Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Default keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls.
Configure the default behavior for keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls by going to
.File Management
To do this | Press |
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New model | Ctrl + N |
Open | Ctrl + O |
Import | Ctrl + I |
Export | Ctrl + E |
Save | Ctrl + S |
Save as | Ctrl + Shift + S |
Workspace
To do this | Press |
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Open context sensitive help | F1 |
Search tool | Ctrl + F |
View
To do this | Press |
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Rotate | Middle Mouse Drag Arrow Keys |
Incrementally rotate clockwise, counter clockwise | Ctrl + Right
Arrow Ctrl + Left Arrow |
Flip the model | Ctrl + Up
Arrow Ctrl + Down Arrow |
Set rotation center | Ctrl + Middle Mouse Click on model |
Reset rotation center | Ctrl + Middle Mouse Click in space |
Pan | Right Mouse Drag Left + Right Mouse Drag |
Zoom | Middle Mouse Scroll |
Circle zoom | Alt + Middle Mouse
Draw Z, then Left Mouse Draw |
Fit (and fit selected) | F |
Go back to previous view | B |
Save a view | Ctrl + Numeric Key (0-9) |
Recall a view | Numeric Key (0-9) |
Display
To do this | Press |
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Enter and exit the Show/Hide tool | D |
Show selection If there is no selection, show all of the current entity type |
A |
Show entire model | Shift + A |
Hide selection If there is no selection, hide all of the current entity type |
H |
Hide and clear selection (Idle mode only) |
Ctrl + H |
Isolate selection and turn off all other entity types If there is no selection, isolate the current entity type |
I Middle Mouse Click with entities selected (Show/Hide tool only)
Tip: Middle mouse click again to reverse the isolated
display. This is useful if you want to append to your selection and isolate more
entities.
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Isolate selection and retain all other entity types (Show/Hide tool only) |
Shift + I |
Show entities adjacent to selection If there is no selection, show adjacent entities that are the same type as the entity selector (Idle mode only) |
J |
Reverse display of selection If there is no selection, reverse the display of the current entity type |
R |
Switch the display from mesh only, geometry only, or both (Idle mode only) |
G |
Toggle on/off IDs of a selection (Idle mode only) |
Q |
Editing
To do this | Press |
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Delete | Delete |
Undo | Ctrl + Z |
Redo | Ctrl + Y |
Perform an action This is akin to clicking Apply on a
guide bar.
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Middle Mouse Click |
Organize | O |
Cut | Ctrl + X |
Copy | Ctrl + C |
Paste (into new component) | Ctrl + V |
Paste (into current component) | Ctrl + Shift + V |
Selection
To do this | Press |
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Window select | Left Mouse Drag |
Append selection | Ctrl + Left Mouse Click |
Deselect | Shift + Left Mouse Click |
Select displayed | Ctrl + A |
Select all | Ctrl + Shift + A |
Select adjacent | Ctrl + J |
Select similar (based on type and config if applicable) | Ctrl + M |
Reverse selection | Ctrl + R |
Open advanced selection | Spacebar |
Select elements By Face or By Edge | Alt + Left Mouse Click |
Adjust feature angle when selecting elements By Face or By Edge | Alt + Scroll |
Select nodes and lines By Path | Alt + Left Mouse Click |
Edit | Double Mouse Click |
Suspend snaps | Alt |
Clear active selector | Backspace |
Clear all guide bar selectors | Esc |
Entity Selector
To do this | Press |
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Set to components/connectors | C |
Set to elements | E |
Set to laminates/lines/loads | L |
Set to materials | M |
Set to nodes | N |
Set to plies/points/properties | P |
Set to solids/surfaces/systems | S |
Set to all | Esc + Esc |
Browser
To do this | Press |
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Show selection | A |
Hide selection | H |
Isolate selection | I |
Delete | Delete |
Duplicate | Ctrl + D |
Rename | F2 |
Review | Q |
Common Across Tools
To do this | Press |
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Cycle through secondary ribbon tools | Ctrl + Tab |
Cycle through guide bar selectors | Tab |
Exit a tool | Esc Right-click and mouse through the exit control Double right-click |