Mouse Controls & Keyboard Shortcuts

Mouse Controls

SELECTION:

The Left-Click button is used for selecting items to drag and drop or moving / re-arranging imported parts or support pins during the nesting process.

Selecting Restorations

When you choose a restoration, you'll notice translation and rotational widgets appearing around your parts. These widgets allows you to move and rotate your restoration along different axes. The configuration of the widgets adjusts based on your viewpoint relative to the selected restoration.

Selecting Support Pins

When a Support Pin is selected, it becomes translucent, allowing the user to drag and drop it to the desired location. Additionally, the Equator line will be displayed during this process.

ROTATION:

Holding down the Right-Click on the mouse will allow for free-rotation of the parts and fixtures on-screen.

PANNING:

Pressing and holding down the middle-scroll button on mouse allows the user to Pan for view of the screen up, down left and right to situate items on the screen.

ZOOM:

Scrolling up or down on the mouse will appropriately trigger a Dynamic Zoom in the CAM based on the location of the mouse pointer.

VIEW BUTTONS:

You can rotate the project visualization incrementally by utilizing the View Widget. 

In the center of this widget, you will see the house-shaped "Home" icon. 

When you select this icon, MillBox will re-center its view according to the default view setting. The default view is bottom-up (margin-side), making it convenient for the thorough inspection and designation of surfaces that require proper analysis before milling.

If you select the home button after it has already returned to the default view, MillBox will rotate the view/fixture 180° degrees. 

Keyboard Binds / Shortcuts within MillBox Dental CAM

Here you can find a list of Keyboard Binds and Shortcuts in MillBox:

Change View:

• F5        -        Top-Down View
• F6        -        Front View
• F7        -        Side View
• F8        -        Isometric View
• F9        -        Rotate View 0 / 180

SELECTION KEYS:

• Control + Left Click-        Select Multiple Items
• Shift + Left Click - Highlight all Items between 2 selected items
• Del        -        Delete Selected Item/s 

CONFIGURATION & SUPPORT:

• Ctrl+Alt+B - Create MillBox Backup Files for Support
• Ctrl + D        -        Open Stock Library
  

NESTING TOOLS:

• Ctrl + Shift + A  - Select Multiple Pins 
  • This gives you the option to select all support pins of a selected restoration. If no object was selected, all supports in the Job will be selected.
• Ctrl + Shift + S - Open the "Curves and Surfaces" Toolbar
• Ctrl + S        -        Save MillBox Project
• Ctrl + E        -        Show / Hide Fixture
• Ctrl + R        -        Show / Hide Red Caps
• Ctrl + U        -        Show / Hide Undercuts
  • Undercuts are areas that the tool cannot reach from the 0/180 angles - These are indicated by the dark blue shaded surfaces. The Rotary / Tilting axes must be activated to allow access to these undercut areas for machining.
• Ctrl + Y        -        Redo: Redo Previous Action
• Ctrl + Z        -        Undo: Undo the last Action that was performed in MillBox
• Ctrl + G        -        Show / Hide Gray Cavity / Prep Caps
  
• Ctrl + Q - Toggle Cavity Axis / Insertion Direction / Path of Draw
  
  
  
• Ctrl + F        -        Show / Hide Cavity Fit Adjustments 
  
  
• Ctrl + P        -        Show / Hide Sintering Protection 
• Ctrl + T        -        Show / Hide Replaced Interface Mesh
• Ctrl + A        -        Show / Hide Secondary Axis Arrows
  
  
• 9        -        Toggle Translucency / Wiremesh view of Imported Files / STL
• 0        -        View of Imported Files / STL: Shaded / Rendered