Keyboard Shortcuts

It is also possible to work with keyboard shortcuts. Almost all commands can now be called with 2 letters just like in Autocad - Revit.

The two letters, often an abbreviation of the command (such as BE for “Add Beam” or LQ for “Add beam Load Q”), make it logical and quick to learn, even for beginners. We've already created those shortcuts for you. And you can use the menu or the letters KS (“Keyboard Shortcuts”) to show that list of shortcuts.

With keyboard shortcuts, you don't have to move your hand from the keyboard to the mouse all the time. This saves several seconds each time, which adds up to hours of time saved in a workday.

Note that to repeat the last drawing command just press the Enter key or the spacebar like in AutoCAD, or F4 key like MS Word. This is super convenient because you often want to quickly repeat the drawing of, say, a new beam. The big advantage is that you don't have to move your mouse to the function in the ribbon menu so you can input your model even easier and faster.

General

Shortcut	Description
KS	Shows this overview of Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Return / Enter / Spacebar / F4	Repeats the last command
Escape	Interrupt

File

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+N	New file
Ctrl+O	Open file
Ctrl+S	Save file
Ctrl+P	Print file
PV	PreView

Geometry

Shortcut	Description
BE	BEam / Adds a beam to the model
NO	NOde / Adds a node to the model
PL	PLate / Adds a plate to the model
LI	LIne / Adds a line to the model
PA	PAnel / Adds a panel to the model
GR	GRid / Changes grid lines in the model
HI	HInge / Adds a hinge to a beam
SP	Support Pinned / Adds a pinned support to the model
SF	Support Fixed / Adds a fully fixed support to the model
SX	Support Roller-X / Adds a roller x-support to the model
SY	Support Roller-Y / Adds a roller y-support to the model
SS	Support Spring-Z / Adds a z-spring support to the model
TG	Tables Geometry / toggles between Show and Hide of geometry tables

Loads

Shortcut	Description
LG	Load Generator / Starts the load generator
LQ	Load Q / Adds a distributed load on a beam
LP	Load Point / Adds a point load on a beam
LM	Load Moment / Adds a moment load on a beam
LN	Load Node / Adds loads on a node
LS	Load Surface / Adds a surface load to the model
GL	Generate Plate Load / Generates surface load on a plate
TL	Tables Loads / Toggles between Show and Hide of load tables
TC	Tables Cases/Combinations / Toggles between Show and Hide of tables

Edit / Modify

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+M / MV	MoVe / Moves selected element(s)
Ctrl+C / CO / CC	COpy / Copies selected element(s)
RO	ROtate / Rotates selected element(s) around an axis
MC / AR	Multi Copy / ARrays / Creates a linear or radial array of selected element(s)
MR / MM	MiRror / Reverses the position of selected element(s) using a selected mirror surface
DE / Del-key	DElete / Deletes selected element(s)
MA	MAtch / Matches all beam properties to another beam
PP / P	ProPerties / Opens the property dialog of selected element(s)
SL	SpLit / Divides selected beam(s) at selected node(s)
EX	EXtend / Extends selected beam(s) and line(s)
DV	DiVide / Generates nodes on selected beam(s), divided along beam axis
IS	InterSections / Generates nodes on intersections of selected beam(s) and line(s)
BO	Beam Orientation / Swaps start and end node of selected beam(s)

View

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+A	Select All
S	Select Previous – Repeats previous selection
SR / FR	Search – Opens search dialog
VV	Visibility – Toggles between Highlight Selection and Show All
MD	Measure Distance – Measures distances using a tape measure
VS	Visual Style – Toggles between Render and Wireframe (Solid and Line mode)
DL / DI	Dimension Line – Adds dimension line to the model
SD	Snap Distance – Sets the snap distance
PS	Print Screen – Makes a screenshot
ZE	Zoom Extend – Zooms to fit all elements fit in view
ZS	Zoom Selection – Zooms to fit all selected element(s) in view

Calculate

Shortcut	Description
CA	CAlculate – starts analysis
CS	Calculation Settings – Shows all calculation settings