Keyboard commands allow manipulating the current view with the keyboard. They are enabled by default, but you can disable them via the Settings.
Most keyboard commands will only work if the view displaying the model or the layout view has the keyboard focus. This is marked by a small pale-blue line around the view. To set the focus to the view either click on it or use keyboard command Ctrl-SPACE.
Command | Effect |
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Ctrl+SPACE | Set the keyboard focus to the view. |
Ctrl+Z | Go back in view stack (if possible). |
Ctrl+Y | Go forward in view stack (if possible). |
Home | Reset the view stack. |
O | Switch to orthogonal mode (if possible). |
P | Switch to perspective mode (if possible). |
The following movements can be influenced by using modifier keys. In general no modifier provides a useful default movement, holding Shift enlarges the given movement, while holding Ctrl makes it smaller.
Key | No Modifier | Shift | Ctrl | Shift+Ctrl |
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Arrow keys (LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN) | Pan in given direction | Pan fast | Pan pixel-wise | |
Q, A | Rotate around Y (pitch) ±5° | Fast rotate: ±45° | Slow rotate: ±1° | Medium fast rotate: ±15° |
W, S | Rotate around X (yaw) ±5° | Fast rotate: ±45° | Slow rotate: ±1° | Medium fast rotate: ±15° |
E, D | Rotate around Z (roll) ±5° | Fast rotate: ±45° | Slow rotate: ±1° | Medium fast rotate: ±15° |
+ | Zoom in | Zoom in faster | Zoom in slower | |
- | Zoom out | Zoom out faster | Zoom out slower | |
Page Up, Page Down | Change the model's distance | Change faster | Change slower |
Rotation keys are borrowed from the ancient game BLOCKOUT.
The following additional keyboard commands will only work in the layer tree. Standard keys for trees like arrows or Ctrl+A will also work.
Command | Effect |
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Ctrl+N | Switch all layers in the current selection oN. |
Ctrl+O | Switch all layers in the current selection Off. |
Ctrl+F | Freeze all layers in the current selection. |
Ctrl+T | Thaw all layers in the current selection. |
Ctrl+V | Makes all layers in the current selection Visible (on and thawed) |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Inverts the on/off state in the current selection. |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Inverts the frozen/thawed state in the current selection. |
Ctrl+Shift+R | Recreates the visibility states as read from the drawing file.|
Alt+Ctrl+N | Select all switched on layers. |
Alt+Ctrl+O | Select all switched off layers. |
Alt+Ctrl+F | Select all frozen layers. |
Alt+Ctrl+T | Select all thawed layers. |
SPACE | Switch on all layers in the current selection, switch off all others. |
+ | Thaw on all layers in the current selection, freeze all others. |
# | Switch on and thaw all layers in the current selection, switch off and freeze all others. |