Appendix A

Shortcut card

Every default shortcut, by menu. Print this page and keep it by your keyboard. On macOS, use Cmd for Ctrl and Option for Alt. You can change any shortcut in Window ▸ Preferences ▸ Shortcuts.

File

Ctrl+Q
Exit
Ctrl+N
New
Ctrl+O
Open
Ctrl+S
Save
Ctrl+Shift+S
Save As

Edit

Ctrl+C
Copy
Ctrl+X
Cut
Delete
Delete
Ctrl+Shift+I
Invert Selection
G
Make Component
Ctrl+V
Paste
Ctrl+Y
Redo
Ctrl+A
Select All
Ctrl+T
Select None
Ctrl+Z
Undo

View

Ctrl+F1
Collapse Ribbon

Camera

O
Orbit
H
Pan
Z
Zoom
Shift+Z
Zoom Extents

Draw

A
2 Point Arc
L
Line
C
Circle
R
Rectangle

Tools

E
Eraser
M
Move
F
Offset
B
Paint Bucket
P
Push/Pull
Q
Rotate
S
Scale
Space
Select
T
Tape Measure

While a tool runs

Table A.1 Keys and the mouse while you work
Key or mouseEffect
type a value, Enterexact length, size, angle or count (2.4, 3m,2m, 45, 5x, /5, 24s)
Backspace / Escapeedit the typed value / cancel the current operation
Shift (hold)lock the current inference
Right Left Uplock the red, green, blue axis
Downlock parallel, then perpendicular, to the last edge hovered
Ctrlcopy (Move, Rotate), new face (Push/Pull), from the centre (Rectangle), about the centre (Scale), connected (Paint Bucket)
Altauto-fold (Move, Rotate), stretch (Push/Pull), overlap (Offset), pick up (Paint Bucket), mode (Plant)
the mousemiddle-drag orbits, Shift + middle-drag pans, the wheel zooms towards the pointer, a middle double-click recentres