Keyboard Functions

Tab (Ribbon)

Move the cursor over the ribbon. Scroll the mouse. Scroll changes the view between different tabs.

Window

New Window

Shift+F

Delete window

Ctrl+F4

Tile Horizontally

Shift+F4

Archive Browser

Open Archive Browser / Change tab

B

Item Browser

Open Item Browser / Change tab

B

Open Item

Open checked out Item - G4 -> Flow

Ctrl+I

Collapse the feature tree

Shift + left arrow keys.

View

Pan

Shift+middle mouse button

Rotate

Middle mouse button

Rotate part in an assembly

Ctrl+Shift+left mouse button

Zoom

Shift+right mouse button

Zoom Area

Z

Zoom All

A

Restore previous zoom (2D drawing)

P

Zoom Area to New Window

Shift+F

New drawing/model limits

Shift+A

Selected projection to perspective

Ctrl+D

Redraw

R

Refresh view, constraints and changed parts

F5

Update and delete hidden lines, update texts macros in the drawing

Shift+F5

Zoom In

F6

Zoom Out

F7

Machining features visible/off in model

M

Reference geometry visible/off in model

G

Hide part in the assembly model or in the assembly tree

H

Restore Hidden

Ctrl+Shift+H

Remove Hidden Lines

Ctrl+H

When moving a group (a lot of elements) only extreme limits / all elements visible.

Shift+K

Model presentation

Render a model

Shift+P

Other views

Open Other Views dialog box 3D Model / Sketching mode.

P

Project

Open Project

Ctrl+J

File

New Document

Ctrl+N

Save

Ctrl+S

Export

Ctrl+E

Import

Ctrl+O

Selection

All options from the list / All elements/objects in the 2D drawing

If you select objects before pressing Ctrl+A, the selection is limited to the same object types.

Ctrl+A

Subassembly selected when clicking a part from the model

Alt+left mouse button

Working with Selected Element

Copy to Clipboard

Ctrl+C

Paste from Clipboard

Ctrl+V

Cut to Clipboard

Ctrl+X

Delete

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Attach / Unattach the line or point in the sketch. Enabled in the 2D and 3D sketch.

F

Attach / Unattach the subassembly or part of the sketch.

F

Rotating selected element in XY plane

at intervals of 5 degrees

Cursor key Up or Cursor key Down

at intervals of 1 degrees

Cursor key Left or Cursor key Right

at intervals of 45 degrees

Ctrl+M

Search

To a Point / To point of a Point Cloud.

X

Intersection

S

To the apparent intersection of two lines

Shift+D

Line

L

To the center of the line

C

Middle

D

Surface

Shift+M

Through Surface

W

Prevents snap to line and line points in a drawing

Alt

Select one element / part / assembly of the entity.

Alt

Grid Points

><

Prevents snap to grid point

Alt

Find character string in a drawing

Ctrl+F

Relative Snap

Reset relative offset coordinates = Set Local Origin

Q

Locking the Cursor

X axis

U

Y Axis

I

Z Axis

O

Horizontal(XY) plane.

Shift+O

Vertical (XZ) plane

Shift+I

Lateral (YZ) plane

Shift+U

Parallel

E

Perpendicular

T

Plane normal

N

Release Direction Lock / Layer Lock

F

Change the Direction of a Locked Cursor's Snap Point

J

Prevent the cursor from snapping in the direction of the ruler.

Alt

Cursor Appearance

Coordinate Cursor

K

Crosshair Cursor

Shift+H

Constraints

Show Constraints

F9

Rename

A feature, sketch, configuration, geometric constraint in the feature tree of a part.

A local part or a subassembly in the assembly, a geometric constraint in the assembly tree.

F2

Printing

Print the contents of a drawing or model window

Ctrl+P

Acis

Check Acis competency (volume)

Shift+C

Misc

Accept, Confirm

middle mouse button or V

Quit

Esc

User Guide

Open Help

F1

G4Plant:

View a list of the pipe lines in the model.

Alt + click the empty area in the window