Shortcut Key Overview

The following tables give an overview of the available shortcut keys in several modes.

General Shortcut Keys Available in Main Structure View

(This view may be activated by clicking with the left mouse button.)

 

ESC

Cancel currently active mode

CTRL+O

Open new model file

CTRL+S

Open new modeler window

CTRL+S

Save current model file

DELETE

Delete the selected object

F1

Opens context sensitive help

F2

Rename the selected shape in the navigation tree

F5

Update 1D results (while solver is running only)

F7

Update parametric changes

 

CTRL+F

Reset view

SPACE

Reset view to structure

SHIFT+SPACE

Reset view to the current selected solid object

ALT+V

Open the view options dialog

CTRL+C

Copy the currently selected shape or result curve into clipboard

CTRL+V

Paste the shape or result curve from clipboard

ALT+O

Toggle from outline off to colored and black outline

ALT+W

Toggle working plane on or off

CTRL+A

Toggle axis view on or off

CTRL+W

Toggle wire frame mode on or off

SHIFT+A

Toggle field plot animation

SHIFT+C

Activates cutting plane view

X

If the cutting plane view is activated the cut is made in the x-plane

Y

If the cutting plane view is activated the cut is made in the y-plane

Z

If the cutting plane view is activated the cut is made in the z-plane

 

TAB

- Open the numerical coordinate dialog (also available in 1D plots)

- Highlight next shape below the mouse cursor (double clicking will select the currently highlighted shape

- Highlight next face below the mouse cursor in face picking mode

SHIFT+TAB

- Open the numerical coordinate dialog with zero defaults

- Highlight previous shape below the mouse cursor

- Highlight previous face below the mouse cursor in face picking mode

 

Numpad-(5)

Front view

Numpad-(4)

Left view

Numpad-(6)

Right view

Numpad-(8)

Top view

Numpad-(2)

Bottom view

Numpad-(0)

Perspective view

 

SHIFT+U

Rotate local coordinate system +90° around u-axis

SHIFT+V

Rotate local coordinate system +90° around v-axis

SHIFT+W

Rotate local coordinate system +90° around w-axis

 

Cursor-Left

Decrement phase (2D/3D plots), move axis marker left (1D plots)

Cursor-Right

Increment phase (2D/3D plots), move axis marker right (1D plots)

Cursor-Up

Move cut plane or mesh plane in positive normal direction

Cursor-Down

Move cut plane or mesh plane in opposite normal direction

 

 

Page-Up

Increase frequency for visualization of frequency dependent port modes

Page-Down

Decrease frequency for visualization of frequency dependent port modes

 

CTRL+H

Hide selected shape or object

CTRL+U

Unhide all

CTRL+SHIFT+H

Hide selected faces

 

W

Align WCS with recently selected point, edge or face

P

Pick point

M

Pick edge mid point

A

Pick face center

R

Pick point on circle

C

Pick circle center

E

Pick edge

F

Pick face

SHIFT+E

Pick Edge Chain

SHIFT+F

Pick Face Chain

D

Clear picks

 

CTRL+E

Open history for selected shape

CTRL+T

Transform the selected object

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Align selected shape

 

CTRL+R

Remove the selected feature

CTRL+SHIFT+D

Delete the selected face

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Cover the selected edges

ALT+L

Add linear curve between two picked points

ALT+T

Add tangent curve between two picked points and edges

ALT+P

Split the selected edge at the picked point

 

BACKSPACE

Delete previous point in generation of basic shapes.

Keypad-(+)

Start boolean add operation for selected shape

Keypad-(-)

Start boolean subtract operation for selected shape

Keypad-(*)

Start boolean intersect operation for selected shape

Keypad-(¸)

Start boolean insert operation for selected shape

%

Start boolean imprint operation for selected shape

#

Start trim curve operation for selected curve

RETURN

Perform boolean operation (if active)

 

SHIFT+P

Open result template post processing dialog box

 

Mouse Wheel

Dynamic zoom view

CTRL+Mouse Wheel

Dynamic zoom view around the mouse pointer

 

The following shortcuts are active when the mouse is dragged while the left mouse button is pressed:

SHIFT

Planar rotate view

CTRL

Rotate view

SHIFT+CTRL

Pan view

 

Shortcut Keys Available in Edit Fields

 

CTRL+C

Copy selected text into clipboard

CTRL+V

Paste clipboard to current marker’s position

CTRL+X

Cut selected text

CTRL+Z

Undo last editing operation

 

Shortcut Keys Available in Basic Editor

 

CTRL+N

File new

CTRL+O

File open

CTRL+S

File save

CTRL+P

Print

CTRL+F

Find

CTRL+R

Replace

CTRL+Z

Undo  previously operation

CTRL+Y

Redo previously undone operation

CTRL+X

Cut

CTRL+C

Copy

CTRL+V

Paste

F1

Context help for the word next to the caret position

F3

Search again

F5

Run Macro

ESC

Pause Macro

F7

Debug step to

CTRL+F9

Add watch

CTRL+SHIFT+F9

Clear all breaks

SHIFT+F9

Quick watch

F9

Debug break

CTRL+F8

Debug step out

SHIFT+F8

Debug step over

F8

Debug step into