Help | Keyboard shortcuts

Global

These shortcuts are available almost always, mostly when no editor or module is active other than the default one, but also in those modules, too. Some of these require a selection of some kind, such as a part or a slice.

Delete	Delete
Highlight triangles	Ctrl+G
Zoom in	A
Zoom out	Q
Switch to zoom frame	F1
Screenshot to clipboard	Shift+Ctrl+P	This takes a screenshot of the 3D display contents. Note: If you had Netfabb installed previously, this may still be Ctrl+C. By default, that shortcut is now assigned to taking a reference to a part or a slice to the clipboard for use with Ctrl+V or via context menu option for pasting a copy of that part or slice.
Zoom to selection	F	Zooms and also focuses on the selection.
Zoom to home	H	Zooms and focuses the build platform.
Manipulate mesh	Ctrl+T
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y
Duplicate part/slice	Ctrl+X
Duplicate filling the platform	Ctrl+F
Duplicate in same position	Ctrl+D
Rename part/slice	F2
New project	Ctrl+N
Open project	Ctrl+O
Save project	Ctrl+S
Next perspective	Space
Previous perspective	Shift+Space
Front perspective		These provide direct access to the six plane-aligned perspectives. By default, these have no shortcuts assigned.
Back perspective
Left perspective
Right perspective
Top perspective
Bottom perspective
Select all	Ctrl+A
Invert selection	Ctrl+I
Select fully inside platform		By default, these have no shortcuts assigned.
Select fully outside platform
Select partly inside platform
Select partly outside platform
Clip plane in X plus	Shift+D	These move the clipping planes in directions relative to the cardinal axes of the build platform.
Clip plane in X minus	Shift+A
Clip plane in Y plus	Shift+Q
Clip plane in Y minus	Shift+E
Clip plane in Z plus	Shift+W
Clip plane in Z minus	Shift+S
Custom clip plane plus		By default, these have no shortcuts assigned.
Custom clip plane minus		By default, these have no shortcuts assigned.
Open clip plane step settings		Opens the clipplane step configuration dialog. By default, this has no shortcut assigned.
Change orbit type	O	Toggles camera orbit type between Free and Constrained
Toggle visibility	Shift+V	Toggles the visibility of the selected body in Lattice Commander
Menu search	S

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Default

Highlight part	Shift+H	This draws the part in front of any and all others while you hold the key.
Show local platform of current part	P	Draws a platform local to the currently selected part or parts while you hold the key.
Align parts	F7
Platform overview	F5
Collision detection	Ctrl+K
Move parts	Shift+Ctrl+M	Opens the Move part dialog.
Rotate parts	Shift+Ctrl+R	Opens the Rotate part dialog.
Rotate around X	X	These rotations are performed around the cardinal axes of the build platform.
Rotate around Y	Y
Rotate around Z	Z
Rotate counter-clockwise around X	Shift+X
Rotate counter-clockwise around Y	Shift+Y
Rotate counter-clockwise around Z	Shift+Z
Scale parts	Shift+Ctrl+S	Opens the Scale part dialog
Orient part	Shift+Ctrl+O	Launches the Part orientation finder
Hide selected parts	Ctrl+H
Show selected parts	Shift+Ctrl+H
Show color and texture	Ctrl+M
Toggle no-build zone visibility	Shift+N
Execute Lua script	Shift+L
Translate part in the +X direction	Shift+Right	These move the part in directions relative to the cardinal axes of the build platform. To adjust by how much to move per keypress use the setting General > Translation stepping, keyboard
Translate part in the -X direction	Shift+Left
Translate part in the +Y direction	Shift+Up
Translate part in the -Y direction	Shift+Down
Translate part in the +Z direction	Shift+Page up
Translate part in the -Z direction	Shift+Page down
Translate part up	Up	These move the part in directions relative to the current camera perspective.
Translate part down	Down
Translate part left	Left
Translate part right	Right
Translate part further back	Page up
Translate part nearer to the front	Page down
Put part on platform	Ctrl+Down
Show platform	Ctrl+P	Toggles the display of the build platform
Show machine platform		Toggles the display of the 3D platform model present in some machines. By default, this command has no shortcut assigned.
Show gizmo	Shift+Ctrl+G	Toggles whether the gizmo should always appear for selected parts, not just when any of the transformation controls Move, Rotate, and Scale are active.
Show part names	Ctrl+L
Show edges	Ctrl+E
Highlight backfaces	Ctrl+B	Toggles coloring the "inside" of triangles (negative normal) red
Minimize outbox	Ctrl+Q
Create machine workspace	Ctrl+W
Support editor		Calls the respective module on the currently selected part or parts, as applicable By default, these have no shortcuts assigned.
Boolean
Repair
Copy	Ctrl+C	Copies a reference to the currently selected part or slice to the clipboard. This is a special clipboard that is independent from any clipboard function provided by the operating system, such as for text or image data.
Paste	Ctrl+V	Pastes a duplicate of the reference to the current view, as applicable. Note: The duplicate is pasted with the same orientation and location that the referenced part has currently, not as it had during copying, or taking the reference. Also, if the referenced part or slice no longer exists, nothing is pasted.
Free cut		Calls cutting with the respective mode selected By default, these have no shortcuts assigned.
Plane cut

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Part export

To call the part export immediately set to a particular file type, a keyboard shortcut can be set for each of the available file types. By default, no shortcuts are assigned to any of the file types.

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Part repair

Highlight errors	Ctrl+H
Show triangle grid	G
Select triangles	F5
Select surfaces	F6
Select shells	F7
Clear selection	F8
Hide triangles	I	This is a capital i, not a lower-case L.
Unhide triangles	V
Expand selection	+
Shrink selection	-
Extract shells manually	Ctrl+F7

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Texture and color

Color triangles	F5
Color with brush	F6
Color with face group	F7	Caution: These are the new default mappings. Updating from an existing installation only adds Color with face group, causing this and Color shells to both have F7 as the shortcut and Pick color to still be at F8. This must be rectified manually.
Color shells	F8
Pick color	F9

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Support editor

Create new bar	F4
Create new polyline	F5
Create new volume	F6
Create anchor	F7
Remove anchor	F8
Next support	N
Previous support	B
Show selection	Ctrl+V	Support structures not currently selected have their visibility toggled when using this shortcut.
Hide unselected	V	Support structures not currently selected are hidden while you hold this key.
Add polygon cut	+	When editing a support cluster in 2D, this fills the area enclosed by the currently drawn polygon contour with support.
Subtract polygon cut	-	When editing a support cluster in 2D, this removes any support in the area enclosed by the currently drawn polygon contour.
Enter polygon cut	Ctrl+U	Enter and leave the 2D cluster editing view.
Close polygon cut	Ctrl+U	Enter and leave the 2D cluster editing view.
Angle volume support	Ctrl+B	Toggles the control to add a knee-like angle to a selected volume support
Toggle platform	Ctrl+P
Toggle anchors	Ctrl+E

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3S

Add node	F4
Add bar	F5
Add face	F6
Close contours automatically	Ctrl+A

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Labeling

You can set up keyboard shortcuts to access each of the four modes of labeling directly, text, image, list, and tag. By default, no shortcuts are assigned to any of the labeling methods.

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Slice Commander

Show grid

Ctrl+P

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