Keyboard Shortcuts

zoom

Zoom-In :

Zoom-Out :

Middle-Button Scroll Wheel

PAN

Pan :

CTRL + Drag

PAN Left or Right :

CTRL + (scroll wheel)

PAN Left or Right × 3 :

CTRL+ALT+(scroll wheel)

PAN up or down :

SHIFT + (scroll wheel)

PAN Up or Down × 3 :

SHIFT+ALT+(scroll wheel)

SPIN

Free-Spin :

SHIFT + Drag

10º spin increments :

30º spin increments :

CTRL + , , or

90º spin increments :

SHIFT + , , or

Double-Click :

An element to open the element's dialog-box, when possible.

Click Nothing :

Click an empty area of the graphic-area to deselect all elements.

Click :

An element. The element with show in the Selection-Window (edit it from there)

CTRL+Click :

An element: the Element Properties dialog shows to give the kinematic and dynamic properties of the element you click.

Alt + Click :

The graphic-area to show a 'bulls-eye' target or concentric rings, with a scale. As you zoom in, the scale has a smaller linear range. An easy-to-use tool to approximate the distance between elements.

Right-Click :

... an element to complete a command for which you must select only one element.

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 Part

ALT+C :

Continuously Cycle

ALT+F :

One Machine-Step Forward

ALT+B :

One Machine-Step Back.

ALT+H :

Stop Continuous Cycle and move the Master-Machine-Angle to 0º.

CTRL + Z :

Undo - This is actually quite powerful.

ESC :

Cancel the active command.