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1 Shortcut Key Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS. One Key Shortcuts Multi-Character Command Keyboard 3. Aliases by Category Printable Keyboard 14. 6. 6. Keyboard Shortcut Cable & 6-7. Commands by Category 7. Drawing 8. 4 Dynamic 8. Drawing 4 Frame 8-9. 4 Mold 9-10. 4 10. Placed 4 Placed 11. 5 11. 5 Sheet 11. 5 11-12. Work 5 Sketch 12. Stress 12-13. 13. Tube & 13. 13. NOTE: To enable the use of multi-character command aliases in Inventor , make sure the Use default multi-character Command Aliases option is checked. To access this, select Tools tab Options panel Customize, and click the Keyboard tab. 2. ONE KEY Shortcuts [SEE PRINTABLE Keyboard STICKERS ON PAGE 14]. SKETCH VISIBILITY. ZOOM SELECTED. PREVIOUS VIEW. SLICE GRAPHICS. CONSTRAINTS. CONSTRAINTS. HOME VIEW. SHOW ALL. HIDE ALL. CANCEL. ROTATE. HELP. PAN. Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PrtScn SysRq ScrLK Pause Break ~ !

2 @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) EQUAL. Backspace Home End ` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = ZOOM. SELECTED. Q W E R T Y U I O P { WORK. |. Tab PLANE. Insert Page [ ] \ Up LOOK AT. A S D F G H J K L. GROUNDED.. Caps Lock Enter Page WORK POINT. Delete ; DELETE. Down <. Shift Z X C V B N M WORK POINT WORK AXIS. Shift , . /. Ctrl Start Alt Alt Ctrl = EQUAL / Constrains curves to equal DELETE . radius or length. DELETE / Removes the selected item from the model or drawing. ; GROUNDED WORK POINT / Creates a grounded work point and activates the END ZOOM SELECTED / Zooms in on a 3D Move/Rotate tool. specifically selected item. / WORK AXIS / Creates a new work axis. ESC CANCEL / Closes the active tool. ] WORK PLANE / Creates a new work HOME ZOOM ALL / Zooms to the extents of all plane. objects in the graphics window.. WORK POINT / Creates a new work PAGE UP.}

3 Point. LOOK AT / Looks at a selected entity. 3. Keyboard SHORTCUT COMMANDS. Assembly General ALT-DRAG MOUSE CTRL-A SHIFT-RIGHT MOUSE CLICK. MATE CONSTRAINT / Applies a mate SELECT ALL / Selects everything on the SELECT / Activates the select command constraint. screen. menu. CTRL-H CTRL-C. REPLACE COMPONENT / Replaces COPY / Copies selected items. one assembly component with another Part component. CTRL-F . FIND / Presents the Find Part Sketches SHIFT-TAB dialog box in part files; opens the Find PROMOTE / Removes a part from a Assembly Components dialog box in subassembly and makes it an individual assembly files. CTRL-SHIFT-K. part in the parent assembly. CHAMFER / Activates the Chamfer tool. CTRL-N. NEW / Displays the New File dialog box. CTRL-SHIFT-L. LOFT / Activates the Loft tool. CTRL-O. Drawing Manager OPEN / Displays the Open dialog box, CTRL-SHIFT-M.

4 To open an existing file. MIRROR / Activates the Mirror tool. CTRL-P. CTRL-SHIFT-N PRINT / Displays the Print dialog box. NEW SHEET / Inserts a new drawing Placed Features sheet. CTRL-S. SAVE / Displays the Save As dialog box. CTRL-SHIFT-T. LEADER TEXT / Adds notes with leader CTRL-V. lines to a drawing. PASTE / Pastes a cut or copied item from CTRL-SHIFT-O. one location to another. CIRCULAR PATTERN / Opens the Circular Pattern dialog box. CTRL-X. CUT / Cuts selected items. CTRL-SHIFT-R. RECTANGULAR PATTERN / Opens the CTRL-Y Rectangular Pattern dialog box. REDO / Redoes previously undone commands. CTRL-SHIFT-S. SWEEP / Activates the Sweep tool. CTRL-Z. UNDO / Undoes the effects of commands. DELETE . DELETE / Removes the selected item from the model or drawing. QUIT EXIT / Quits the application; prompts to save documents.

5 4. Keyboard SHORTCUT COMMANDS. Sketch View = EQUAL / Constrains curves to equal radius ALT-. USER WORK POINTS VISIBILITY / Makes F5 PREVIOUS VIEW / Returns to the last or length. work points visible. display. F7 SLICE GRAPHICS / Slices away temporarily ALT-] USER WORK PLANE VISIBILITY / Makes F6 HOME VIEW / Rotates objects in the the portion of the model that obscures the work planes visible. graphics window into an isometric plane. orientation. ALT-/ USER WORK AXES VISIBILITY / Makes F8 SHOW ALL CONSTRAINTS / Displays all work axes visible. F10 SKETCH VISIBILITY / Makes sketches constraints. visible. CTRL-. ORIGIN POINTS VISIBILITY / Makes the F9 HIDE ALL CONSTRAINTS / Hides All default origin points visible. HOME ZOOM ALL / Zooms to the extents of all constraints. objects in the graphics window. CTRL-]. ORIGIN PLANE VISIBILITY / Makes the PAGE UP.

