Reference
Keyboard and touchpad shortcuts
Quick access to tools, project files and camera navigation.
- Where to find it
- Help > Keyboard shortcuts
- When to use it
- Working without a middle mouse button
On this page
Step by step
- R: Box. C: Cylinder. S: Sphere. N: Cone. T: Torus. P: Pyramid. W: Wedge. These keys work in idle Designer mode, outside text fields.
- Ctrl+K: Find a tool. Type a name, use Up/Down, then Enter. Escape closes the search.
- Ctrl+N: New project. Ctrl+O: Open. Ctrl+S: Save. Ctrl+Shift+S: Save As.
- Ctrl+Z: Undo. Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo. Ctrl+C/V/D: Copy, paste, duplicate.
- Alt + left-button drag: Orbit. Alt+Shift + left-button drag: Pan. These work with a touchpad click-and-drag.
- Middle-button drag: Pan. Shift+middle-button drag: Orbit. Scroll: Zoom.
- Shift+right-click: Object snap menu. Hold Shift while drawing a line for orthogonal alignment.
- F1: Contextual help. Enter: Commit active tool. Escape: Cancel active tool.
Typing and active tools
Letter shortcuts do not run while a text editor owns focus or a placement/array/transform workflow is active. Finish or cancel the active command first.
Selection in Parameter Graph
In its Designer viewport, drag from empty space left-to-right for window selection, or right-to-left for crossing selection. Ctrl/Shift adds to the selection. This does not move geometry.
Keep in mind
- Tool search lists actions available in the current workspace; modelling tools are hidden while Parameter Graph is open.
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