Keyboard shortcuts

Prints tab shortcuts

In the Prints tab the shortcuts build the sheet: automatic layout, view, detail, report, title block, and export to PDF and DXF.

All shortcuts

The list below is read from the same catalog the editor uses, so it changes together with the editor.

Draw9

  • T

    Text box

    Text mode: click an empty spot of the sheet to write there.

  • A

    Automatic layout

    Arranges the views and tables on the sheet by itself.

  • Shift+A

    Add view

    Puts a view of the project on the sheet.

  • D

    Insert detail

    Puts the detail of a node, member, piece, or a standard detail on the sheet.

  • G

    Generative detail

    Opens the card: describe the detail and the AI draws it on the sheet.

  • R

    Insert reports

    Opens the reports menu to put on the sheet.

  • C

    Title block model

    Opens the sheet's title block model picker.

  • N

    New sheet

    Creates a new sheet.

  • Shift+N

    New report

    Starts an A4 project report: type the name and Enter.

Edit8

  • Del/⌫

    Remove from sheet

    Removes the selected view or text from the sheet. The sheet stays.

    with something selected

  • M

    Move mode

    Back to the usual mode: drag views, details and texts.

  • F2

    Edit text

    Edit mode: click a drawing text to rewrite just that one.

  • Shift+F2

    Edit in chain

    Chain mode: click a text and rewrite every equal one on the sheet.

  • E

    Erase label

    Erase mode: click a label or one of your texts to take it off the sheet.

  • Shift+E

    Restore labels

    Returns every label to the model text.

    with a label erased or rewritten

  • [

    Rotate 90° counterclockwise

    Rotates the selected view.

    with a view selected

  • ]

    Rotate 90° clockwise

    Rotates the selected view.

    with a view selected

Select1

  • Esc

    Back to move

    Goes back to move mode. In move mode, drops the selection.

View6

  • Enter

    Open the view

    Opens the selected view overview, like a double click.

    with a view selected

  • I

    Sheet items

    Opens or closes, in the strip, the list of what is on the open sheet.

  • PgUp

    Previous sheet

    Opens the previous sheet.

  • PgDn

    Next sheet

    Opens the next sheet.

  • Home

    First sheet

    Opens the first sheet in the strip.

  • End

    Last sheet

    Opens the last sheet in the strip.

General3

  • Esc

    Close the menu

    Closes the insert reports menu.

    menu open

  • Ctrl+P

    Export PDF

    Generates the PDF of the open sheet.

  • X

    Export DXF

    Generates the DXF of the open sheet.

18 more shortcuts from the General page work here. All tabs