Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Default keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls.
Configure the default behavior for keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls in the Preferences dialog, which can be accessed by clicking from the menu bar.
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 |
Isolate selection and retain all other entity types (Show/Hide tool only) |
Shift + I Middle Mouse Click
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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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 | 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 |