Shortcut | Action |
| Copy |
| Paste |
| Paste to Center |
| Cut |
| Delete |
| Duplicate |
| Select all (visible) |
| Add to selection |
| Lasso select multiple |
| Marquee select (intersecting bounding box) |
| Marquee select (encompassed in bounding box) |
| zoom selection |
| Undo |
| Redo |
| basepoint move |
| basepoint rotate |
| mirror |
hold | move/rotate/draw ortho |
hold | toggle snaps |
| draw rectangle |
| draw polygon |
| draw line |
| draw dimension |
| group |
| ungroup |
| push/pull mode |
| increase levels |
| decrease levels |
| increase stack order |
| decrease stack order |
| isolate touching |
| isolate selected |
| split |
| eyedropper |
| measure length (temporary) |
| turn on grid |
| open/close side panels |
| open search map |
| toggle auto-usage |
| open pet menu |
| Orbit |
| Orbit |
| Pan |
| top view/3D view toggle |
| open command line |
| open command line |
| Cancel current command |
Two-letter shortcuts
Give every drawing and editing tool its own shortcut, so you can model a site without reaching for the toolbar. Turn on two-letter shortcuts in Edit > Preferences…, under Shortcuts. Choose Two-letter shortcuts, or Two-letter shortcuts (left hand) to use only the left side of the keyboard.
To use a two-letter shortcut, press the first letter, let go, then press the second letter within 1.5 seconds. For example, press P then T to draw a point. Press Esc after the first letter to cancel.
Two-letter shortcuts don't work while you're typing in a text box or entering a number.
Single-key shortcuts in two-letter mode
Single-key shortcuts keep working in two-letter mode, except for a letter that starts a two-letter shortcut. Shortcuts that use Shift, Cmd/Ctrl, or Option/Alt work the same in every mode.
In Two-letter shortcuts mode,
P,F,L,X,O,B, andMstart two-letter shortcuts and don't work on their own.In Two-letter shortcuts (left hand) mode,
BandXstart two-letter shortcuts and don't work on their own.
Stack order and levels in two-letter mode
In both two-letter modes, stack order and levels move to different keys so they don't clash with two-letter shortcuts.
Press
Page UporPage Downto change the stack order of the selected geometries.Press
]to add a level to the selected geometries, or[to remove one.
Two-letter shortcut list
Each two-letter shortcut opens the same tool or command as its toolbar button or Command Line entry.
Command | Two-letter | Two-letter (left hand) |
Point |
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Circle |
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Line |
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Polyline |
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Polygon |
| None. Use |
Curve with radius |
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Catmull-Rom Spline |
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Patch |
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Box |
|
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Sphere |
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Cylinder |
|
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Cone |
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Pyramid |
|
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Wedge |
|
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Ramp |
|
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Tape measure |
|
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Tape measure (area) |
|
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Dimension (linear) |
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Dimension (area) |
|
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Base point move |
|
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Base point rotate |
|
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Mirror |
|
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Orient |
|
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Scale |
|
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Flip horizontally |
|
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Flip vertically |
|
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Push / pull |
|
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Offset |
|
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Offset by amount |
|
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Extend line |
|
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Split |
|
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Offset split |
|
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Trim |
|
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Boolean |
|
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Union |
|
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Difference |
|
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Intersection |
|
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Simplify |
|
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Explode |
|
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Merge lines |
|
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Close line |
|
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Open polygon |
|
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Make roof |
|
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Align edge |
|
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Align feature |
|
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Align top |
|
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Align bottom |
|
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Align left |
|
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Align right |
|
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Align horizontally |
|
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Align vertically |
|
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Distribute horizontally |
|
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Distribute vertically |
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Distribute horizontally, equal gap |
|
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Distribute vertically, equal gap |
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Turn on Show shortcut hints in Preferences to see each tool's shortcut on its toolbar button.