Default button and function keys

Original Article Date: Jan 31, 2006

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2006-06-01 Updated for version 08.09.02.52.
2006-11-30 Re-format and add missing keyin combo.
2007-06-01 Added missing keystroke.
2009-12-17 Updated to include V8i .

Left Button - Used as a Data Point	File Action and Related Link
DATA	Left mouse button - datapoint, accept, or selects
ALT + DATA	Match attributes to element under cursor
SHIFT + DATA	Dynamic panning


Left Button with Element Selection
Double click	Edit Text
DRAG left to right	Create a selection set using inside mode
DRAG right to left + tap SHIFT (V8i)	Create selection set in overlap/crossing mode
CTRL + SHIFT + Drag (XM)	Create selection set in overlap/crossing mode
CTRL + Drag	Copy selection set
CTRL + SHIFT	Invert AccuSnap mode


Right Button
RESET	Right mouse button - cancel, reject, or reset
Click + Hold	Opens a highly functional pop-up menu


Right Button with Element Selection
ALT + RESET	Opens the element Quick Info dialog
CTRL + RESET	Opens the Main tool box, or Main task near the cursor
SHIFT + RESET	Opens the floating view menu
CTRL + SHIFT + RESET	Opens the current task under the cursor


Left + Right chorded for a Tentative Point
DATA + RESET (ie: TENTATIVE)	Snap, tentative point. Same as middle button in previous versions.
ALT + TENTATIVE (V8i)	Places 3D data points
CTRL + TENTATIVE	Sets the AccuDraw origin to the tentative point
SHIFT + TENTATIVE	Opens the snaps pop-up menu


Wheel as a button (XBUTTON1)
XBUTTON1 (Drag)	Pan with the mouse
Double click XBUTTON1	Fit View
SHIFT + XBUTTON1	Rotate a view about it's center
CTRL + XBUTTON1	Swivels the view camera (3D only)
ALT + XBUTTON1	Define a rotation point, then rotate the view about that point.


Wheel
Roll	Zoom in and out
SHIFT + Roll	Pan with zoom
CTRL + Roll	Walk forward and backward (3D only)
ALT + Roll	Pan left or right


Default Function Keys
F1	Help
F2	Opens a popup menu showing the available tasks.
F3	Open the Main tool box under the cursor. Same as CTRL + RESET
F4	Opens the current task under the cursor. Same as CTRL + SHIFT + RESET
F5	Opens the View Attribute dialog under your cursor
F6	Opens the Saved Views dialog
F7	Unassigned
F8 (XM)	Locks AccuDraw to the current ACS
F8 (V8i)	Toggles the display of the grid in the active view
F9	Puts focus in Key-in window if it's already open. If not, then it will open it.
F10	Puts focus in the Tool Settings dialog if it's open. If not, then it will open it.
F11	Put focus in AccuDraw if it's activated. If not, it'll start it.
F12	Takes you Home. Same as pressing ESC
ALT + F8	Opens the Macros dialog box
Alt + F11	Opens the Visual Basic Editor
CTRL + F1 ... CTRL + F12	Open Primary Tools dialogs under your cursor
SHIFT + F1 ... SHIFT + F12	Open the Attribute tool box items under your cursor


Miscellaneous Keystrokes
ESC	Takes you Home. Same as pressing ESC
ESC ESC	Takes you Home if ESC is set to cancel a command. Same as pressing ESC
ENTER	When at Home, it opens the keyin window under the cursor. Same as pressing F9.
TAB	Cycle through elements
SPACE	Put focus in AccuDraw. Similar to pressing F11.
PAGE UP/DOWN	Navigate through the task list one page at a time.
SHIFT + Prev/Next Model	Opens selected model with views as they were the last time that File > Save Settings was chosen.
ALT + Prev/Next Model	Opens the selected model with the views as they are in the current model.
Element Handles + ALT	Unlock angle preservation
Element Handles + CTRL	Modify handles for multiple elements
Place Line + ALT	Toggle between tangent points


Drag Drop Support (V8i)
Drag from Models dialog	Attach selected model as reference
CTRL + drag from Models dialog	Place selected model as cell
ALT + drag from Models dialog	Places a link to the selected model on an element

Here's the very same information above in an XLS file:

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AskInga Article #280

Created by Anonymous
When: Fri, May 30 2008 10:04 AM
Last revision by Jordan Stierly
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