Keyboard Shortcuts
You will use these keyboard shortcuts most frequently.
Change the View of the Model
zoom |
SCROLL-WHEEL
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Zoom-In : Zoom-Out : |
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NEW MD15+ |
Zoom-In, Zoom-Out The Zoom is centered at your mouse-pointer. |
PAN |
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If I want to move PAN - say to the right - I place my mouse-pointer to the right, Zoom-Out with my Scroll-Wheel, then move my mouse-pointer to the middle and Zoom-In again with my Scroll-Wheel - this is very fast. |
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Pan : |
CTRL + Drag |
PAN Left or Right : |
CTRL + |
PAN up or down : |
SHIFT + |
SPIN |
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Free-Spin : |
SHIFT + Drag |
10º spin : |
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30º spin : |
CTRL + |
90º spin : |
SHIFT + |
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Mouse-Button Shortcuts
Double-Click : |
... an element to edit the it parameters with the element's dialog-box |
Click Nothing : |
... to deselect all elements |
Click : |
... an element to show an element in the Selection-Window |
CTRL+Click : |
... an element to show the kinematic and dynamic properties of the element the Element-Properties dialog |
Alt + Click : |
... in the graphic-area to show a bulls-eye target of concentric rings. It has a scale to approximate the distance between elements - to a minimum of 0.1mm |
Right-Click : |
... an element to complete an active command for which you must select only one element |
Right-Click : |
... the graphic-area to cancel the active command. |
Keyboard Shortcuts
F1 : |
Hover above an toolbar icon, then click F1 (Fn+F1 on Laptops) to read the help for the command. See also Help menu > Download Latest Help |
INSERT : |
Add a Part |
ALT+C : |
Continuously Cycle |
ALT+F : |
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ALT+B : |
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ALT+H : |
Stop Continuous Cycle and move the Master-Machine-Angle to 0º. |
CTRL + Z : |
Undo - This is quite powerful. |
ESC : |
Cancel the active command. |