Sunday, September 2, 2007

Keyboard shortcuts in LT

For many seasoned users, using keyboard shortcuts and keys is preferred over hunting for toolbar buttons. Many such keyboard strokes are built into the program, here is a short list of the most popular:
CTRL+0 Toggles Clean Screen
CTRL+1 Toggles Properties palette
CTRL+2 Toggles DesignCenter
CTRL+3 Toggles the Tool Palettes Window
CTRL+7 Toggles Markup Set Manager
CTRL+8 Toggles the QuickCalc calculator palette
CTRL+9 Toggles the command window

CTRL+A Selects objects in drawing
CTRL+SHIFT+A Toggles Groups
CTRL+B Toggles Snap
CTRL+C Copies objects to Clipboard
CTRL+SHIFT+C Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point
CTRL+E Cycles through isometric planes
CTRL+F Toggles running object snaps
CTRL+G Toggles Grid
CTRL+H Toggles PICKSTYLE
CTRL+I Toggles COORDS
CTRL+J Repeats last command
CTRL+L Toggles Ortho mode
CTRL+M Repeats last command
CTRL+N Creates a new drawing
CTRL+O Opens existing drawing
CTRL+P Prints current drawing
CTRL+R Cycles layout viewports
CTRL+S Saves current drawing
CTRL+SHIFT+S Brings up the Save As dialog box
CTRL+T Toggles Tablet mode
CTRL+V Pastes data from Clipboard
CTRL+SHIFT+V Pastes data from Clipboard as a Block
CTRL+X Cuts objects to Clipboard
CTRL+Y Cancels the preceding Undo action
CTRL+Z Reverses last action

CTRL+[ Cancels current command
CTRL+\ Cancels current command
CTRL+TAB Cycles through all open DWG files in your current LT session
CTRL+PAGE UP Moves to the next layout tab to the left of the current tab
CTRL+PAGE DOWN Moves to the next layout tab to the right of the current tab

F1 Displays Help
F2 Toggles Text Window
F3 Toggles OSNAP
F4 Toggles TABMODE
F5 Toggles ISOPLANE
F7 Toggles GRIDMODE
F8 Toggles ORTHOMODE
F9 Toggles SNAPMODE
F10 Toggles Polar Tracking
F11 Toggles Object Snap Tracking
F12 Toggles Dynamic Input

ALT+TAB Cycles through all of your open Programs in Windows.

Temporary override key:

F3 Toggles OSNAP
F8 Toggles ORTHOMODE
F9 Toggles SNAPMODE
F10 Toggles Polar Tracking
F11 Toggles Object Snap Tracking
F12 Toggles Dynamic Input

SHIFT Toggles ORTHOMODE
SHIFT+’ Toggles SNAPMODE
SHIFT+, Object Snap Override: Center
SHIFT+. Toggles Polar Tracking
SHIFT+; Enables Object Snap Enforcement
SHIFT+] Toggles Object Snap Tracking

SHIFT+A Toggles OSNAP
SHIFT+C Object Snap Override: Center
SHIFT+D Disable All Snapping and Tracking
SHIFT+E Object Snap Override: Endpoint
SHIFT+L Disable All Snapping and Tracking
SHIFT+M Object Snap Override: Midpoint
SHIFT+P Object Snap Override: Endpoint
SHIFT+Q Toggles Object Snap Tracking
SHIFT+S Enables Object Snap Enforcement
SHIFT+V Object Snap Override: Midpoint
SHIFT+X Toggles Polar Tracking ◦
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