entity

Remove Cable Jumps

Removes cable Jumps from the selected cable entity

Remove Vertex

Removes a vertex from the selected cable or Polyline entity

Reset Cable Numbers

rcn

Resets cables in a drawing to an unassigned state (removes any number). This function does not effect the cables database and is useful for reusing drawings.

Reset SysNames

rs

Resets SysNames in a drawing to an unassigned state (removes any number). This function does not effect the Systems database and is useful for reusing drawings.

Rotate

Rotate

Basepoint Rotate selected entities in the selected drawing space

Rotate 3D

Rotate3D

Basepoint 3D Rotate selected entities in the selected drawing space

Save

Saves the current drawing

SaveAs

Saves the current drawing as a different drawing name in a different location

Save Drawing As

SaveAs

s

Saves the current drawing as a different drawing name in a different location

SaveAsTemplate

Saves the current drawing as a template drawing. Template drawings are used to start other drawings

Save Project As

Saves the current project as a different project name in a different location

Scale

Scale

Basepoint Scale selected entities in the selected drawing space

ScanDrawingsForCables

sc

Scans all drawings for cables to rebuild cable relational data

ScanForDiscrepencies

Displays the Scan for Discrepancies utility to find common errors and omissions.

Select

Select

sel

Select entities

SelectAll

Select all entities in the selected drawing space

Send To Back

Sends the selected item(s) to the bottom of the Z order

ShowAppSettings

Displays the Application level settings (App Setup Wizard) dialog

ShowBillOfMaterialsWizard

Displays the Bill of Materials generation wizard.

Create Boundaries

boundary

bo

Create Model space boundaries for the selected layouts in the Model space. Boundaries are a simple way of knowing where your drawing limits are for scaling the output based on text height

Show Brother Ptouch

bpt

Displays the Brother P-Touch plugin if installed

ShowCableTypesGrid

Displays the global Cable Types grid

ShowChasesGrid

Not Yet Implemented

ShowColorCodesGrid

Displays the global Color Codes grid

Connectors

ConLib

CN

Displays the global Connectors grid

Dimension Styles

DimStyles

Displays the Dimension Style dialog for the active drawing

Show Drawings Grid

sdg

Displays the project drawings database

Show DWG Diff Tool

diff

Displays the DWG Diff (Drawing differencing) tool if plugin is installed. DWG Diff opens two drawings then shows the differences and commonalities between them. This is useful if you have two very simular drawings and need a quick look at the differences

Show Equipment Grid

eg

Displays the global equipment grid

Equipment Library

EQLib

le

Displays the global Equipment Library for creating and adding functional block to the active drawing

Show Equipment Wizard

Create new equipment from a wizard

ShowIDE

Shows the Integrated Development Environment for creating custom plugins

Insert Block

Insert

Inserts a block (internal or from external dwg) into the selected drawing space

Show Layers

Layers

lay

Displays the Layers dialog for the active drawing

Layouts

Layouts

Displays the Layouts dialog for the active drawing

Manufacturers Grid

Manufacturers

man

Displays the global Manufacturers grid

Show Cables Grid

Show Cables Grid

scgx

Displays the project Cables grid

ShowNamedPathsGrid

Displays the project Named Path grid. Named Paths provide a means by which to store and retrieve information on the path that a cable might travel between two locations. The Named Path stores information about the length of the path and other factors to estimate the length of a cable.

Selecting a Named Path while assigning cable numbers will use the length of the path and its factors to determine the length of the cable as follows:

ShowNewCableTypeWizard

Create a new Cable Type

View Permissions

Permissions

Perms

View your WireCAD permissions

ShowPinoutsDialog

Not Yet Implemented

ShowPinoutsGrid

Not Yet Implemented

ShowPluginManager

pim

Displays the Plugin Manager allowing you to load and unload plugins

Point Styles

PointStyles

Displays the Point Styles dialog for the active drawing

Print Preview

Print

Print Preview the selected drawing space in the active drawing

Project Cables Grid

cables

cg

Display the project Cables grid

ShowProjectCircuitsGrid

sg

Not Yet Implemented

ShowProjectConductorsGrid

Not Yet Implemented

Format Cable Numbers

PXCFOR

fcab

Display the Format Cables dialog allowing you to setup you cable number display using any of the variables associated with the assigned cable

