Keyboard Shortcuts

Some menu commands can be accessed more conveniently through keyboard shortcut key presses. The tables below provide a list of all of the available shortcuts.

Change screens

<F7> Edit screen
<F8> Visualise screen
<F9> Simulation screen
<Ctrl + F9> Heating design screen
<Shift + F9> Cooling design screen

File operations

<Ctrl + N> New file
<Ctrl + O> Open file
<Ctrl + S> Save file
<Ctrl + F4> Close currently open file
<F12> Save As

Edit

<F11> Model options
<Ctrl + F> Flip Block Surface Orientation
<Ctrl + T> Rotate
<Ctrl + J> Stretch
<Ctrl + Z> Undo last change
<Ctrl + R> Redo last change
<Ctrl + L> Load data from template
<Shift + Ctrl + T> Follow path
<Shift + Ctrl + C> Remove all construction lines
<Ctrl + M> Measure tool
<Ctrl + K> Add block
<Ctrl + B> Draw partition
<Ctrl + D> Draw construction line
<Ctrl + V> Move
<Ctrl + C> Copy (Clone)
<Del> Delete currently selected data
<Ctrl +A> Add building (v7.0 and earlier)
<Shift + Ctrl +A> Add building (v7.1 and later)

View

<Shift + Ctrl + F> Fit view
<Shift + Ctrl + Z> Zoom Dynamic
<Shift + Ctrl + W> Zoom Window
<Shift + Ctrl + N> Pan view
<Shift + Ctrl + O> Orbit view
<Shift + Ctrl + L> Look around
<Shift + Ctrl + K> Walk-through
<Shift + Ctrl + D> Toggle surrounding block/zone display

View rotation

The view rotation can be edited using the drop list in the top right of the screen or through these shortcut keys. Note the shortcut keys changed from v7.1.

 

v7.0 and earlier

<A> Axonometric view
<P> Plan view
<F> Front view
<B > Back view
<R> Right view
<L> Left view

 

v7.1 and later

<Ctrl + A> Axonometric view
<Ctrl + P> Plan view
<Ctrl + ↑> Front view
<Ctrl + ↓> Back view
<Ctrl + →> Right view
<Ctrl + ←> Left view

Navigation

<F2> Go up
<F4> Go to previous object
<F5> Go to next object

Miscellaneous

<F1> Context sensitive help
<Ctrl + X> Export data
<Ctrl + W> Compile report
<Ctrl + U> Update results
<Ctrl + Shift + L> Lock axis
<Ctrl + Shift + G> Show log file
<Ctrl + Shift + X> Show file import log
<Ctrl + Shift + S> Change solar position when on Visualise screen and shadows and the Sunpath diagram are both displayed