About Keyboard Shortcuts

Overview

There are three key types of keyboard shortcut in Project Explorer:

  • Shortcuts which enable you to instantly zoom or pan to any currently selected object in the AutoCAD viewport from the Project Explorer window.
  • Shortcuts which enable you to easily identify an object, sub-object, or object relationship displayed in the Project Explorer window, by applying temporary highlighting to the AutoCAD viewport.
  • Shortcuts which enable you to access the Civil 3D Properties window for any selected object in the Project Explorer window.

List of supported keyboard shortcuts

Project Explorer provides keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard Shortcut Description
Z Zoom to the selected Project Explorer object in the AutoCAD viewport.
P Pan to the selected Project Explorer object in the AutoCAD viewport.
S Select the selected Project Explorer object in the AutoCAD viewport.
C Clear (or de-select) the current selection in the AutoCAD viewport.
A (or E) Open the Civil 3D Properties dialog for any selected object.
CTRL Temporarily highlight the selected Project Explorer object (or sub-object) in the AutoCAD viewport.
CTRL A Select all items in the list (for list views that support multiple item selections).
CTRL C Copy selected list items to clipboard.

Sub-Object keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts which zoom, pan, or temporarily highlight in the AutoCAD viewport also work at sub-object level on many Civil 3D objects. For instance, using the keyboard shortcuts listed above you can:

  • Zoom to, pan to, or temporarily highlight any selected alignment and profile points.
  • Zoom to, pan to, or temporarily highlight any selected surface triangle(s) or cells.
  • Zoom to, pan to, or temporarily highlight any selected parcel segments.
  • Zoom to, pan to, or temporarily highlight any selected feature line points.
  • Zoom to, pan to, or temporarily highlight any selected COGO points.