The following table lists commands that you can access by pressing a combination of either CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT plus (+) a letter or number. Some of these options execute functions while others display dialog boxes or modify window layouts of the model.
Shortcut Single Key and Key Combinations
ALT + 0 |
View Project Manager. |
ALT + 1 |
View the Position Control toolbar. |
ALT + 2 |
View the Perspective Angle toolbar. |
ALT + 3 |
View the Encircle Radius toolbar. |
ALT + 4 |
Display the Common Views control. |
ALT + 5 |
Displays the Clip Volume dialog box. |
ALT + 6 |
Opens the Performance Control toolbar. |
ALT + 7 |
Opens the Properties dialog box to show label data. |
ALT + 8 |
Toggles on or off the display of the Animation Player when the Smart Review main window is selected. |
ALT + 9 |
Toggles on or off the display of the Animation Playback/Capture Settings dialog box. |
ALT + B |
Opens the System Breakdown Structure dialog box. |
ALT + K |
Sets Key Frame as the animation playback type. |
ALT + P |
Sets Display Sets as the animation playback type. |
ALT + Q |
Toggles on or off the Animation Sequencer. |
ALT + W |
Sets ScheduleReview as the animation playback type. |
ALT + Y |
Opens the Assembly Breakdown Structure dialog box. |
CTRL + |
Selects multiple objects in the model. You can also use the Control key to select
or clear an object. |
CTRL + A |
Selects all items in a selected folder in the Project Manager. You can press ESC to cancel the selection. |
CTRL + C |
Copy. |
CTRL + D |
Delete all measurement collections. |
CTRL + Alt + D |
Delete all measurements in all collections. |
CTRL + F |
Display the Find Object dialog box. |
CTRL + I |
Toggle on and off the Tools > Isolate command to display only selected objects in the Main view. |
CTRL + M |
Delete last measurement. |
CTRL + SHIFT + M |
Delete measurements in the active collection. |
SHIFT + N |
Next object. |
CTRL + O |
Display the Open dialog box. |
CTRL + P |
Display the Print dialog box. |
SHIFT + P |
Previous object. |
CTRL + R |
Play key frame motion. |
CTRL + ALT + SPACE |
Pause a playback session. |
CTRL + S |
Save. |
CTRL + V |
Paste. |
CTRL + X |
Cut. |
CTRL + Y |
Redo. |
CTRL + Z |
Undo. |
SHIFT + 1 |
Switch to single view layout. |
SHIFT + 2 |
Opens the Photo-Realism Renderer window and starts raytracing the model or selected objects. |
SHIFT + 3 |
Switch to three view layout. |
SHIFT + 4 |
Switch to four view layout. |
SHIFT + 5 |
Switch to five view layout. |
SHIFT + M |
Opens the Search dialog box. |
SHIFT + X |
Toggle X-Ray Mode display on and off. |
CTRL + 1 |
Toggle the display of the Main window. |
CTRL + 2 |
Toggle the display of the Plan window. |
CTRL + 3 |
Toggle the display of the Elevation window. |
CTRL + 4 |
Toggle the display of the Text window. |
CTRL + 5 |
Toggle the display of the Document View window. The Document View shows a 2D drawing. |
ESC |
Stop the current view update, key frame motion, or raytrace. |
Keypad 0 |
Move continuous |
Keypad . |
Move single step. |
Keypad 5 |
Toggle step direction. |
Hold SHIFT |
Pan mouse drag mode. |
Hold CTRL |
Forward/Back, Left/Right mouse drag mode. |
Hold ALT |
Rotate mouse drag mode. |
F |
Start and Stop fly mode. |
V |
Open and close the View Cube. |
Function Keys
The following table lists F-keys and their corresponding functions. Some keys execute functions while others invoke dialog boxes. Function key equivalents and modifier keys, if any, display next to commands on menus, according to standard Microsoft Windows conventions.
F1 |
Help |
F2 |
Assign Materials to Elements |
CTRL + F2 |
Assign Materials to Display Set |
F3 |
Define Display Set |
CTRL + F3 |
Move Display Set |
F4 |
Hide Level (Object) |
CTRL + F4 |
Level Settings |
SHIFT + CTRL + F4 |
Closes the window |
F5 |
Refresh |
CTRL + F5 |
Refresh All |
SHIFT + F5 |
Raytrace |
F6 |
View Settings |
CTRL + F6 |
Save and Recall (View Operations) |
SHIFT + F6 |
Photo-Realism Settings |
SHIFT + CTRL + F6 |
Shifts the focus to the next window. |
F7 |
Frame Show Motion |
CTRL + F7 |
Motion Settings |
SHIFT + F7 |
Global Lighting Settings |
F8 |
Snaplock Measurement |
CTRL + F8 |
Surface Measurement |
SHIFT + F8 |
Edit Measurement Collections |
CTRL + SHIFT + F8 |
New Measurement Collections |
F9 |
Place Comment with leader line |
CTRL + F9 |
Place Comment without leader line |
F10 |
Next Comment - Press F10 a second time to immediately jump to the next comment instead of going through fly mode. |
CTRL + F10 |
Previous Comment - Press CTRL + F10 a second time to immediately jump to the previous comment instead of going through fly mode. |
SHIFT + F10 |
Open and close the Comments Reviewer. |
F11 |
Full Screen Toggle and also exit out of Tablet mode. |
CTRL + F11 |
Arrange All |
F12 |
Collision Detection |
Animation Shortcut Keys
R |
Play animation. |
W |
Play Backward |
SPACE |
Pause the animation playback. |
SHIFT + S |
Stop the animation playback. |
SHIFT + R |
Step forward in the animation playback. |
SHIFT + B |
Step backward in the animation playback. |
CTRL + R |
Go to the start point of the animation playback. |
CTRL + B |
Go to the end of the animation playback. |
CTRL + SPACE |
Go to a specific date for a ScheduleReview animation playback. |
CTRL + SHIFT + R |
Record a static image or an animation. |