You can intuitively navigate, edit, sketch, and model with a tablet pen and your fingers in Shapr3D. But if you don’t have a pen, you can use a keyboard with a mouse or touchpad to interact with the app and type in dimensional values.
Here’s a cheat sheet that’ll show you shortcuts and basic gestures for the mouse and touchpad.
Navigation
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| Rotate camera |
Hold down the Shift key, secondary click (or right-click), and drag the mouse |
Hold down the Shift key and pan with two fingers on the touchpad |
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| Move camera |
Secondary click (or right-click) and drag the mouse |
Pan with two fingers on the touchpad | ||
| Zoom camera |
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Pinch in or out on the touchpad |
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Zoom to face |
Hover over a face and press the Space bar |
Double-click a face with two fingers on the touchpad |
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| Reset view | Shift + 0 | Shift + 0 | ||
| Rotate 2D view by 90 degrees |
Click the right or left arrow above the Orientation Cube |
Click the right or left arrow above the Orientation Cube | ||
| Switch to front view | Shift + 1 | Shift + 1 | ||
| Switch to back view | Shift + 2 | Shift + 2 | ||
| Switch to top view | Shift + 3 | Shift + 3 | ||
| Switch to bottom view |
Shift + 4 | Shift + 4 | ||
| Switch to right view | Shift + 5 | Shift + 5 | ||
| Switch to left view | Shift + 6 | Shift + 6 |
Selection
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| Select single part | Click the part | Click the part | ||
| Select full object | Double-click the object | Double-click the object | ||
| Select multiple parts |
Hold down the Shift key and click each part |
Hold down the Shift key and click each part |
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| Select all | Ctrl + A | Ctrl + A | ||
| Deselect all |
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| Delete | Press the Backspace key | Press the Backspace key |
Sketching
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| Start sketch | Click anywhere in the design space, using the mouse | Click anywhere in the design space, using the touchpad | ||
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Finish sketch
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Press the Enter key | Press the Enter key | ||
| Add fit point to spline | Long-click anywhere on the spline, using the mouse | Long-click anywhere on the spline, using the touchpad |
Other
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| Undo | Ctrl + Z | Ctrl + Z | ||
| Redo | Shift + Ctrl + Z | Shift + Ctrl + Z |
*Images from Microsoft