A list with almost all CATIA V6 Shortcuts. These shortcuts works also in CATIA V5 but not all. At the end of this article you’ll find the PDF to download with all commands from this article.
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These shortcuts are specific to Bend Part Design.
Specific Keyboard Shortcuts
| To… | Press… |
| Switch between the Fold and Unfold views. | Alt+F or Alt+U |
| View the parameters | Alt+S |
| Create Dxf file | Alt+D |
| Check overlapping | Alt+O |
| Minimize or maximize the Robot | Ctrl+M |
Standard Keyboard Shortcuts
These shortcuts are standard shortcuts.
| To… | Press… |
| Undo the last action | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo the last undo action | Ctrl+Y |
| Exit commands | Esc |
| Delete selected items from your document | Delete |
| Display the specification tree | F3 |
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Specific Search Shortcuts for Work Instructions Planning
In the V6 database, you can search the work instruction references.
| To search for… | Use… |
| Alert work instruction references | wia |
| Data collect work instruction references | wid |
| Instruction work instruction references | wit |
| Sign off work instruction references | wis |
General Search Shortcuts
Work instruction planning references are part of, or associated with, other objects in a PPR context. This table provides the searchable objects and search shortcuts related to Work Instructions Planning.
| To search for… | Use… |
| Catalogs | catalog |
| Parts | prt |
| PPR Contexts | ppr |
| Processes | prcs |
| Production operations | mope |
| Production systems | msys |
| Products | prd |
| Resources | rsc |
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These shortcuts are specific to Bend Part Design.
Specific Keyboard Shortcuts
| To … | Press … |
| Activate the Building Slicer. | Ctrl+F8 |
| Activate the Building Estimator and see the elevation, area and volume of each story. | Shift+F8 |
| Change the stairs position of 90°. | Space Bar |
| Lock/specify dimensions while drawing. | Space Bar |
| Lock the smart grid to the current plane when pointing to a planar face before starting to draw (Draw on the grid). | Ctrl |
| Manage smart grid orientation before using Draw when pointing to an edge. | Shift |
| Align smart grid gridlines to the nearest edge before using Draw when underlying geometry is a planar face. | Shift |
| Turn off Snap-to-grid behavior while drawing (Draw). | Shift |
| Hide/show the Navigator tool. | F8 |
| Edit the clipboard. | F2 |
| Duplicate shapes and objects before making your selection via the Robot. | Ctrl |
| Switch between open profile tools (Line, Arc, etc.) while drawing. | Tab |
| Move the viewpoint forward during a walkthrough experience. | Up arrow |
| Move the viewpoint backward during a walkthrough experience. | Down arrow |
| Turn the viewpoint to the left during a walkthrough experience. | Left arrow |
| Turn the viewpoint to the right during a walkthrough experience. | Right arrow |
| Move the viewpoint forward at running speed during a walkthrough experience. | Ctrl+Up arrow |
| Move the viewpoint backward at running speed during a walkthrough experience. | Ctrl+Down arrow |
Standard Keyboard Shortcuts
| To … | Press … |
| Copy selected items to the Live Buildings clipboard | Ctrl+C |
| Paste the last item added to the Live Buildings clipboard into the current document | Ctrl+V |
| Remove selected items from your document and place them in the clipboard | Ctrl+X |
| Undo the last action | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo the last undo action | Ctrl+Y |
| Exit commands | Esc |
| Delete selected items from your document | Del |
| Display the tree | F3 |
Keyboard Shortcuts for Walkthrough Experience
| To… | Press… |
| Move forward | either Up, Z (on a AZERTY keyboard), or W (on a QWERTY keyboard) |
| Move backward | either Down or S |
| Turn left | either Left, Q (on a AZERTY keyboard), or A (on a QWERTY keyboard) |
| Turn right | either Right or D |
| Run forward | Ctrl+Up |
| Run backward | Ctrl+Down |
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Keyboard shortcuts save you time when using Live Compose.
Specific Keyboard Shortcuts
| To … | Press… |
| Duplicate shapes and objects before making your selection via the Robot | Ctrl |
| Turn off the automatic recognition of geometrical relationships when moving 3D parts with the Robot. | Shift |
| Edit the clipboard | F2 |
| Add to my selection | Alt+B |
Standard Keyboard Shortcuts
| To … | Press… |
| Copy selected items to the clipboard.
