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Keyboard shortcuts

All keys at a glance, taken straight from the program so the list is always right.

The shortcuts work as long as the workplane has the focus. While you type in a field they keep out of the way. On the Mac, Cmd applies wherever Ctrl is listed here.

In the editor, “Keyboard shortcuts” in the “Help” area opens the same list as a window.

The keyboard shortcuts window in the editor.
The keyboard shortcuts window in the editor.

Can't find a tool? Press Ctrl+K or click the magnifying glass in the “Help” area, then type what you are looking for: a tool ("fillet", "mirror"), a shape ("cylinder") or a command ("export", "undo"). Move with the arrow keys and press Enter, or click the entry.

The guide you are reading has a search box too, at the top of every page: type a word or two and it lists the sections that contain all of them, with the matching words marked. Click one, or press Enter for the first, to jump straight there.

Selection

EscClear the selection
Delete or BackspaceDelete the selection
Ctrl+ASelect every visible shape
Shift+ClickAdd to the selection or take out of it
Right clickMenu with the most used commands for the selection

Clipboard

Ctrl+CCopy
Ctrl+XCut
Ctrl+VPaste
Ctrl+DDuplicate

History

Ctrl+ZUndo
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+YRedo
← / →In the history view: earlier or later state
EscIn the history view: back to the current state

File

Ctrl+IOpen or close the import dialog
Ctrl+EOpen or close the export dialog
Ctrl+SSave the design into its file

Grouping and visibility

Ctrl+GGroup
Ctrl+BBundle (hold together without merging)
Ctrl+Shift+GUngroup or unbundle
EEdit the selected group
Ctrl+LLock or unlock the selection
Ctrl+HHide the selection
Ctrl+Shift+HShow everything hidden
Ctrl+Shift+OShow or hide the object list

Shaping the selection

HTurn the selection into a hole
STurn the selection back into a solid
TMake the selection see-through, or opaque again
MMirror mode
BFillet tool for the selected body (again: close it)
Shift+BChamfer tool for the selected body (again: close it)
LAlign mode
DDrop the selection onto the workplane
CPick up the selection and set it down on a face (like Cruise in Tinkercad)
NPlace a note

Moving and rotating

← / → / ↑ / ↓Move by one grid step, as the view is turned
Shift+← / → / ↑ / ↓Move by five grid steps
Ctrl+↑ / ↓Raise or lower the selection
RRotate by 45°
Shift+RRotate by 22.5°
ShiftHold while dragging: move along X or Y only
Alt+DragDrag a copy, the original stays put
AltPressed once dragging: pause snapping to other shapes

View and workplane

1 – 6The six standard views
Shift+1 – 6Standard view, zoomed to the selection
← / → / ↑ / ↓Turn the view by 15° while nothing is selected
Shift+← / → / ↑ / ↓Turn the view by 90° while nothing is selected
F or HomeFit the whole scene in the view
Shift+FZoom to the selection
OOrthographic or perspective
+ or −Zoom in or out
WPlace a workplane
Shift+WPlace it on the selected face
ShiftHold while placing to reverse the direction
EscLeave workplane or tape measure mode

Help

Ctrl+KOpen the command search

Sketch mode

Ctrl+KOpen the command search
EscEnd the chain, clear the selection
Delete or BackspaceDelete the selected element
Ctrl+CCopy
Ctrl+XCut
Ctrl+VPaste
Ctrl+DDuplicate
Ctrl+ZUndo
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+YRedo
RRotate a closed sketch by 45°
LLock or unlock the reference image
F or HomeFit the whole sketch in the view
Shift+FZoom to the selection in the sketch
+ or −Zoom in or out of the sketch
Alt+EnterIn a line's length field: grow to both sides
← / → / ↑ / ↓ or Shift+← / → / ↑ / ↓Move the selected points, lines or image by one grid step (Shift: a larger step)
ShiftWhile drawing: snap the new line in 15° steps
ShiftWhile dragging: keep the move on one axis
0-9 or < or Tab or EnterWhile drawing: type the length, "<" or Tab for the angle, Enter sets the point

Chamfer and fillet

EnterApply the preview
EscDiscard the preview