Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
Default keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls.
Assembly
To do this | Press |
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Organize | O |
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 Mode | 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 |
Display
To do this | Press |
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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 everything | Shift + 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 Middle Mouse Click with entities selected (Show/Hide tool only)
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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Isolate selection and retain all other entity types | Shift + I |
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) |
Ctrl + Q |
Review Mode | Q |
Toggle between Mesh Lines, Feature Lines, No Lines (HyperView only) |
Shift + M |
Toggle on/off Transparency (HyperView only) |
Shift + T |
Edit
To do this | Press |
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Delete | Delete |
Undo | Ctrl + Z |
Redo | Ctrl + Y |
Perform an action This is akin to clicking Apply on a
guide bar.
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Middle Mouse Click |
Cut For HyperView, cut the active model |
Ctrl + X |
Copy For HyperView, copy the active model |
Ctrl + C |
Paste (into new component) For HyperView, paste the active model |
Ctrl + V |
Paste (into current component) | Ctrl + Shift + V |
Elements
To do this | Press |
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Smooth | Shift + F12 |
Split | Shift + F6 |
Create | F6 |
Replace | F3 |
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 attachments | T |
Set to all | Esc + Esc |
Selection search (Entity Editor only) | "." or Ctrl + Spacebar |
File Management
To do this | Press |
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New | Ctrl + N |
Open | Ctrl + O |
Import | Ctrl + I |
Export | Ctrl + E |
Save | Ctrl + S |
Save as | Ctrl + Shift + S |
Geometry
To do this | Press |
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Create points/nodes | F8 |
Home
To do this | Press |
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Move | Shift + F4 |
Measure | F4 |
Mesh
To do this | Press |
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Create general 2D mesh | F12 |
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 attached | Ctrl + T |
Select similar (based on type and config if applicable) | Ctrl + M |
Reverse selection | Ctrl + R |
Open advanced selection | Spacebar |
Quick advanced selection Configurable via Mouse Control Preferences |
Alt + Left Mouse Click |
Adjust feature angle when selecting elements By Face or By Edge | Alt + Scroll |
Edit | Double Mouse Click |
Suspend snaps | Alt |
Clear active selector | Backspace |
Clear all guide bar selectors | Esc |
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 |
Toggle visualization mode | X |
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) |
- Quickly save a custom view by pressing Ctrl + number. For example, pressing Ctrl + 1 creates a custom view and assigns it the name Ctrl + 1. To then recall, press the corresponding number used to save the view. For example, if you pressed Ctrl + 1 to save the custom view, press 1 to quickly recall this view in the future.
- Right-click on a view to recapture, rename, delete, and control the display state of the view.
Workspace
To do this | Press |
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Open context sensitive help | F1 |
Open the Demo Browser | F7 |
Search tool | Ctrl + F |
Capture the API | Ctrl + F8 |