The clipboard holds a maximum of 12 items. |
Ctrl+C |
| Paste the last item added to the clipboard into the current document | Ctrl+V |
| Remove selected items from your document and place them in the clipboard | Ctrl+X |
| Undo the last action | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo the last undo action | Ctrl+Y |
| Exit commands | Esc |
| Delete selected items from your document | Delete |
| Display the Tree | F3 |
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Keyboard shortcuts save you time when using Live Shape.
Specific Keyboard Shortcuts
| To … | Press… |
| Switch between the three Robot planes to define the support plane before starting to draw (Draw on Grid ). | Left or Right Arrow |
| Lock the smart grid to the current plane when pointing to a planar face before starting to draw (Draw on Grid ). | Spacebar |
| Manage smart grid orientation before using Draw when pointing to an edge. | Shift |
| Turn off Snap-to-grid behavior while drawing (Draw). | Ctrl |
| Turn off automatic detection of geometric relationships while drawing (Draw ). | Shift |
| Switch between open profile tools (Line, Arc, etc.) while drawing | Tab |
| Reverse arc orientation while creating it (Draw > Arc) | Shift |
| Specify values (rectangle dimensions, circle and sphere radius, and line and cylinder length) when drawing or creating shapes. | Spacebar |
| Duplicate shapes and objects before making your selection via the Robot | Ctrl |
| Turn off the automatic recognition of geometrical relationships when moving 3D parts with the Robot. | Shift |
| Edit the clipboard | F2 |
| Add to my selection | Alt+B |
Standard Keyboard Shortcuts
| To … | Press… |
| Copy selected items to the clipboard.
The clipboard holds a maximum of 12 items. |
Ctrl+C |
| Paste the last item added to the clipboard into the current document | Ctrl+V |
| Remove selected items from your document and place them in the clipboard | Ctrl+X |
| Undo the last action | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo the last undo action | Ctrl+Y |
| Exit commands | Esc |
| Delete selected items from your document | Delete |
| Display the Tree | F3 |
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Keyboard shortcuts save you time when using Natural Sketch.
| To… | Press… |
| Launch the View Render Style dialog box and choose between the Perspective and Parallel view type. | F2 |
| Launch the view selection and choose between front, top, bottom, left or right view. | F4 |
| Translate the plane in increments of 10 mm, or rotate the plane in increments of 15 deg, when manipulating the drawing plane (in the Select Plane or Symmetry command). | Shift |
| Force the translation in a single direction, when manipulating the drawing plane (in the Select Plane or Symmetry command). | Alt * |
| Activate Trace Over in order to refine the closest curve, when using the Pen or the Primitives command. | (and hold down) Alt. |
| Add newly selected elements to those already selected, when using the Transform command. | Ctrl |
| Translate the 3D manipulator in increments of 10 mm, or rotate the 3D manipulator in increments of 15 deg, when using the Transform command. | Shift |
| Activate Symmetry, when using the Transform command. | Alt * |
| Force the translation in a single direction, when using the Transform command. | Alt * |
| To snap the 3D manipulator onto the nearest canonical plane. | Double-click the manipulator plane. |
| * Can be used in combination with Shift. |
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You can use a list of keyboard shortcuts to run commands more quickly.
Important: Clicking an icon lets you run the command associated with that icon only once. However, double-clicking an icon lets you use the associated command as many times as you want without having to click the icon several times.
