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Hot keys

The hot keys can significantly speed up the modeling work. Consteel provides the following pre-defined hot keys:

  • CTRL+N: new model
  • CTRL+O: open a model
  • CTRL+S: save the model
  • CTRL+Z: undo
  • CTRL+Y: redo
  • CTRL+A: select all objects
  • CTRL+I: inverse selection
  • CTRL+1: switch to XY view
  • CTRL+2: switch to XZ view
  • CTRL+3: switch to YZ view
  • CTRL+4: switch to XYZ view
  • CTRL+5: switches the view perpendicular to the UCS
  • CTRL+C: copy the selected cell contents from the editable tables
  • CTRL+V: paste the copied cell contents
  • ESC: unselect all or terminate (or abort) the last action
  • Delete: delete selected objects
  • F1: open Help system
  • F3: runs analysis with the actual settings
  • X: manual definition of X coordinate value
  • Y: manual definition of Y coordinate value
  • Z: manual definition of Z coordinate value
  • a: manual definition of alpha polar coordinate value
  • b: manual definition of beta polar coordinate value
  • L: manual definition of a length from the previous point in a defined direction
  • R: switch between the global and last defined user coordinate system
  • Middle mouse button: move model
  • ALT+left mouse button: rotate model
  • ALT+right mouse button: zooming model
  • ↑: move model up
  • ↓: move model down
  • →: move model right
  • ←: move model left
  • mouse wheel: zoom in/out
  • +: zoom in
  • -: zoom out
  • SHIFT+left mouse button: unselect object
  • SHIFT+ALT+left mouse button: zoom with a window