These keyboard shortcuts are those you will use most frequently.
zoom |
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Zoom-In : Zoom-Out : |
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PAN |
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Pan : |
CTRL + Drag |
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PAN Left or Right : |
CTRL + |
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PAN Left or Right × 3 : |
CTRL+ALT+ |
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PAN up or down : |
SHIFT + |
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PAN Up or Down × 3 : |
SHIFT+ALT+ |
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SPIN |
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Free-Spin : |
SHIFT + Drag |
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10º spin increments : |
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30º spin increments : |
CTRL + |
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90º spin increments : |
SHIFT + |
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. |