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

KS

Shows this overview of Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Return- / Enter- / Spacebar- / F4-key

Repeats the last command

Escape-key

Interrupt

File

Ctrl+N

New file

Ctrl+O

Open file

Ctrl+S

Save file

Ctrl+P

Print file

PV

PreView

Geometry

BE

BEam / Adds a beam to the model

NO

NOde / Adds a node 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

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

TL

Tables Loads / Toggles between Show and Hide of load tables

TC

Tables Cases/Combinations / Toggles between Show and Hide of tables

Edit / Modify

Ctrl+M / MV

MoVe / Moves selected element(s)

Ctrl+C / CO / CC

COpy / Copies selected element(s)

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)

PP

ProPerties / Opens the property dialog of selected element(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)

View

Ctrl+A

Select All

SD

Snap Distance – Sets the snap distance

MD

Measure Distance – Measures distances using a tape measure

ZE

Zoom Extend – Zooms to fit all elements fit in view

ZW

Zoom Window

Calculate

CA

CAlculate – Starts analysis

CS

Calculation Settings – Shows all calculation settings

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