Keyboard Commands

Keyboard commands allow manipulating the current view with the keyboard. They are enabled by default, but you can disable them via the Settings.

General

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.

CommandEffect
Ctrl+SPACESet the keyboard focus to the view.
Ctrl+ZGo back in view stack (if possible).
Ctrl+YGo forward in view stack (if possible).
HomeReset the view stack.
OSwitch to orthogonal mode (if possible).
PSwitch to perspective mode (if possible).

Movement

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.

KeyNo ModifierShiftCtrlShift+Ctrl
Arrow keys (LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN)Pan in given directionPan fastPan pixel-wise
Q, ARotate around Y (pitch) ±5°Fast rotate: ±45°Slow rotate: ±1°Medium fast rotate: ±15°
W, SRotate around X (yaw) ±5°Fast rotate: ±45°Slow rotate: ±1°Medium fast rotate: ±15°
E, DRotate around Z (roll) ±5°Fast rotate: ±45°Slow rotate: ±1°Medium fast rotate: ±15°
+Zoom inZoom in fasterZoom in slower
-Zoom outZoom out fasterZoom out slower
Page Up, Page DownChange the model's distanceChange fasterChange slower

Rotation keys are borrowed from the ancient game BLOCKOUT.

Layer Tree

The following additional keyboard commands will only work in the layer tree. Standard keys for trees like arrows or Ctrl+A will also work.

Recreates the visibility states as read from the drawing file.
CommandEffect
Ctrl+NSwitch all layers in the current selection oN.
Ctrl+OSwitch all layers in the current selection Off.
Ctrl+FFreeze all layers in the current selection.
Ctrl+TThaw all layers in the current selection.
Ctrl+VMakes all layers in the current selection Visible (on and thawed)
Ctrl+Shift+NInverts the on/off state in the current selection.
Ctrl+Shift+FInverts the frozen/thawed state in the current selection.
Ctrl+Shift+R
Alt+Ctrl+NSelect all switched on layers.
Alt+Ctrl+OSelect all switched off layers.
Alt+Ctrl+FSelect all frozen layers.
Alt+Ctrl+TSelect all thawed layers.
SPACESwitch 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.