Format SysNames

PXSFOR

fsys

Display the Format SysNames dialog allowing you to setup you SysName display using any of the variables associated with the assigned SysName

ShowProjectQuotesGrid

Not Yet Implemented

Show SysNames Grid

PXSYS

sys

Displays the project Systems grid

ShowRelatedProjectCablesGrid

If the current project has related projects, those project's databases may be displayed read-only

ShowRelatedProjectSystemsGrid

If the current project has related projects, those project's databases may be displayed read-only

Reports

Reports

rep

Displays the report form

Search

Search

Search

Toggles the search panel if plugin is installed

Show Settings

Settings

set

Displays the Setting dialog

Signal Types Grid

SignalTypes

st

Displays the global Signal Types grid

Signal Types Grid

SIGT

st

Displays the global Signal Types grid

ShowStartPage

Displays the Start Page

Text Styles

TextStyles

ts

Displays the Text Styles Format dialog for the active drawing

Todo List

todo

TDL

Displays the To Do List grid

Translation Manager

Translation Manager

Translation Manager

Displays the Translation Manager allowing users to translate messages into other languages

XRef Manager

Xref

Displays the External Reference Manager dialog. Xrefs provide a means by which external drawings may be display(but not edited) in the active drawing.

Stretch

Stretch

Stretchs Polylines

SyncEquipment

sync

Synchronize two global equipment databases

SystemSnapshot

Displays the System Snapshot dialog.  The System Snapshot tool provides a graphical representation of all the connections to a specific system as derived from the Project Cables database.

Text

Text

t

Draws a single line Text entity in the active drawing space

ToggleCommandLine

cli

Shows/Hides the command line interface

ToggleDrawCables

cc

Shows/Hides the Draw Cables tool panel

ToggleDrawingProperites

ch

Shows/Hides the Drawing Properties tool panel

Toggle Grid

Grid

Shows/Hides the drawing grid based on the limited of the drawing

Toggle PolarTracking

PolarTrack

Toggles Polar Tracking.  When enabled a dotted polar tracking line appears at the tracking angles you specified with Polar Track Angle property. Also, a text tool tip display the polar coordinates. You may then specify the distance in the direction of the Polar Track Angle

ToggleProjectExplorer

px

Shows/Hides the Project Explorer tool panel

Toggle Snap

Snap

Toggles Snap to Grid mode. Note this is based in the Snap Spacing XY and not the display grid

Trim

Trim

Trims a selected entity to the intersection(s) with another entity

TutorialsOnTheWeb

Show the WireCAD web based tutorials

Undo

Undo

u

Undoes the last command if undoable

UnPack

Unpacks a packed project synchronizing all necessary databases

UpdateAllReferences

Scans all drawing for cable and systems updating the reference tables. Note this function is used to rebuild reference only. Not actual data. No project systems or cables will be added

View3DHide

3D render hide selection mode

View3DRender

3D render

View3DShade

3D shade mode

View3DShadeOn

3D Shade Mode

View3DVBack

back

3D back view

View3DVBottom

bot

3D bottom view

View3DVFront

front

3D front view

View3DVINE

ne

3D north east isometric view

View3DVINW

nw

3D north west isometric view

View3DVISE

se

3D south east isometric view

View3DVISW

sw

3D south west isometric view

View3DVLeft

left

3D left view

View3DVRight

right

3D right view

View3DVrot

rot

Rotate the 3D view

View3DVTop

top

3D top view

View3DVWorld

world

3D world view

View3DWire

3D render wire frame mode

View3DWire2d

3D render wire frame mode 2D only

WireCADOnTheWeb

Visit the WireCAD website

Write Block to File

WBlock

Writes the selected insert out to its own file

Xline

XLine

xl

Drawings an Xline (ray) in the selected drawing space

Zoom All

ZoomA

za

Zooms to show all entities plus the limits of the active drawing

Zoom Extents

ZoomE

ze

Zooms to show all entities of the active drawing. The limits are ignored

Zoom

Zoom

z

Zoom window

Zoom In

ZoomIn

zi

Zoom in

Zoom Out

ZoomOut

zo

Zoom out

Zoom Previous

ZoomP

zp

Zoom to the previous view

Zoom Scale

ZoomS

zs

Zoom to a numeric scale value

Zoom Window

ZoomW

zw

Zoom window