Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys
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Activate the keyboard shortcuts map right in the user interface by pressing Shift+? on your keyboard when in a document. You can even pop it out of the window for continuous display. You can access the shortcuts from anywhere in the product by clicking the Help icon in the upper right of the window and selecting Keyboard shortcuts:
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Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys Definitions
General
shift + ?
Opens the list of Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys.
ctrl + z or ⌘ + z
Undoes recent activity within the document session. Can be used consecutively as needed.
ctrl + y
Redoes recently undone activity within the document session. Can be used consecutively as needed.
delete
Removes selected features.
space bar
Deselects selected feature(s).
` [apostrophe]
Opens a list of entities that can be selected relative to where the cursor is. Selected entities will be highlighted in addition to currently highlighted entities.
shift + n
Prompts for a new name of a selected Instance of Feature.
esc
Exits the command in use.
enter
Commits the command in use.
shift + enter
Commits the command, and opens another dialog of the same command.
alt + c
Opens the Search tools bar in the top right of page, prompts cursor to search bar.
s
Opens shortcut toolbar at the mouse cursor location.
ctrl + u
Opens the Contact Support form.
alt + t
Opens the Tab Manager.
ctrl + space bar
Switches between recently opened tabs in a single session. These can include Drawings, Assemblies, and Part Studios.
Sketch
shift
Suppresses automatic inferences when moving or placing sketch entities.
l
Selects or exits the Line tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
g
Selects or exits the Corner rectangle tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
r
Selects or exits the Center point rectangle tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
c
Selects or exits the Center point circle tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
a
Selects or exits the 3 point arc tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
shift + f
Selects or exits the Sketch fillet tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
m
Selects or exits the Trim tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
x
Selects or exits the Extend tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
o
Selects or exits the Offset tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
u
Selects or exits the Use (Project/Convert) tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
d
Selects or exits the Dimension tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
i
Selects or exits the Coincident tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
b
Selects or exits the Parallel tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
t
Selects or exits the Tangent tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
h
Selects or exits the Horizontal tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
v
Selects or exits the Vertical tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
e
Selects or exits the Equal tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected.
q
Selects or exits the Construction tool. Requires for a sketch plane to have been selected. Construction can be activated on pre-selected sketch entities or while creating sketch entities.
Part Studio
shift + s
Opens the Sketch feature. Prompts Select a sketch plane.
shift + e
Opens Extrude feature while working on a sketch. If there is no sketch open, Extrude feature allows for a face or sketch to be selected.
shift + f
Opens Edge in Fillet dialog.
ctrl + m
Opens On entity in the Mate connector dialog.
shift
Locks currently visible Mate connector points. Mate connector dialog must be active.
a
Flips direction of primary axis. Mate connector must be preselected.
q
Reorients secondary axis 90 degrees. Mate connector must be preselected.
k
Shows or hides Mate connectors.
Assembly
shift
Locks currently visible Mate connector points while placing a Mate connector in the mate or Mate connector dialog.
ctrl + c or ⌘ + c
Copies selected feature.
ctrl + v or ⌘ + v
Pastes copied feature. Can be used consecutively as many times as needed.
m
Opens Fasten mate dialog.
ctrl + m
Opens On entity in the Mate connector dialog.
i
Opens Insert parts and assemblies dialog.
shift + s
Selects or deselects Snap mode on the toolbar.
h
Selects or deselects Show mates mode on the toolbar.
a
Flips direction of primary axis. Mate connector must be preselected.
q
Reorients secondary axis 90 degrees. Mate connector must be preselected.
j
Shows or hides mates.
k
Shows or hides Mate connectors.
3D View
shift + z
Zooms in on the center of current view.
z
Zooms out of the current view.
f
Selects the largest image of design that can be completely viewed in design window.
w
Drag to create a zoom bounding box. Magnifies selected region.
← → ↑ ↓
Coarse rotation. Rotates the design by 15 degrees to the left, right, top, and bottom.
shift + ← → ↑ ↓
Fine rotation. Rotates the design by 5 degrees to the left, right, top, and bottom.
ctrl + shift + ← → ↑ ↓
Moves the design up, down, left, and right.
shift + 1
Displays the front view of the design.
shift + 2
Displays the back view of the design.
shift + 3
Displays the left view of the design.
shift + 4
Displays the right view of the design.
shift + 5
Displays the top view of the design.
shift + 6
Displays the bottom view of the design.
shift + 7
Displays the isometric view of the design.
n
Repositions the design to be parallel to the screen. Must preselect or hover on the plane or face.
p
Hides or shows planes.
shift + p
Hides all construction geometry.
shift + v
Opens the Named views dialog. Prompts to type a new view name.
shift + x
Opens the Section view dialog. Multiple planes can be selected.
y
Hides selected or hovered instance(s) in the Instance list.
shift + y
Shows hidden instance(s) in the Instance list
shift + t
Makes the selected or hovered instance(s) transparent.
shift + i
Isolates the selected or hovered instance(s) by making the surrounding instances transparent.
Drawings
shift + z
Zooms in on the center of the design.
z
Zooms out of the design.
f
Selects the largest image of design that can be completely viewed in design window.
w
Drag to create a zoom bounding box. Magnifies selected region.
p
Selects or exits the Projected view tool.
d
Toggles the dimension tool.
m
Selects or exits the Maximum or minimum dimension tool.
shift + r
Places a radial dimension on an arc or circle.
shift + d
Selects or exits the Diameter dimension tool.
shift + q
Activates midpoint and quad points on arcs and circles for selection during dimension commands when active.
n
Selects or exits the Note tool.
ctrl + q
Updates all views and properties on each sheet of the drawing.
l
Selects or exits the Line tool.
ctrl + s
Hides or shows Sheets.
pg dn
Opens the next sheet.
pg up
Opens the previous sheet.
home
Opens the first sheet.
end
Opens the last sheet.
alt + LMB + drag
Copies selected annotation(s) and places it where dragged.