Most commonly used commands in a modeling tool have shortcut keys, allowing you to access the commands quicker. However, you can assign custom shortcut keys to modeling tool commands and change or remove already-existing shortcut keys.
To assign a new shortcut key to a command
- From the main menu of a modeling tool, select Options > Environment. The Environment Options dialog opens.
- From the option group list on the left side of the dialog, select Keyboard.
Search for the command you need to assign a shortcut key to.
You can also search by the shortcut keys. |
- In the Press new shortcut key box, press the shortcut you want to assign. Do not type the shortcut, but press the keys as you would when executing the command.
- Click the Assign button. The assigned shortcut appears in the Current keys box.
- Click OK.
The shortcut key is then assigned to the selected command and you can start using it. Assigning a shortcut key.- You can assign multiple shortcut keys to one command.
- If you enter a shortcut key that is already assigned to another command, a notification appears under the Press new shortcut key box.
- If you assign a shortcut key that is already assigned to another command, the shortcut key is automatically unassigned from that command and assigned to the new one.
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Removing shortcut keys
You can remove both default and custom shortcut keys.
To remove a shortcut key
- From the main menu of the modeling tool, select Options > Environment. The Environment Options dialog opens.
- From the option group list on the left side of the dialog, select Keyboard.
Search for the command you need to assign a shortcut key to. You can also search by the shortcut keys. |
- In the Current keys box, select the shortcut key you want to remove.
- Click the Remove button. To remove all shortcut keys assigned to the selected command, click the Remove All button.
- Click OK.
To restore all shortcut keys to their default values, open the Environment Options dialog, select Keyboard, and click Reset to Defaults. |
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