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    Default button and function keys

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    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

     

     

     

     

     

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