Sick of searching for icons on screen to do certain commands? Ever wonder if there was a quicker way of doing a certain command?
Check out our list of Navisworks default shortcuts and pick which ones you think would be useful:
| General Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Default Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
| PgUp | Zooms to view all objects in the Scene View. |
| PgDn | Zooms to magnify all selected objects in the Scene View. |
| HOME | Takes you to Home view. This keyboard shortcut only applies to the Scene View windows. This means it will only work when this window has focus. |
| ESC | Deselects everything. |
| SHIFT | Used to modify the middle mouse button actions. |
| CTRL | Used to modify the middle mouse button actions. |
| ALT | Turns the keytips on or off. |
| ALT + F4 | Closes the currently active dockable window when it is undocked, or exits the application if the main application window is active. |
| CTRL + 0 | Turns on Turntable mode. |
| CTRL + 1 | Turns on Select mode. |
| CTRL + 2 | Turns on Walk mode. |
| CTRL + 3 | Turns on Look Around mode. |
| CTRL + 4 | Turns on Zoom mode. |
| CTRL + 5 | Turns on Zoom Window mode. |
| CTRL + 6 | Turns on Pan mode. |
| CTRL + 7 | Turns on Orbit mode. |
| CTRL + 8 | Turns on Free Orbit mode. |
| CTRL + 9 | Turns on Fly mode. |
| CTRL + D | Toggles Collision mode. You must be in appropriate navigation mode (that is, Walk or Fly) for this keyboard shortcut to work. |
| CTRL + F | Displays the Quick Find dialog box. |
| CTRL + G | Toggles Gravity mode. |
| CTRL + H | Toggles Hidden mode for selected items. |
| CTRL + I | Displays the Insert From File dialog box. |
| CTRL + N | Resets the program, closes the currently open Autodesk Navisworks file, and creates a new file. |
| CTRL + O | Displays the Open dialog box. |
| CTRL + P | Displays the Print dialog box. |
| CTRL + R | Toggles Require mode for selected items. |
| CTRL + T | Toggles Third Person mode. |
| CTRL + Y | Reverses the last operation performed by the Undo command. |
| CTRL + Z | Reverses the last performed operation. |
| CTRL + PgUp | Displays the previous sheet. |
| CTRL + PgDn | Displays the next sheet. |
| CTRL + F1 | Opens the Help system. |
| CTRL + F3 | Toggles the TimeLiner Playback window. |
| CTRL + F7 | Toggles the Tilt window. |
| CTRL + F9 | Toggles the Plan View window. |
| CTRL + F10 | Toggles the Section View window. |
| CTRL + F11 | Toggles the Saved Viewpoints window. |
| CTRL + F12 | Toggles the Selection Tree window. |
| CTRL + HOME | Dollies and pans the camera so that the entire model is in view. |
| CTRL + Right Arrow | Play selected animation. |
| CTRL + Left Arrow | Reverse Play selected animation. |
| CTRL + SHIFT + HOME | Sets current view as Home. |
| CTRL + SHIFT + END | Sets current view as Front. |
| CTRL + SHIFT + Left Arrow | Takes you to the previous redline tag. |
| CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow | Takes you to the next redline tag. |
| CTRL + SHIFT + Up Arrow | Takes you to the first redline tag. |
| CTRL + SHIFT + Down Arrow | Takes you to the last redline tag. |
| F1 | Opens the Help system. |
| F2 | Renames the selected item, when appropriate. |
| F3 | Repeats the previously run Quick Find search. |
| F11 | Toggles Full Screen mode. |
| F12 | Opens the Options Editor. |
| SHIFT + W | Opens the last used SteeringWheel. |
| SHIFT + F1 | Enables you to get context-sensitive help. |
| SHIFT + F6 | Toggles the Comments window. |
| SHIFT + F7 | Toggles the Properties window. |
| SHIFT + F10 | Opens a context menu. |
| SHIFT + F11 | Opens the File Options dialog box. |
| Shortcuts for TimeLiner Tasks or Simulate tabs | |
|---|---|
| Default Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
| ESC | Cancels the current edits. |
| F2 | Starts editing the selected field. |
| ANY CHARACTER | Starts editing the selected field. |
| RIGHT ARROW | Moves the selection to the next right field, unless the current field is in a tree column that can be expanded. In this case, it expands the row. |
| LEFT ARROW | Moves the selection to the next left field, unless the current field is in a tree column that can be expanded. In this case, it expands the row. |
| UP/DOWN ARROW | Selects the row above/below the current row |
| SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW | Extends the selection to the row above/below the current row. |
| CTRL+UP/DOWN ARROW | Moves the current row up/down without changing selection. |
| HOME | Selects the first row. |
| SHIFT+HOME | Extends the selection from the selection anchor to the first row. |
| CTRL+HOME | Moves the current row to the first row without changing selection. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+HOME | Adds the rows from the current row to the first row to the selection. |
| END | Selects the last row. |
| SHIFT+END | Extends the selection from the selection anchor to the end. |
| CTRL+END | Moves the current row to the last row without changing selection. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+END | Adds the rows from the current row to the last row to the selection. |
| PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN | Selects the row one page above/below the current row. |
| SHIFT+PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN | Extends the selection one page up/down. |
| CTRL+PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN | Moves the current row one page up/down without changing the selection. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+PAGEUP/DOWN | Adds one page up/down from the current row to the selection. |
| * | Expands the entire subtree, starting from the current cell. Can also be used to expand Viewpoints. |
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