Shortcut Key Guide

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUT COMMANDS
Sketch
= EQUAL / Constrains curves to equal radius
or length.
F7 SLICE GRAPHICS / Slices away temporarily
the portion of the model that obscures the
plane.
F8 SHOW ALL CONSTRAINTS / Displays all
constraints.
F9 HIDE ALL CONSTRAINTS / Hides All
constraints.
Tools
ALT-F8
MACROS / Opens the Macros dialog box.
ALT-F11
VISUAL BASIC EDITOR / Launches the
Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.
ESC CANCEL / Closes the active tool.
F1 HELP / Opens the Inventor help les.
View
ALT-. USER WORK POINTS VISIBILITY / Makes
work points visible.
ALT-] USER WORK PLANE VISIBILITY / Makes
work planes visible.
ALT-/ USER WORK AXES VISIBILITY / Makes
work axes visible.
CTRL-. ORIGIN POINTS VISIBILITY / Makes the
default origin points visible.
CTRL-]
ORIGIN PLANE VISIBILITY / Makes the
default origin planes visible.
CTRL-/
ORIGIN AXES VISIBILITY / Makes the
default origin axes visible.
CTRL-0 TOGGLE SCREEN / Toggles screen.
CTRL-SHIFT-E
DEGREES OF FREEDOM / Displays
degrees of freedom.
CTRL-SHIFT-Q
IMATE GLYPH / Activates the iMate Glyph
tool.
CTRL-W
STEERING WHEELS / Displays the Steering
Wheel view tool.
END ZOOM SELECTED / Zooms in on a
specically selected item.
F2 PAN / Views areas of the graphics
window. (You must hold the [F2] key
down.)
F3 ZOOM SELECTED / Realtime zoom in and
out of the graphics window. (You must
hold the [F3] key down.)
F4 ROTATE / Rotates objects in the graphics
window.
F5 PREVIOUS VIEW / Returns to the last
display.
F6 HOME VIEW / Rotates objects in the
graphics window into an isometric
orientation.
F10 SKETCH VISIBILITY / Makes sketches
visible.
HOME ZOOM ALL / Zooms to the extents of all
objects in the graphics window.
PAGE UP
LOOK AT / Looks at a selected entity.
SHIFT-F3
ZOOM WINDOW / Zooms to the area you
dene with a window.
SHIFT-F5
NEXT VIEW / Advances to the next view.
SHIFT-MIDDLE MOUSE CLICK
ROTATE / Rotates a model.
Work Features
; GROUNDED WORK POINT / Creates a
grounded work point and activates the 3D
Move/Rotate tool.
/ WORK AXIS / Creates a new work axis.
] WORK PLANE / Creates a new work
plane.
. WORK POINT / Creates a new work
point.