Here’s a cheat sheet that’ll show you shortcuts and basic gestures for the mouse and trackpad. If you're using a mouse, make sure secondary click (right-click) is enabled. If you're using a trackpad and you prefer to tap, not press down, you can register taps as clicks.
Navigation
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Rotate camera |
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Hold down the Shift key and pan with two fingers on the trackpad
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Move camera |
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Pan with two fingers on the trackpad |
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Zoom camera |
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Pinch in or out with two fingers on the trackpad
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Zoom to face |
Hover over a face and press the Space bar |
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Reset view | ⌘ 1 | |||
Rotate 2D view by 90 degrees
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Click the right or left arrow above the Orientation Cube | |||
Switch to front view | ⌘ 2 | |||
Switch to back view | ⌘ 3 | |||
Switch to top view | ⌘ 4 |
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Switch to bottom view |
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Switch to right view | ⌘ 6 | |||
Switch to left view | ⌘ 7 |
Selection
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Select single part | Click the part | |||
Select full object | Double-click the object | |||
Select multiple parts |
Hold down the Shift key and click each part |
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Select area |
Click anywhere in the design space and drag to the right or left |
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Select all |
⌘ A | |||
Deselect all |
esc | |||
Cycle through selection filters |
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Filter selection for bodies only |
B | |||
Filter selection for edges only |
E | |||
Filter selection for faces only |
F | |||
Delete | ⌫ |
Sketching
Before you can use the following, first click Sketch in the main menu.
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Start sketch | Click anywhere in the design space | |||
Finish sketch |
⏎ | |||
Finish sketch and remove last-placed point |
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Add fit point to spline | Long-click anywhere on the spline |
2D drawings
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Update 2D drawing | ⌘ R |
Other
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Undo | ⌘ Z | |||
Redo | ⇧ ⌘ Z | |||
Execute last command | Left arrow key | |||
Search for commands |
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*Images are from Apple