LSF tab shortcuts

Exterior wall

Draws the wall point by point. Type a distance and Enter.

Add door

Opens the door panel, then click the wall. When armed, disarms.

Add window

Opens the window panel, then click the wall. When armed, disarms.

Opening in the wall

Opens the door or window panel for the wall open in the view.

wall view open

Roof

Arms the roof: click the outer ring of walls and Enter. When armed, disarms.

in plan view

Single roof truss

Places a truss between two walls, the single mode of the roof box.

in plan view

Lattice truss

Places a flat lattice truss on the wall track.

Column

Places an LSF column: click a stud.

LSF member

Draws a free LSF member: click the start and the end.

Floor

Arms the floor: click a closed room and Enter.

Header

Click a header to open its opening in the footer.

Strap and blocking

Places bracing strap and blocking between studs.

Snap

Arms snapping and shows the reference: drawing, DXF or IFC mask.

Drawing snaps

Snaps to the walls already drawn. Again, opens and closes the snaps card.

with Snap armed

DXF mask

Snaps to the imported DXF mask.

with Snap armed

IFC mask

Snaps to the imported IFC mask.

with Snap armed

Midpoint

Toggles the point mode: free, or the midpoint of two clicks, which puts the wall on the axis.

wall or snap armed

Double plate

Click the bars at the node and Enter: a pair of plates is placed.

Place floor or roof

Places the floor or builds the roof from the draft.

floor or roof armed

Copy truss

Click a truss and paste the copy with an offset.

Copy multiple

Toggles pasting several copies in a row, until Esc.

with Copy armed

Align by face

Brings a piece flush against another one's face.

Continuity

Click the bar that runs through, then the one that stops at it: its end pulls back to the face.

Extrude end

Pulls the bar end by the typed value.

without the floor tool

Move in section

Shifts the piece in the section plane.

Edit the wall

Edits the elements of the selected wall. Again, finishes.

with one wall selected

Auto divide

Spreads the studs evenly. With studs selected in the view, only that stretch.

with one wall selected

Join walls

Toggles the wall join: click both walls.

Floor along X

Turns the floor joists along X.

with the floor tool armed

Floor along Z

Turns the floor joists along Z.

with the floor tool armed

Switch governing side

Toggles the floor's governing side.

with the floor tool armed

Delete selection

Deletes the selected walls, pieces or members.

with a selection

Move the stud

Steps 10 mm per press. With Shift, 1 mm.

wall view open, stud selected

Restore defaults

Returns every project field to the factory values.

in the project wizard

Switch level

Switches the level under the cursor: model, wall, piece, member. Shift+Tab goes back.

on a wall

Dimension style

Opens and closes the section dimension panel: colors, background, size, terminator.

Wall view

Opens the elevation of the selected wall, seen from outside. Again, goes back.

with one wall selected

Section plane

Creates a section plane line: type the height in meters and Enter.

wall view open

Color by profile

One color per profile: header, track and stud apart. Again, color by role.

wall view open

Color by wall

One color per wall. Again, back to color by role.

wall view open

Hide selection

Hides the selection without deleting it.

with a selection

Isolate selection

Shows only the selection without moving the camera. Again, toggles.

Leave isolation

The first Esc drops the selection, the second shows everything.

with something isolated

Switch storey

Moves the active storey up or down. 0 shows all.

mini section focused

Storey above

Goes up one storey, without the mini section.

without the wall tool

Storey below

Goes down one storey, without the mini section.

without the wall tool

All storeys

Shows every storey again, like the 0 of the mini section.

with no tool armed

Plan view

Goes to plan view. With the wall view open, closes it and keeps the wall selected.

3D view

Goes to 3D at the last camera pose. With the wall view open, closes it.

Calculate the project

Sends the project to the engine, like the Calculate button.

Machine (CSV)

Opens the roll former CSV: exports the walls or imports the machine file.

Project settings

Opens the project wizard: envelope, structure, loads and wind.

Panel sheet

Creates the panel sheet of the selected walls, or opens the existing one.

with walls selected

Panel plan

Creates a panel plan of the wall's storey, a new one each time.

with walls selected

Opening details

Creates the missing opening details, with the door and window schedule.

with walls selected

Joint details

Creates the typical detail of each missing joint type and marks it on the plans.

with walls selected

Typical details

Creates the A3 sheets of the typical details the project needs and lacks.

with walls selected

Project cut list

Creates the missing cut list sheets of the project and opens the first.

with walls selected

Next or finish

Goes to the next step. On the last one, finishes.

in the project wizard

Next step

Goes to the next wizard step.

in the project wizard

Previous step

Goes back one step.

in the project wizard

Envelope tab

Goes straight to the Envelope tab of the wizard.

in the project wizard

Structure tab

Goes straight to the Structure tab of the wizard.

in the project wizard

Loads tab

Goes straight to the Loads tab of the wizard.

in the project wizard

Wind tab

Goes straight to the Wind tab of the wizard.

in the project wizard

Close the wizard

Closes the project wizard.

in the project wizard