6 Default origin planes visible. LOOK AT / Looks at a selected entity. Tools CTRL-/ SHIFT-F3. ORIGIN AXES VISIBILITY / Makes the ZOOM WINDOW / Zooms to the area you default origin axes visible. define with a window. ALT-F8 CTRL-0 TOGGLE SCREEN / Toggles screen. SHIFT-F5. MACROS / Opens the Macros dialog box. NEXT VIEW / Advances to the next view. CTRL-SHIFT-E. ALT-F11 DEGREES OF FREEDOM / Displays SHIFT-MIDDLE MOUSE CLICK. VISUAL BASIC EDITOR / Launches the degrees of freedom. ROTATE / Rotates a model. Microsoft Visual Basic Editor. CTRL-SHIFT-Q. ESC CANCEL / Closes the active tool. IMATE GLYPH / Activates the iMate Glyph tool. F1 HELP / Opens the Inventor help files. CTRL-W. STEERING WHEELS / Displays the Steering Work Features Wheel view tool. ; GROUNDED WORK POINT / Creates a END ZOOM SELECTED / Zooms in on a grounded work point and activates the 3D.

7 Specifically selected item. Move/Rotate tool. F2 PAN / Views areas of the graphics / WORK AXIS / Creates a new work axis. window. (You must hold the [F2] key down.) ] WORK PLANE / Creates a new work plane. F3 ZOOM SELECTED / Realtime zoom in and out of the graphics window. (You must . WORK POINT / Creates a new work hold the [F3] key down.) point. F4 ROTATE / Rotates objects in the graphics window. 5. MULTI-CHARACTER COMMAND ALIASES. Annotation BA AUTO BALLOON / Creates one or more RTB REVISION TABLE / Creates a revision PC PATTERN COMPONENT / Selects one item balloons used to identify components table. or more components to include in the in drawing views. pattern. ST SURFACE TEXTURE SYMBOL / Adds a CAT CATERPILLAR / Adds a weld caterpillar surface texture symbol. RA REPLACE ALL / Replaces all occurrences annotation. of the component in the current assembly.

8 SY symbols / Adds sketched symbols to a CB CENTERLINE BISECTOR / Adds a drawing sheet. V MOVE COMPONENT / Activates the centerline bisector. Move Component command. T TEXT / Activates the text tool in a drawing CL CENTERLINE / Adds a centerline. file. CM CENTER MARK / Adds a center mark. TB TABLE / Creates a table. DI DATUM IDENTIFIER SYMBOL / Adds a datum identifier symbol. WS WELDING SYMBOL / Provides annotation and acts as a grouping mechanism by Cable & Harness referencing multiple beads with a single EF END FILL / Adds a weld end fill annotation welding symbol. AR AUTOMATIC ROUTE / Automatically in a drawing view or on a 3D weld bead routes one or more selected wires into to represent the hatched or filled region segments based on the shortest path indicating the end of a weld bead. through the network and the segment opening that is closest to the wire start Assembly F FEATURE CONTROL FRAME / Places a and endpoints.

9 Feature control frame in drawing files. BR CHECK BEND RADIUS / Checks for bends FI FEATURE IDENTIFIER SYMBOL / Adds a that do not meet the specified minimum feature identifier symbol. C CONSTRAINTS / Adds an assembly bend radius on segments, and routed and constraint. unrouted wires and cables in the active HTF HOLE TABLE-FEATURES / Selects feature set (all punch center instances from a harness assembly. CO COPY COMPONENTS / Creates a copy of single feature). the component. BS BROKEN SKETCH ENTITY / Sets the HTS HOLE TABLE-SELECTION / Selects start point and endpoint for the length to G ROTATE COMPONENT / Activates the recovered punch centers individually. remove from the cable, wire, or segment. Rotate tool. HTV HOLE TABLE-VIEW / Adds a hole table to CA CONNECTOR AUTHORING / Adds Cable IA ANALYZE INTERFERENCE / Analyzes a view.

10 And Harness-specific data to complete the assemblies for interference. definition of connectors for use in Cable LE LEADER TEXT / Adds notes with leader MI MIRROR COMPONENTS / Creates a and Harness. lines to a drawing. mirror component. CC CREATE CABLE / Creates a cable PL PARTS LIST / Creates a parts list. N CREATE COMPONENT / Displays the containing multiple wires that are Create In-Place Component dialog box. connected or terminated to selected pins RT REVISION TAG / Adds revision tags to a within a harness assembly. drawing. P PLACE COMPONENT / Places a component in the current assembly. 6. MULTI-CHARACTER COMMAND ALIASES. Cable & Harness Dimension CF CREATE FOLD / Creates fold. L CABLE & HARNESS LIBRARY / Adds new BD BASELINE DIMENSION / Adds baseline library definitions, and modifies, copies, dimensions. CR CREATE RIBBON CABLE / Creates a and deletes existing library definitions for ribbon cable between a start and end harness objects such as wires, cables, raw BN BEND NOTES / Creates or edits a bend connector.