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Hotkeys

This is an overview of all hotkey combinations that can be used to trigger commands more efficiently. Two-letter combinations can only be entered if the command line has no keyboard focus, otherwise enter must be pressed after entering them. Two-letter combinations must be entered within a period of maximal 2 seconds. If you mistyped a two-letter combination, please press Escape or wait two seconds and start again.
Some commands have more than one key combination. That's mostly for compatibility with other programs.

In addition to the hotkey combinations listed below, the standard way of handling keys is used in dialogs. Under Windows and Unix operating systems, you can use Alt-Key combinations to press buttons (e.g. Alt-O for OK). If you're using Mac OS X this might be Option-O or Alt-O depending on your keyboard.

Command Line

Space

Activate command line

Escape

Deactivate command line or go one step back in the current action or show the main menu if no actions are active.

Arrow Up / Down

Recall the last command inputs

Tab

Show all currently available commands or complete the first letters of a command into the full command

File Handling

Ctrl-N

Create a new drawing

Ctrl-O

Open a drawing

Ctrl-S

Save current drawing

Ctrl-W

Close current drawing

Ctrl-P

Print current drawing

Ctrl-Q

Quit application

Basic Editing

oo, Ctrl-Z

Undo (oops)

uu, Ctrl-Shift-Z

Redo

Ctrl-X

Cut

Ctrl-C

Copy

Ctrl-P

Paste

View

rd

Redraw

zw

Zoom Window

za

Auto Zoom

zi, +

Zoom In

zo, -

Zoom Out

zp

Pan Zoom

zv

Back to previous view

Layer Handling

fr*

Freeze all layers

th*

Defreeze (thaw) all layers

Snapping

os

Free positioning

sg

Snap to grid

se

Snap to endpoints

sn

Snap to centers

sm

Snap to midpoints

si

Snap to intersections

np

Snap to nearest point on entity

Construction

po

Point

li

Line

re

Rectangle

rp

Regular Polygon

ci

Circle

c2

2 Point Circle

c3

3 Point Circle

ar

Arc

a3

3 Point Arc

ep

Ellipse

tx, mt

Text

Dimensioning

da

Aligned Dimension

dh

Horizontal Dimension

dv

Vertical Dimension

dr

Linear (rotated) dimension

ld

Leader

Entity Selection

tn, Ctrl-K

Select all

Ctrl-A

Select all

Modification

ch

Bevel (chamfer)

rm, xt

Trim, extend

mt

Multi line trim, extend

mv

Move

mi

Mirror

sz

Scale

ss

Stretch

er

Erase

xp, ex

Explode

   
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