FormIt – Primary Keyboard Short Cuts (Part 2)

By Garry Stockton

As with all CAD applications, there are keyboard shortcut keys that can give efficiency when using your application of choice. FormIt is no different, below you’ll find some of the most useful:

Group:

Edit Group  E

Edit Group E G

Edit Group (G E

Finish Group Action F

Group G

Group Alt+G

Make Unique M U

UnGroup U

UnGroup Alt+U

UnGroup All (U A

UnGroup Model U M

Levels:

Display Levels D L

Use Levels U L

Primitive Shapes:

Cube Alt+B

Cylinder Alt+Y

Dome Alt+D

Prism Alt+R

Pyramid Alt+P

Selection Filter:

Edges E S

Faces F S

Groups G S

Solids S S

Solar Analysis:

Enter Solar Analysis Mode S A

Tools:

Array A R

Cover C V

Cut Geometry (Context Menu) C C

Cut Geometry (Toolbar) C G

Tools:

Extrude Edges E E

Fillet F I

Join Geometry J G

Lasso Select L L

Loft Edges L O

Measure M E

Measure Angle M A

Merge Edges and Vertices M G

Mirror M I

Move M

Offset Edges O E

Offset Face O F

Offset Solid O S

Paint With Material P T

Reverse Faces F F

Rotate Q

Scale S C

Section Plane S P

Set Location S L

Shell S H

Smooth Edges S E

Sweep S W

Taper Face T F

Unsmooth Edges U E

3D View Z D

First Person Fly-Through F T

Orbit Camera O

Pan Camera P

Swivel Camera S V

Top Z T

Zoom All Z A

Zoom All Z E

Zoom All Images Z I

Zoom Camera Z

Zoom Selection Z S