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Design Keyboard Shortcuts

The Design tab has two key maps, and the one in force depends on whether a sketch is open:

  • A sketch is open — single letters drive the sketch tools.
  • No sketch is open — Shift and a letter drive the modeling tools, and single letters drive the view.

Shortcuts are never intercepted while you are typing in a field, and the offer menu shows each verb's key beside it. These keys are fixed — unlike the rest of the application's shortcuts, they cannot be reassigned.

Sketch Tools

Available while a sketch is open.

Key Tool
L Line — click start, then end
R Rectangle — click two opposite corners
C Circle — click center, then radius
A Arc — click start, end, then a point
S Slot — two centerline ends, then the end radius
E Ellipse — center, major end, minor point
B Spline — click control points
P Point — click to place
G Polygon — click center, then a vertex
D Dimension — click 2 points or an entity
T Trim — click a segment to trim it
X Extend — click a line or arc to extend it
O Offset — pick an entity, drag the distance
M Mirror — pick the axis, then the entities
F Fillet — pick two lines, set the radius
H Chamfer — pick two lines, set the distance
V Value — type the defining number of the selection
K Constrain — finish the live tool and enter constraining
Q Construction — draw the next entity as construction geometry, or convert the selection
N Look normal to the sketch plane
Enter Finish the sketch
Esc Close the value field, drop the entity being drawn, or drop the armed tool
Del / Backspace Delete the selected sketch entities
Ctrl + Z Remove the last entity drawn

Modeling Tools

Available when no sketch is open.

Key Tool
Shift + S Sketch
Shift + E Extrude — extrude a profile, or push and pull a picked face
Shift + R Revolve
Shift + W Sweep
Shift + L Loft
Shift + N Pattern
Shift + G Surface Extrude
Shift + J Surface Revolve
Shift + O Surface Loft
Shift + Q Surface Fill
Shift + U Surface Offset
Shift + V Thicken Surface
Shift + P Plane
Shift + A Axis
Shift + C Coord Sys
Shift + Y Transform
Shift + Z Mirror
Shift + B Boolean
Shift + X Cut
Shift + F Fillet / Chamfer
Shift + D Draft
Shift + K Shell
Shift + H Hole
Shift + T Thread
Shift + I Import STEP
Shift + M Import mesh

View and Document

Available when no sketch is open.

Key Action
Home Isometric view, fitted to the model
P Show or hide the origin planes
A Show or hide the world axes
X Section view on or off
Page Up / Page Down Move the section plane, while the section is on
F Flip the section while it is on, otherwise lay the picked face on the bed
Ctrl + Shift + B Show or hide the printer bed
Ctrl + Shift + P Commit to Plate
Menu / Shift + F10 Open the offer menu on the current selection
F2 Rename the selected feature
Del Delete the selected feature
Esc Clear the selection
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Shift + Z / Ctrl + Y Redo