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 |
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Hold down the Control and Shift keys and move your finger on the touchpad |
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| Move camera |
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Hold down the Control and Alt keys and move your finger on the touchpad |
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| Zoom camera |
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Pinch in or out with two fingers on the touchpad |
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Zoom to face |
Hover over a face and press the Space bar |
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| 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 |
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| Reset view | Ctrl + 1 |
Ctrl + 1 |
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| Switch to front view | Ctrl + 2 |
Ctrl + 2 |
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| Switch to back view | Ctrl + 3 |
Ctrl + 3 |
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| Switch to top view | Ctrl + 4 |
Ctrl + 4 |
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| Switch to bottom view |
Ctrl + 5 |
Ctrl + 5 |
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| Switch to right view | Ctrl + 6 |
Ctrl + 6 |
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| Switch to left view | Ctrl + 7 |
Ctrl + 7 |
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
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Ctrl + A |
Ctrl + A | ||
| Deselect all |
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| Delete | Press the Backspace or Delete key | Press the Backspace or Delete 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 |
2D drawings
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Update 2D drawing
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Ctrl + R | Ctrl + R | ||
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Fit to screen
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Shift + 0 | Shift + 0 | ||
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Zoom to 100%
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Shift + 1 | Shift + 1 | ||
| Save text and exit from Note tool |
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| Add new line | Shift + Enter | Shift + Enter | ||
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Add new paragraph
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Press the Enter key | Press the Enter key | ||
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Indent paragraph
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Press the Tab key | Press the Tab key | ||
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Copy text style
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Ctrl + Alt + C | Ctrl + Alt + C | ||
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Paste text style
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Ctrl + Alt + V | Ctrl + Alt + V | ||
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Italicize text
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Ctrl + I | Ctrl + I | ||
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Underline text
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Ctrl + U | Ctrl + U | ||
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Strike through text |
Ctrl + Shift + S | Ctrl + Shift + S |
Other
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| Undo | Ctrl + Z | Ctrl + Z | ||
| Redo | Shift + Ctrl + Z | Shift + Ctrl + Z |
*Images from Microsoft