FormIt – Primary Keyboard Short Cuts (Part 1)

By Garry Stockton

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

Application Settings:

• Display Dimensions D D
• Pre-selection Highlight P S
• Show Edited Group Only H
• Snap to Grid S G

Collaboration:

• Invite to Session C I
• Join Session C J
• Start Session C S

Display:

• Ambient Shadows D A
• Axes D Z
• Back faces D B
• Edges D E
• Extend Lines D X
• Grid D G
• Ground Plane D P
• Group bounding boxes B B
• Hidden Lines D H
• Monotone Surfaces D M
• North Arrow D N

Draw:

• Arc by center and radius A C
• Arc by three arc points A
• Circle C
• Line L
• Rectangle R
• Spline S

Edit:

• Copy Ctrl+C
• Cut Ctrl+X
• Delete Delete
• Paste Ctrl+V
• Paste In Place Ctrl+Shift+V
• Redo Ctrl+Y
• Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z
• Reset Axes R Z
• Select All Ctrl+A
• Set Axes S Z
• Undo Ctrl+Z
• Watertight Issues D W

File:

• Export Model To... Ctrl+E
• Import 3D Model... Ctrl+I
• Import Image... Ctrl+Shift+I
• New Ctrl+N
• Open from BIM 360 Docs... Alt+O
• Open.. Ctrl+O
• Save As to BIM 360 Docs... Shift+Alt+S
• Save As... Ctrl+Shift+S
• Save Copy... Ctrl+S Ctrl+C
• Save to BIM 360 Docs... Alt+S
• Save with History... Ctrl+S Ctrl+H
• Save.. Ctrl+S…………………