DAP Commands and Shortcuts

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Where each piece should lay out on the vehicle 

Where each piece is laid out for the plot

Shows an installation diagram of the selected pattern, if the pattern has an unconventional installation procedure

Shows an image of the vehicle associated with the pattern

View designer notes for the current pattern

Make edits to the selected pattern. Entity must be selected for Edit Mode to appear.

Pointer allows you to select entity. Left click part to select/deselect. 

Allows you to rotate highlighted items. Hold down left click while rotating. Right click allows you to move the axis point.

Left click and drag mouse to extend tape measure 

Left click and drag to move canvas

Open the selected part to add or remove points 

Allows you to add extra points into a kit by left clicking the mouse while dragging perpendicular across the line in kit and
releasing left click 

Erases points from the kit. Left click on points to be removed. When left click is released points will be removed. 

Left click with pointer the part to be made extendable. Once highlighted click mark extendable Left click allows you to toggle on and off sections of the kit you want to extend between the points 

This allows you to mark an edge that is already wrapped

Fill your screen with all parts in the window

Drag a box around what you would like to zoom into

Deletes highlighted items

Selected points will be converted to a curve 

Selected points will be converted to a straight line

Relaunches Home Page

Opens new drawing form to blank canvas 

Saves current pattern as an update to an existing revision 

Saves current pattern as a new revision

Imports file from drive to drawing form. Supports EPS and DXF files 

Plots all items in window

Plots only items highlighted in window

Customizable Plotter Settings (see below)

Setup for label printing when plotting

View label printing history 

Refreshes preferences to current settings 

Closes DAP 

Undo last command 

Redo last command 

Copies and removes current selection from pattern

Copies current selection 

Pastes copied objects into pattern 

Deletes current selection from pattern 

Removes all Guide Lines from pattern (Cyan lines) 

Creates pasteback of current selection (Dark Green lines) 

Removes all pastebacks from pattern (Dark Green lines)

Toggles coverage labels visibility (i.e. Full Hood) 

Toggles X and Y axis ruler visibility

Selects all objects in pattern 

Unselects all selected objects in pattern 

Converts current selection to straight line (Edit mode only) 

Converts current selection to a single curve (Edit mode only)

Copies and flips an open entity on the Y-axis

Align all selected parts to the right most point 

Align all selected parts to the center 

Align all selected parts to the left most point 

Align all selected parts to the bottom 

Align all selected parts to the middle

Align all selected parts to the top 

Distribute all selected parts aligning horizontally 

Distribute all selected parts aligning vertically

Groups current selection together 

Ungroups any grouped entities in selection

Launches Pattern Customization window

Inserts a Rectangle with specified dimensions

Inserts an Oval with specified dimensions

Opens Bisect window to split selected entity vertically or horizontally

Opens Nesting Settings window to change nesting preferences

Copy and flip current selection in relation to another selected entity. If you need to add the signal lamp cutout to the opposite side of a bumper, select signal lamp hole first, then press shift + F11 and click within the bumper. This will copy and flip the cutout to the same spot on the opposite side.

Sets Curve type to Smooth (matches angle, ignores length)

Sets Curve type to Sharp (ignores angle and length)

Sets Curve type to Symmetric (matches angle and length) 

Switches back to the DAP Browser 

Switches to another tab you have open, such another opened pattern

Shows the current version of DAP

Miscellaneous Drawing Form Commands

Create Vertical
Guide Line 

V

Create Horizontal
Guide Line

H

Perpendicular
Grid Line 

X

Undo

 CTRL + Z

Redo

CTRL + Y