diff --git a/etc/config/aliases.csh b/etc/config/aliases.csh
index 6573c91..c259bac 100644
--- a/etc/config/aliases.csh
+++ b/etc/config/aliases.csh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ alias wmSP 'wmSET WM_PRECISION_OPTION=SP'
 alias wmDP 'wmSET WM_PRECISION_OPTION=DP'
 
 # clear env
-alias wmUNSET='source $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config/unset.csh'
+alias wmUNSET 'source $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config/unset.csh'
 
 # Toggle wmakeScheduler on/off
 #  - also need to set WM_HOSTS
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ alias wmUNSET='source $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config/unset.csh'
 alias wmSchedON 'setenv WM_SCHEDULER $WM_PROJECT_DIR/wmake/wmakeScheduler'
 alias wmSchedOFF 'unsetenv WM_SCHEDULER'
 
+# Set hosts for scheduler
+#  - if none defined, single machine is assumed automatically
+alias wmHosts 'setenv WM_HOSTS'
+
+# Set default colours for scheduler
+alias wmColours 'black blue green cyan red magenta yellow'
+
+# Fast switching between multi-core and single-core building
+#   wmSCS - single-core single-machine
+#   wmMCS - multi-core single-machine
+#   wmMCM - multi-core multi-machine
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+alias wmSCS 'unsetenv WM_NCOMPPROCS && echo "Building enabled for a single core"'
+alias wmMCS 'setenv WM_NCOMPPROCS 1; test -r /proc/cpuinfo && setenv WM_NCOMPPROCS `egrep "^processor" /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l` && echo "Building enabled for $WM_NCOMPPROCS cores"'
+alias wmMCM 'setenv WM_NCOMPPROCS `wmSchedON; $WM_SCHEDULER -count` && echo "Building enabled for $WM_NCOMPPROCS cores"'
+
 # Change ParaView version
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 alias foamPV 'source `$WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config/paraview.csh` ParaView_VERSION=\!*; echo paraview-$ParaView_VERSION'
diff --git a/etc/config/aliases.sh b/etc/config/aliases.sh
index 1881597..d5b654a 100644
--- a/etc/config/aliases.sh
+++ b/etc/config/aliases.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ alias wmUNSET='. $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config/unset.sh'
 alias wmSchedON='export WM_SCHEDULER=$WM_PROJECT_DIR/wmake/wmakeScheduler'
 alias wmSchedOFF='unset WM_SCHEDULER'
 
+# Set hosts for scheduler
+#  - if none defined, single machine is assumed by wmakeScheduler
+wmHosts()
+{
+    export WM_HOSTS="$*"
+}
+
+# Set default colours for scheduler
+alias wmColours='black blue green cyan red magenta yellow'
+
+# Fast switching between multi-core and single-core building
+#   wmSCS - single-core single-machine
+#   wmMCS - multi-core single-machine
+#   wmMCM - multi-core multi-machine
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+alias wmSCS='unset WM_NCOMPPROCS && echo "Building enabled for a single core"'
+alias wmMCS='export WM_NCOMPPROCS=1; test -r /proc/cpuinfo && export WM_NCOMPPROCS=$(egrep "^processor" /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l) && echo "Building enabled for $WM_NCOMPPROCS cores"'
+alias wmMCM='export WM_NCOMPPROCS=$(wmSchedON; $WM_SCHEDULER -count) && echo "Building enabled for $WM_NCOMPPROCS core(s)"'
+
 # Change ParaView version
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 unset foamPV