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