Keyboard Shortcuts

It is also possible to work with keyboard shortcuts. Almost all commands can now be called with 2 letters, just like in Autocad - Revit.

The two letters, often an abbreviation of the command (such as BE for "Add Beam" or LQ for "Add beam Load Q"), make them logical and quick to learn, even for beginners. We have already made those shortcuts for you. And with the menu or with the letters KS ("Keyboard Shortcuts") you can call up that list of shortcuts.

With keyboard shortcuts you do not have to move your hand from the keyboard to the mouse all the time. This saves several seconds each time, which adds up to hours of time saved over a working day.

To repeat the last drawing command, press the Enter key or the spacebar as in AutoCAD, or the F4 key as in MS Word. This is very convenient because you often want to quickly repeat the drawing of, for example, a new member. The big advantage is that you do not have to move your mouse to the function in the menu, so that you can make your input even more easily and quickly.

General

Key	Function
KS	Shows this overview of Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Return- / Enter- / Spacebar- / F4-key	Repeats the last command
Escape-key	Interrupt

File

Key	Function
Ctrl+N	New file
Ctrl+O	Open file
Ctrl+S	Save file
Ctrl+P	Print file
PV	PreView

Geometry

Key	Function
BE	BEam / Adds a beam to the model
NO	NOde / Adds a node to the model
GR	GRid / Changes grid lines in the model
HI	HInge / Adds a hinge to a beam
SP	Support Pinned / Adds a pinned support to the model
SF	Support Fixed / Adds a fully fixed support to the model
SX	Support Roller-X / Adds a roller x-support to the model
SY	Support Roller-Y / Adds a roller y-support to the model
SS	Support Spring-Z / Adds a z-spring support to the model
TG	Tables Geometry / Toggles between Show and Hide of geometry tables

Loads

Key	Function
LG	Load Generator / Starts the load generator
LQ	Load Q / Adds a distributed load on a beam
LP	Load Point / Adds a point load on a beam
LM	Load Moment / Adds a moment load on a beam
LN	Load Node / Adds loads on a node
TL	Tables Loads / Toggles between Show and Hide of load tables
TC	Tables Cases/Combinations / Toggles between Show and Hide of tables

Edit / Modify

Key	Function
Ctrl+M / MV	MoVe / Moves selected element(s)
Ctrl+C / CO / CC	COpy / Copies selected element(s)
MC / AR	Multi Copy / ARrays / Creates a linear or radial array of selected element(s)
MR / MM	MiRror / Reverses the position of selected element(s) using a selected mirror surface
DE / Del-key	DElete / Deletes selected element(s)
PP	ProPerties / Opens the property dialog of selected element(s)
EX	EXtend / Extends selected beam(s) and line(s)
DV	DiVide / Generates nodes on selected beam(s), divided along beam axis
IS	InterSections / Generates nodes on intersections of selected beam(s) and line(s)

View

Key	Function
Ctrl+A	Select All
SD	Snap Distance – Sets the snap distance
MD	Measure Distance – Measures distances using a tape measure
ZE	Zoom Extend – Zooms to fit all elements in view
ZW	Zoom Window

Calculate

Key	Function
CA	CAlculate – Starts analysis
CS	Calculation Settings – Shows all calculation settings