Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

Configure the default behavior for keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls in the Preferences dialog, which can be accessed by clicking File > Preferences from the menu bar.

File Management

To do this	Press
Create new model	Ctrl + N
Open saved model	Ctrl + O
Save file	Ctrl + S
Save file as	Ctrl + Shift + S

Workspace

To do this	Press
Open context sensitive help	F1
Search tool	Ctrl + F
Open command window	Ctrl + F4
Show full screen	F11

View

To do this	Press
Rotate	Middle Mouse Drag Shift + Right Mouse Drag
Set rotation center	Ctrl + Middle Mouse Click on model
Reset rotation center	Ctrl + Middle Mouse Click in space F
Pan	Right Mouse Drag Left + Right Mouse Drag
Zoom	Middle Mouse Scroll Alt + Right Mouse Drag
Circle zoom	Alt + Middle Mouse Draw Z, then Left Mouse Draw
Incrementally rotate	Arrow keys
Incrementally rotate clockwise, counter clockwise	Ctrl + Right Arrow, Ctrl + Left Arrow
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)

Display

There are slight differences in the keyboard shortcuts when you are in idle mode versus when the Show/Hide tool is activated.

Table 1. Idle
To do this	Press
Show/hide all of the current entity type	A
Enter and exit the Show/Hide tool	D
Hide selection	H (press again to bring back last hidden)
Hide and keep selection	Ctrl + H
Isolate selection	I (with a selection)
Isolate current entity type	I (without a selection)
Show adjacent entities to selection	J (with a selection)
Show adjacent entities	J (without a selection)
Reverse display of selection	R (with a selection)
Reverse display of current entity type	R (without a selection)
Unhide (does not change the display state of collectors)	U
Switch the display from mesh only, geometry only, or both.	G
Toggle on/off IDs of a selection	Q

Tip: To show elements only, press E to switch the entity filter to elements, then I to isolate all displayed elements. To add loads to the display, press L to switch to loads, then A to show.

Table 2. Show/Hide Tool
To do this	Press
Show all of the current entity type	A
Show entire model	Shift + A
Show none of the current entity type	N
Hide entire model	Shift + N
Isolate selection	I Middle Mouse Click
Isolate only selection or all of the current entity type	Shift + I
Reverse the display of the current entity type	R
Hide selection	H

Tip: Isolate works on a selection. If there is no selection made, isolate will default to what the entity filter is set to.

Editing

To do this	Press
Delete	Delete
Undo	Ctrl + Z
Redo	Ctrl + Y
Perform an action	Middle Mouse Click
Duplicate from browser	Ctrl + D
Organize	O
Cut	Ctrl + X
Copy	Ctrl + C
Paste (into new component)	Ctrl + V
Paste (into current component)	Ctrl + Shift + V
Exit active tool	Esc or Right Mouse Click

Selection

To do this	Press
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 similar (based on type and config if applicable)	Ctrl + M
Reverse selection	Ctrl + R
Edit	Double Mouse Click
Clear selection	Esc
Open and close advanced selection	Spacebar

Entity Filter

To do this	Press
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/parts	P
Set to solids/surfaces/systems	S
Set to all	Esc + Esc

Tip: For entity types that have the same first letter (laminates, lines, loads), continually press the keyboard shortcut to alternate between entity types.