Keyboard shortcuts

On macOS, use ⌘ wherever this page says Ctrl.

Inside the app, press ? for the same list with a search field and a picture of the keyboard. Shortcuts with a single key do nothing while you are typing in a field, or while a window is open in front. This page lists the keys the app comes with. If you have changed some (see “Change a key” below), the app shows yours.

File

AltN

New scene, in a new tab. A browser keeps Ctrl + N for itself, to open a new browser window. In the installed app, Ctrl + N works too.

CtrlO

Open a file

CtrlShiftO

Import a file into the open scene

CtrlS

Save the scene

CtrlE

Export

CtrlShiftF4

Close all scenes. It asks once about the ones with unsaved changes.

Ctrl;

Scene settings

Edit

CtrlZ

Undo

CtrlY

Redo

CtrlShiftZ

Redo

CtrlC

Copy the selected parts

CtrlV

Paste

CtrlD

Duplicate the selection

Del

Delete the selection. Backspace does the same.

CtrlG

Group

CtrlShiftG

Ungroup

CtrlM

Merge the selected parts into one

F2

Batch rename

Tools

X

Split

P

Remove holes

CtrlB

Smart fit

U

Untriangulate the selection

ShiftU

Triangulate the selection

B

Quick decimate: pick how many triangles stay, under the pointer

M

Measure

N

Add a note: click a spot on the model, then write

L

Draw lines and shapes

C

Quick colour wheel: hold it over the model with parts selected, move, and let go. It colours the selected parts.

Enter

Run the open command card

Esc

Put the open command card away. A second press clears the selection.

The key of a tool also closes its card when the card is already open. U and ShiftU work on the selection only. See Triangulation, which also describes Quick decimate.

Smart optimise, Decimate, Fit to budget, Remove floating pieces, Sweep, Select hidden parts, Fasteners, Stacked copies and Align to floor have no key of their own. Find them on the toolbar, in the … list or with the search.

Selection

CtrlA

Select all

CtrlI

Invert the selection

Esc

Select nothing

ShiftS

Find the selected part in the tree

CtrlClick

In the tree: add a row to the selection or take it out. A group goes in or out with its parts.

ShiftClick

In the tree: pick every row from the last one you clicked to this one, groups and parts alike.

↑ ↓

After a click in the tree: go to the row above or below. With Shift, add a row to the selection.

→ ←

After a click in the tree: open a group, or close it. On a part, ← goes to the group that holds it.

Home End

After a click in the tree: go to the first or the last row.

Visibility

H

Hide the selection

ShiftH

Hide the rest

AltH

Show all

S

Isolate the selection, and back

View

F

Frame the selection, or the whole model

Alt1

Solid

Alt2

Wireframe

Alt3

X-ray

Alt4

Heatmap

5

Clay, and back to solid

6

CAD view, and back to solid

Ctrl1

Camera view (perspective)

Ctrl2

Top view

Ctrl3

Front view

Ctrl4

Side view

G

Show or hide the floor grid

Edit mesh

These work in the piece modes of Edit mesh. 1 to 4 are the keys that used to switch the view; the view modes are now on Alt and the same numbers.

1

Points mode

2

Edges mode

3

Polygons mode

4

Model mode: a click picks a whole part, as before

CtrlA

Pick everything of the selected parts

Del

Take out the picked pieces

CtrlBackspace

Dissolve the picked pieces

ShiftClick

With any pick tool: add to what is picked

CtrlClick

With any pick tool: take away from what is picked

Double-click

With the Click tool: pick a loop

Move, rotate, scale

E

Move

R

Rotate

T

Scale

D

Dynamic place: drag the selected part over other surfaces. Press it again to leave.

Q

Hide the gizmo

Shift

Hold while dragging the gizmo to snap

ShiftScroll

While snapping and dragging: a coarser or a finer step

Panels and windows

CtrlK

Search commands, parts, the library and settings

ShiftC

The same search

ShiftEnter

In the search, on a switch: go to the switch instead of turning it

Q

Quick wand: hold it over the viewport, flick toward a command, let go. A quick tap leaves the ring open.

W

Switches the gizmo’s axes between World and Local (also in Edit mesh). A message says which.

ShiftL

Library drawer

ShiftM

Materials drawer

ShiftA

Animate: switch it on or off

`

Console

Ctrl,

Settings

F1

Help window

?

Keyboard shortcuts

CtrlF

In Settings: jump to the search field

CtrlEnter

In Batch rename: apply

Esc

Close the open window or menu. It closes the Export, Import and Save scene windows too.

In the help window

/

Jump to the search field

Enter

In the search field: open the first result

Esc

Clear the search. Press it again to close the window.

Mouse, in the viewport

Click

Select a part

ShiftClick

Add to the selection

CtrlClick

Add to or remove from the selection

CtrlDrag

Box select

CtrlShiftDrag

Box select, adding to the selection

Drag

Orbit

Middle drag

Pan

Right drag

Pan

Scroll

Zoom, toward the cursor

AltRight drag

Zoom smoothly

Right-click

Menu for the part or the view

Mouse, elsewhere

Double-click

On a name in the tree or on a tab: rename

Click

In the tree: select a row

ShiftClick

In the tree: select a range of rows. In Heavy parts: tick a run of rows.

CtrlClick

In the tree: add a row to the selection or take it off

Drag

In the tree: move rows into a group or into another place

Right-click

On a tab: duplicate, close all, close others, open

Middle click

On a tab: close it

Esc

While dragging a tab: put it back

Shift

While dragging a number: ten times faster

Alt

While dragging a number: ten times finer

Click

On a number: type a value

Right-click

On a number field: Cut, Copy, Paste, Select all, Reset and quick edits of the number

Double-click

On the material card in Properties: open the material; on its name, rename it

Drag

A material from the Materials dock into the view: assign it

ShiftDrag

A material onto another material: merge the two

On the start screen

← → ↑ ↓

Walk the cards of the recent files. Up and down move by a row.

Enter

In the search field of the recent files: open the first match

Change a key

Every key can be changed except Esc, the Quick wand’s Q and the mouse gestures. Open the list with ?.

1. Click the shortcut you want to change, and press the new keys.
2. If another command already has that combination, the app says which one and offers Replace. A few combinations are kept by the browser for itself (such as CtrlW and F5) and are refused.
3. Use All commands to list the commands that have no key yet, so you can give them one.

The picture of the keyboard shows the keys that do something, lit and named after their command. Hold Ctrl, Shift or Alt, or click them in the picture, to see the keys of that combination, with the mouse gestures for the same keys under it. Press any combination to see what it does, or click a key to list everything on it.

Profiles

Your changes are kept in named profiles, in this browser. You can make a new one, duplicate, rename or delete one, and put every key back. Default is the app’s own keys and cannot be changed, so your first change starts a profile of your own.

The command search, the tooltips and the right-click menu show your keys. The keys written in the app menu and in the toolbar’s lists are still the default ones, and a command left without a key shows none.