| Use this key (or combination)… | To… |
| Escape | Exit the current dialog box (when there is one) |
| F1 | Get contextual online help |
| Shift + F1 | Get help on toolbar icons |
| Shift + F2 | Toggle the Tree overview on and off |
| F3 | Toggle Tree display on and off |
| Alt + F8 | Run macros |
| Shift + F3 | Activate the graph if the model is active and inversely |
| Home | Display the top of the graph |
| End | Display the bottom of the graph |
| Page Up | Relocate the graph one page up |
| Page Down | Relocate the graph one page down |
| Ctrl + Page Up | Zoom in the graph |
| Ctrl + Page Down | Zoom out the graph |
| Up arrow | Relocate the graph 1/10th (one tenth) of a page to the top |
| Down arrow | Relocate the graph 1/10th (one tenth) of a page to the bottom |
| Left arrow | Relocate the graph 1/10th (one tenth) of a page to the left |
| Right arrow | Relocate the graph 1/10th (one tenth) of a page to the right |
| Ctrl + Tab | Swap active document windows |
| Ctrl + A | Select all lines in a list (when multiselection is supported) |
| Alt + Enter | Run the Properties… command |
| Ctrl + C | Run the Copy command |
| Ctrl + F | Run the Find… command |
| Ctrl + G | Run the Selection Sets… command |
| Ctrl + N | Run the New… command |
| Ctrl + P | Run the Print… command |
| Ctrl + S | Run the Propagate… command with the user interface |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Run the Propagate… command without the user interface |
| Ctrl + V | Run the Paste command |
| Ctrl + X | Run the Cut command |
| Ctrl + Y | Run the Redo command |
| Ctrl + Z | Run the Undo command |
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The following is a table of keyboard shortcuts you can use to run commands more quickly.
| Use this key… | To… |
| Escape | Exit the current dialog box (when there is one) |
| F1 | Get contextual online help |
| Ctrl + Page Up | Zoom in the visual representations |
| Ctrl + Page Down | Zoom out the visual representations |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the top |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the bottom |
| Ctrl + Left Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the left |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the right |
| Ctrl + Tab | Translate the visual representations one tenth of a page to the top |
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Keyboard shortcuts save you time when using CATIA Live Rendering.
| To… | Press… |
| Start rendering your object. | Ctrl + Alt + R |
| Start rendering in batch mode. | Ctrl + Alt + B |
| Display the queue monitor for the rendering in batch mode. | Ctrl + Alt + Q |
| Open the material window. | Ctrl + Alt + M |
| Open the ambience window. | Ctrl + Alt + A |
| Create a camera. | Ctrl + Shift + C |
| Activate the camera viewpoints. | Ctrl + Alt + C |
| Modify the view angle. | Ctrl + Alt + V |
| Access the rendering options. | Ctrl + Alt + O |
| Suspend the rendering and displays a button in the middle of the screen. | Ctrl + Alt + P |
| Save the rendered image on disk. | Ctrl + Alt + D |
| Propage the rendered image. | Ctrl + Alt + S |
| Activate/Deactivate the gravitational effect. | Ctrl + Alt + G |
| Display the HUD information while rendering. | Ctrl + Alt + I |
| Display or hide the help panel. | Ctrl + Alt + H |
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The following is a table of keyboard shortcuts you can use to run commands more quickly.
| Use this key… | To… |
| Escape | Exit the current dialog box (when there is one) |
| F1 | Get contextual online help |
| F3 | Toggle tree display on and off |
| F5 | Toggle object labels display on and off |
| Ctrl + Page Up | Zoom in the visual representations |
| Ctrl + Page Down | Zoom out the visual representations |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the top |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the bottom |
| Ctrl + Left Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the left |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow | Translate the visual representations to the right |
| Ctrl + Tab | Change between application windows opened in the session |
| Alt + Enter | Run the Properties… command |
| Alt + F8 | Adjust column size to full width |
| Ctrl + C | Run the Copy command (available only for textual information in dialog boxes) |
| Ctrl + V | Run the Paste command (available only for textual information in dialog boxes) |
| Ctrl + X | Run the Cut command (available only for textual information in dialog boxes) |
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Here are some tips for a better use of the keyboard.
| Key | Command | Action |
| Shift | Activate, Remove (Pick or Brush), Split a Mesh or a Cloud | Deselects selected elements |
| Shift | Align using the robot | Moves the Robot without moving the cloud |
| Shift | 3D Curve | Activates/de-activates the Snap on elements option |
| Ctrl | Scan on Cloud | Previews the scan being created |
| Ctrl | Curve from Scans | Moves the split points |
| Ctrl | 3D Curve | Projects a point on its constraining element |
Download the free PDF list of CATIA V6 Keyboard Shortcuts
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