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Working with Keyboard Shortcuts
Working with Keyboard Shortcuts

This section describes the keyboard shortcuts available to simplify and streamline your work.

Updated over 7 months ago

When working with Design, you can use keyboard shortcuts to simplify and streamline your work.

The following commands can be used:

Q

Activates the Line tool.

W

Activates the Point tool.

E

Activates the Selection tool.

Ctrl+Z

Undo the last action.

Ctrl+Y

Redo the last action.

Ctrl+C

Copies the current coordinates to the clipboard.

P or hold ALT + left-click

Create a new point.

Shift

Hold to create a perpendicular line.

H

Opens the Set Elevation function when you hover the cursor over a point. If you have selected a number of points, you can change the height or relative height of all points.

T

Activates the Triangulate function for selected points and lines. The function automatically triangulates selected points and lines when pressing T.

O

Creates an offset for selected objects.

G

Opens the Generate Grid function where you can create a grid with points inside a selected line.

L

Opens the Create Points on Line function where you can create new points with a specified line segment length.

I

Activates the Interpolate Point Heights function.

Ctrl

Activates the Selection tool and continues holding the button, then left-click and drag the cursor over the objects to include in the selection. You can also hold Ctrl and click on objects to include in the selection.

Double-click on a line

Selects the entire line.

Ctrl + a

Selects all points, lines, and surfaces in the geometry.

Shift

Hold to deselect objects when the Selection tool is active.


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ESC

Cancel a new line segment or cancel an ongoing line segment. Also closes a dialog box. Cancels the Selection tool as well.

Delete

Deletes a point, line segment, break line, or triangle when you hover the cursor over the object.


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Enter

Confirms the entered information and closes the dialog box.


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Ctrl+S

Saves the geometry and closes the tool.

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