Keyboard shortcuts

On a Mac, use Cmd where this page says Ctrl.

Project

Keys	Action
Ctrl+K	Open or close the command palette
Ctrl+P	Switch project: your recent files, the browser's drafts, cloud projects and indexed folders
Ctrl+N	New project
Ctrl+S	Save (in the desktop app, the first save asks for a file name)
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save under a new name
Ctrl+O	Open a project file
Ctrl+Shift+P	Calculation report
Ctrl+Shift+A	Open the assistant (or expand it) and go to its message box; from there, collapse it
Ctrl+Z	Undo the last change, and go to where it was made
Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo
F1	Help on the module shown (on the start screen, the help's contents)

Undo and redo act on the project, not on the text in a field. While you type in a field, Ctrl+Z undoes the typing as usual. Undo and redo open the module the change was made in, select its item and mark what changed for a moment; the focus stays where it is.

Number fields

Keys	Action
Enter	Apply the value
Tab	Apply the value and move to the next field
Esc	Restore the field's current value

A value is also applied when the field loses focus. You can type a unit with the number, for example 2 in or 3 kN.

On the shaft drawing

Click a section, support or load to select it, or select it in the inspector's list. Then:

Keys	Selected item	Action
← →	Support or load	Move it by 1 mm along the shaft
Shift+← →	Support or load	Move it by 10 mm
↑ ↓	Load	Change its force in the plane shown by 100 N
Shift+↑ ↓	Load	Change it by 1000 N
↑ ↓	Section	Change its diameter by 0.5 mm
Shift+↑ ↓	Section	Change its diameter by 5 mm
← →	Section	Change its length by 1 mm
Shift+← →	Section	Change its length by 10 mm
Delete or Backspace	Any	Remove it
Esc	Any	Clear the selection

The steps are in millimetres and newtons whatever units are shown. Every key press is one undo step.

On a bearing's cross-section

For a bearing analysed on its own (not linked to a shaft support), the cross-section in the bearing module takes the radial load directly:

Keys or mouse	Action
↑ ↓	Change the radial force Fy by 100 N (Shift: 1000 N)
← →	Change the radial force Fz by 100 N (Shift: 1000 N)
Drag	Set the radial load's size and direction
Shift+drag	The same, with the direction in 15° steps

Delete removes the selected bearing. Tab to a rolling element and press Enter to select it for the detail views.

3D views

Mouse	Action
Drag	Orbit
Scroll	Zoom
Right-drag	Pan

Resizing views and charts

Each resizable view and chart has a handle on its lower edge.

Keys or mouse	Action
Drag the handle	Resize
↑ ↓ on the focused handle	Make it smaller or larger
Home on the focused handle, or double-click it	Restore the default size

Charts

Click a chart, or Tab to it, to read its values from the keyboard:

Keys	Action
← → or ↑ ↓	Move the readout to the next or previous point
Home, End	First or last point
Page Up, Page Down	Move by a tenth of the chart
Esc	Hide the readout
Enter or Space	In the bearing module's charts: select that rolling element

Command palette

Keys	Action
Type	Filter modules, actions, views, examples, your templates and help pages
↑ ↓	Move through the list
Home, End	First or last entry
Enter	Run the highlighted entry
Esc	Close

Switch project

Ctrl+P lists the projects of the Projects screen, newest first: your recent files, the browser's drafts, the projects kept with your account and the files of the folders you index. Type to find one by its name, folder, parts (6207, M12), materials, customer, or part or project number.

Keys	Action
Enter	Open it in place of the project open now (unsaved changes are asked about first)
Shift+Enter	Desktop app: open a file in a new window
Esc	Close

In the web app some browsers keep Ctrl+N for a new browser window; File › New project… and the command palette's New project… do the same.

Projects screen

Keys	Action
← → ↑ ↓, Home, End	Move between the projects
Enter	Preview the project (the focus moves into the preview)
Esc	Close a comparison, More, a rename or a question first, then a history, then the preview, then the screen

Menus and dialogs

Keys	Action
Esc	Close the File menu, a dialog, the report screen or the help
Tab, Shift+Tab	Move between controls
← →	Move between tabs, for example in the gear module (Home and End: first and last tab)

Assistant

Keys	Action
Enter	Send the message
Shift+Enter	New line
Esc	Beside the results: collapse it to its message line, then close it. Over the content: close it
↑ ↓ on the focused divider	Give the results less or more of the column (Shift: farther)
Home, End on the focused divider	The results at their smallest, or the assistant at its smallest

Closing the assistant puts the focus back on Assistant in the top bar.