Hot keys
The hot keys can significantly speed up the modeling work. Consteel provides the following pre-defined hot keys:
- Home: Project Center
- CTRL+N: new model
- CTRL+O : open a model from computer
- Ctrl + Shift + O: Open from Cloud
- Ctrl + Alt + S: Share
- CTRL+S: save the model
- Ctrl+Shift+S: Save as
- Ctrl + Shift + R: Recent models
- CTRL+Z: undo
- CTRL+Y: redo
- CTRL+A: select all objects
- CTRL+I: inverse selection
- CRTL + left mouse button: select only the closest object
- SHIFT+left mouse button: unselect object
- ESC: unselect all or terminate (or abort) the last action
- Delete: delete selected objects
- Ctrl + 0: fit view
- 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: past the copied cell contents
- 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+ALT+left mouse button: zoom with a window
- Insert: place relative origo
- 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
- Q: switch between the global and last defined user coordinate system
- Ctrl + L: Licence
- Ctrl + H: Model history
- Ctrl + D: Descript Manual
- Ctrl + E: open Move point or edge function
- Ctrl + T: open Translation function
- Ctrl + R: open Rotate function
- Ctrl + J: open Consteel Joint
- Ctrl + P: Select by property
- Shift + A: Section administrator
- Shift + S: Section modul
- K: Load combination sets
- Alt + C: Object color by section
- Alt + P: Create snapshot
- F1: Consteel Manual
- F2: Get Support
- F3: Diagnostics
- F4: Options
- F5: Analysis parameters
- F6: Run analysis
- F7: Global check parameters
- F8: Run Global checks
- F9: Serviceability limit state check settings
- F10: open Document editor
- F11: Layers
- F12: Hotkeys
- Shift+1: Line view
- Shift+2: Wireframe view
- Shift+3: Hidden line view
- Shift+4: Solid view
- Shift + F1: Geometry tab
- Shift + F2: Structural members tab
- Shift + F3: Loads tab
- Shift + F4: Mass tab
- Shift + F5: Finite element tab
- Shift + F6: Analysis tab
- Shift + F7: Global checks tab
- Shift + F8: Member checks tab
- Shift + F9: Serviceability checks tab
- Shift + F10: Help tab
- Shift + F11: Layers tab
- Shift + F12: Documents tab
- Tab: Switch to next tab
- Ctrl+Tab: Switch to previous tab
- Alt + D: open Descript
Documentation module
- Ctrl + O: Open
- Ctrl +N: New
- Ctrl + P: Print
- Ctrl + E: Export
- Ctrl + H: Hide/show panel
- Ctrl + S: Settings
- Home: First page
- End: Last page
- Page up: One page up
- Page down: One page down
Hot keys appear in the tooltips and hints of the functions. It is also possible to search the desired key combination in the Hot keys window, which is accessible from the Help menu.
