Ctrl + N
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Windows
New
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Ctrl + O
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Windows
Open
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Ctrl + W
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Windows
Close window
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Ctrl + F4
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Windows
Close file
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Alt + F4
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Windows
Close Solidworks
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Ctrl + ⭾ Tab
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User Interface
Moves among open documents.
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Ctrl + S
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Windows
Save
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Ctrl + P
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Windows
Print
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Ctrl + F
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Windows
Find / replace
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Ctrl + A
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Windows
Select all
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Ctrl + X
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Windows
Cut
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Ctrl + C
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Copy/Paste
Drawings. Copies and pastes drawing views.
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Ctrl + V
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Copy/Paste
Drawings. Copies and pastes drawing views.
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Ctrl + Z
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Windows
Undo
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Ctrl + Y
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Windows
Redo
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R
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Commands
Browse recent documents
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S
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User Interface
Opens the shortcut bar.
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D
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Commands
Confirmation corner / breadcrumbs
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W
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Commands
Command search
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Ctrl + B
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User Interface
Rebuilds the model.
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Ctrl + Q
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Commands
Force regen
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Del
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Commands
Delete
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⤶ Enter
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User Interface
Repeats the last command.
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Ctrl + F1
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Commands
Task pane
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F5
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Commands
Toggle selection filter toolbar
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F6
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Commands
Toggle selection filter type
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F7
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Commands
Spell check
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F10
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Commands
Toolbar
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F11
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Commands
Full screen
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⭾ Tab
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Sketching
Changes the XYZ plane when sketching in a 3D sketch.
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↑ Shift + ⭾ Tab
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Assemblies
While Inserting a Component. Rotates the component -90º.
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↑ Shift + Mouse left click
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Sketching
Turns on snapping.
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A
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Commands
Tangent arc toggle
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F
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Display
Zooms to fit.
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Space
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Display
Opens the View Selector and Orientation dialog box.
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Ctrl + Space
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Display
Opens the View Selector.
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Ctrl + 1
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View commands
Front
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Ctrl + 2
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View commands
Back
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Ctrl + 3
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View commands
Left
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Ctrl + 4
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View commands
Right
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Ctrl + 5
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View commands
Top
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Ctrl + 6
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View commands
Bottom
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Ctrl + 7
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View commands
Isometric
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Ctrl + 8
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View commands
Normal to
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Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Z
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View commands
Undo view change
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↑ Shift + Z
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Display
Zooms the model in.
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Z
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Display
Zooms the model out.
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G
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View commands
Area magnify
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Alt
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Assemblies
Mates. Temporarily hides a face when you hover over a face and click Alt.
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Alt + Mouse movement
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Sketching
Symmetrically adjusts both handles of a control point in a spline.
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Alt + Ctrl + Mouse movement
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Assemblies
Copies the component and creates a SmartMate.
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Ctrl + Mouse movement
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Sketching
Suppresses inference lines when dragging an endpoint.
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↑ Shift + Alt
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Assemblies
Mates. Show a temporarily hidden face when you hover over the hidden face and click Shift + Alt.
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Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Alt
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Assemblies
Mates. Show all temporarily hidden faces in a semi-transparent state.
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Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ⭾ Tab
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Assemblies
To show one or more components, move the pointer to the graphics area, and press and hold Ctrl + Shift + Tab. All hidden components are temporarily displayed as transparent. Click a hidden component to change it to shown.
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Mouse movement
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Assemblies
On a component. Rotates a component relative to the assembly origin.
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Alt + Mouse movement
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Assemblies
On a Component. Invokes mouse gestures instead of the Rotate Component tool.
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↑ Shift + ← ↑ → ↓
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Display
Rotates the model 90º.
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↑ Shift + F10
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Assemblies
Opens the shortcut menu and context toolbar.
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Context menu button
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Assemblies
Opens the shortcut menu and context toolbar.
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Alt + Mouse left click
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Selection
Select the back faces in the View Selector cube.
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Alt + 0176
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Dimensions and Annotations
Inserts a degree º symbol.
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Alt + 0216
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Dimensions and Annotations
Inserts a diameter Ø symbol.
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Alt + 0181
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Dimensions and Annotations
Inserts a µ symbol.
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`
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Dimensions and Annotations
Change the annotation view plane for a dimension or annotation.
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Alt + ← ↑ → ↓
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Display
Rotates the model parallel to the viewing plane.
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Alt + Mouse movement
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Display
Rotates the model parallel to the viewing plane.
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↑ Shift + Mouse movement
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Display
Zooms the model in and out about the screen center.
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Alt + Mouse wheel up and down
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Display
Shows a section view when using the magnifying glass.
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↑ Shift + Mouse movement
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Sketching
When sketching a line, the line snaps to specific lengths.
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Ctrl + ← ↑ → ↓
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Move
Pans a model.
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Ctrl + Mouse movement
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Move
Pans a model.
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Ctrl + Mouse left click
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Selection
Select multiple entities.
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↑ Shift
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Selection
Select a transparent face on a part.
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Ctrl
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Sketching
(while sketching) Turn off automatic sketch relations.
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Ctrl + R
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User Interface
Redraws the screen.
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