TerrafoldKeyboard shortcuts
Most tools start with a single key, and the common file and edit commands use Ctrl combinations. The table below lists the default shortcuts.
On macOS, use Cmd wherever this page says Ctrl.
Change shortcuts
Open Window ▸ Preferences and choose Shortcuts. The list shows every command with its menu path and its shortcut.
- Type in Search commands or shortcuts to find a command or a key.
- Select a command, click Assign and press the new key combination. Escape cancels.
- Remove clears a command's shortcut, Reset restores its default, and Reset All restores every default.
- If a key is already used by another command, Terrafold tells you which one.
- Export… saves your shortcuts to a file, and Import… loads them, for example on another computer.
Your shortcuts also appear in the menus and the ribbon tooltips.
Default shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command | Menu |
|---|---|---|
Ctrl+Q | Exit | File ▸ Exit |
Ctrl+N | New | File ▸ New |
Ctrl+O | Open | File ▸ Open |
Ctrl+S | Save | File ▸ Save |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Save As | File ▸ Save As |
Ctrl+C | Copy | Edit ▸ Copy |
Ctrl+X | Cut | Edit ▸ Cut |
Delete | Delete | Edit ▸ Delete |
Ctrl+Shift+I | Invert Selection | Edit ▸ Invert Selection |
G | Make Component | Edit ▸ Make Component |
Ctrl+V | Paste | Edit ▸ Paste |
Ctrl+Y | Redo | Edit ▸ Redo |
Ctrl+A | Select All | Edit ▸ Select All |
Ctrl+T | Select None | Edit ▸ Select None |
Ctrl+Z | Undo | Edit ▸ Undo |
Ctrl+F1 | Collapse Ribbon | View ▸ Toolbars ▸ Collapse Ribbon |
O | Orbit | Camera ▸ Orbit |
H | Pan | Camera ▸ Pan |
Z | Zoom | Camera ▸ Zoom |
Shift+Z | Zoom Extents | Camera ▸ Zoom Extents |
A | 2 Point Arc | Draw ▸ Arcs ▸ 2 Point Arc |
L | Line | Draw ▸ Lines ▸ Line |
C | Circle | Draw ▸ Shapes ▸ Circle |
R | Rectangle | Draw ▸ Shapes ▸ Rectangle |
E | Eraser | Tools ▸ Eraser |
M | Move | Tools ▸ Move |
F | Offset | Tools ▸ Offset |
B | Paint Bucket | Tools ▸ Paint Bucket |
P | Push/Pull | Tools ▸ Push/Pull |
Q | Rotate | Tools ▸ Rotate |
S | Scale | Tools ▸ Scale |
Space | Select | Tools ▸ Select |
T | Tape Measure | Tools ▸ Tape Measure |
Mouse and navigation
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Orbit | drag with the middle mouse button |
| Pan | Shift + drag with the middle mouse button |
| Zoom | scroll wheel, towards the cursor |
| Recentre the view | double-click with the middle mouse button |
| Context menu | right-click |
On a trackpad, pinch to zoom, drag with two fingers to orbit, and hold Shift while dragging with two fingers to pan.
Keys while a tool runs
| Key | Effect |
|---|---|
| Digits and units | start typing a value in the Measurements box |
| Enter | apply the typed value |
| Backspace | edit the typed value |
| Escape | clear the typed value, or cancel the tool's current operation |
| Shift (hold) | lock the current inference |
| Right arrow | lock to the red axis |
| Left arrow | lock to the green axis |
| Up arrow | lock to the blue axis |
| Down arrow | lock parallel, then perpendicular, to the last edge you hovered |
Tools also use modifier keys, which the tool's options tab in the ribbon shows as toggles:
| Tool | Ctrl | Alt | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move, Rotate | copy (Option on macOS) | fold bent faces | |
| Push/Pull | new face | stretch | |
| Scale | about the centre | uniform | |
| Offset | allow overlap | ||
| Rectangle | from the centre | ||
| Paint Bucket | connected faces | pick up a material | all faces with the same material |
| Eraser | soften | hide | |
| Plant | switch between single, row and area |
KeyTips
Press and release Alt on its own to show KeyTips: letters on the ribbon tabs and buttons. Type a tab's letter, then a button's letters, to run a command without the mouse. Escape steps back. KeyTips are not available on macOS.