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What keyboard shortcuts are available in DSM?

This tutorial requires:

DesignSpark Mechanical V6.0

The developer has given this list of keyboard shortcuts to quickly access tools, tool guides, and other DesignSpark Mechanical commands. However, the list is not exhaustive, and you can customise or add even more shortcuts via File -> DesignSpark options -> Customize -> Shortcuts.

 

Open the Radial Menu O
Blend B
Circle C
Combine I
Escape (the current operation) Esc
Measure E
Fill F
Home H
Line L
Pull P
Rectangle R
Select S
3D mode D
Plan view V
Section mode X
Sketch mode K
Up To tool guide U
Move M
Trim Away T
Spin Drag with middle mouse button
Pan Shift+drag with middle mouse button
Zoom Ctrl+drag up and down with middle mouse button
Zoom Extents Alt+Z
Snap view Shift+double-click middle mouse button
Previous view Left arrow
Next view Right arrow
File menu Alt+F
Close document Ctrl+F4
Complete Enter
Copy Ctrl+C
Copy Faces Ctrl+Shift+C
Cut Ctrl+X
Cut Faces Ctrl+Shift+X
Delete Del
Detach face Ctrl+D
Exit Alt+F4
Invert selection Ctrl+Shift+I
Display next Design window Ctrl+Tab
Display previous Design window Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move sketch grid in Ctrl+right arrow
Move sketch grid out Ctrl+left arrow
Nudge primary (active) dimension Up by normal amount Shift+up arrow
Nudge primary (active) dimension Down by normal amount Shift+down arrow
Nudge primary (active) dimension Up by small amount Alt+Shift+up arrow
Nudge primary (active) dimension Down by small amount Alt+Shift+down arrow
Nudge primary (active) dimension Up by large amount Ctrl+Shift+up arrow
Nudge primary (active) dimension Down by large amount Ctrl+Shift+down arrow
Nudge secondary (inactive) dimension Down by normal amount Shift+left arrow
Nudge secondary (inactive) dimension Up by normal amount Shift+right arrow
Nudge secondary (inactive) dimension Down by small amount Shift+Alt+left arrow
Nudge secondary (inactive) dimension Up by small amount Shift+Alt+right arrow
Nudge secondary (inactive) dimension Down by large amount Ctrl+Shift+left arrow
Nudge secondary (inactive)dimension Up by large amount Ctrl+Shift+right arrow
New Ctrl+N
Open Ctrl+O
Paste Ctrl+V
Print Ctrl+P
Print Preview Ctrl+F2
Redo Ctrl+Y
Save Ctrl+S
Save As Ctrl+Shift+S
Save As New Alt+Shift+S
Share As File Alt+S
Save As New Version Ctrl+Alt+S
Select all of same type as selected Ctrl+A
Bold text Ctrl+B
Italicize text Ctrl+I
Underline text Ctrl+U
Hide object Ctrl+H
Hide others Alt+H
Undo Ctrl+Z
Zoom In Ctrl+ +
Zoom Out Ctrl+ -
Set spin center Ctrl+T
Locate spin center Ctrl+L
Clear spin center Ctrl+Q
Expand entire node in Structure tree ' * ' on number pad
Expand selected node in Structure tree ' + ' on number pad
Collapse selected node in Structure tree ' - ' on number pad
Activate Component Ctrl+Shift+A
Show All Ctrl+Shift+H
Initiate FlyThrough mode Ctrl+Shift+F
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