Keys and mouse actions — ModelCraft help

These are the SketchUp-style keys, the ones ModelCraft starts with. For the other style, see Blender-style keys below and ModelCraft settings.

Shortcuts work when the 3D view or a toolbar button has focus. If you just typed in a panel field or changed a list in Style, click in the 3D view first, or your keys go to that field. See Keys, mice and trackpads for how keys are written on each computer.

Tools

Key	Tool
`SpaceSpace`	Select
`LL`	Line
`RR`	Rectangle
`CC`	Circle
`NN`	Polygon
`PP`	Push/pull
`MM`	Move
`QQ`	Rotate
`SS`	Scale
`EE`	Eraser
`TT`	Tape measure
`DD`	Dimension
`OO`	Orbit
`HH`	Pan
`ZZ`	Zoom

Tool letters work without modifier keys only: ⇧Shift with a letter does nothing, except the two below.

Model and file

Key	Does
`GG`	Make component from the selection
`⇧GShift+G`	Make group from the selection
`⇧ZShift+Z`	Zoom extents (the whole model)
`⌘ZCtrl+Z`	Undo
`⌘YCtrl+Y` or `⇧⌘ZCtrl+Shift+Z`	Redo
`⌘SCtrl+S`	Save (downloads the `.modelcraft` file)
`⌘OCtrl+O`	Open a model
`⌘ACtrl+A`	Select everything (in the open group, if one is open)
`⌘CCtrl+C`	Copy the selection
`⌘XCtrl+X`	Cut the selection
`⌘VCtrl+V`	Paste: the copy follows the pointer, click where it goes
`⇧⌘VCtrl+Shift+V`	Paste in place (where it was copied from)
`⌘DCtrl+D`	Duplicate: a copy moves with the pointer, click to put it down
`fn DeleteDelete` or `DeleteBackspace`	Erase the selection
`fn ↓Page Down` / `fn ↑Page Up`	Next / previous scene
`F1F1`	Open or close this help (also Help in the app bar; `EscEsc` inside the help closes it)
`⌃⇧FCtrl+Shift+F`	Screen mode: full screen, then bars hidden, then normal (Control on a Mac too)

Esc

EscEsc backs out one level each time you press it:

Cancels what the tool is in the middle of (a line being drawn, a push/pull, a move). Everything goes back.
Switches to Select.
Clears the selection.
Closes the group you are editing.

It also stops scenes from playing. In the value box, EscEsc clears what you typed and returns to the view.

While a tool is working

Key	Does
A digit, or one of `. , - ' " [ < * /`	Starts typing in the value box
`ReturnEnter`	Applies what you typed in the value box
`→→`	Locks to the red axis (press again to unlock)
`←←`	Locks to the green axis
`↑↑`	Locks to the blue axis
`↓↓`	Locks parallel to the last edge you hovered before the first click
Hold `⇧Shift`	Holds the direction you are snapped to, while held
`⌃Ctrl`, `⌘Ctrl` or `⌥Alt` (Move)	Switches between moving and copying

Arrow-key locks work in Line, Rectangle, Circle, Polygon, Move, Scale and Tape (when measuring from a point), after the first click. Push/pull always moves along the face's direction and has no locks. In Rotate the arrow keys show a "Locked" message after the first click but do not change the turn.

Arrow keys at other times

When no tool is in the middle of something, the arrow keys move the camera:

Key	Does
`←←` `→→` `↑↑` `↓↓`	Orbit
`⇧Shift` with an arrow	Pan

Mouse

Action	Does
Click	Uses the current tool
Press, drag, release	Same as two clicks (for drawing tools); a box selection (for Select); erases along the way (for Eraser)
Double-click	Select: face with its edges, edge with its faces, opens a group; empty space closes the group. Push/pull: repeats the last distance
Triple-click	Select: everything connected
`⇧Shift` + click	Select: toggle in and out of the selection
`⌘Ctrl` + click	Select: add to the selection
`⇧Shift` + `⌘Ctrl` + click	Select: remove from the selection
Middle-button drag	Orbit, with any tool
`⇧Shift` + middle-button drag	Pan, with any tool
Right-button drag	Pan, with any tool
Wheel	Zoom toward the pointer

There is no right-click menu.

Trackpad

What a two-finger swipe does depends on Settings › ModelCraft › Scrolling:

Gesture	Trackpad (or worked out)	Mouse wheel
Two-finger swipe	Orbit	Zoom toward the pointer
`⇧Shift` + two-finger swipe	Pan	Zoom
Pinch	Zoom toward the pointer	Zoom toward the pointer
Two-finger press and drag (secondary click held)	Pan	Pan

See Orbit, pan and zoom and ModelCraft settings.

Blender-style keys

With Settings › ModelCraft › Controls set to Blender style:

Key	Does
`WW` or `SpaceSpace`	Select
`LL` / `BB` / `CC` / `NN`	Line / Rectangle / Circle / Polygon
`EE`	Push/pull (extrude)
`TT`	Tape measure
`DD`	Dimension
`GG`	Move the selection at once, from the pointer
`RR`	Rotate the selection about its middle (blue axis)
`SS`	Scale the selection about its middle
`XX` / `YY` / `ZZ` while moving or rotating	Lock the red / green / blue axis (again to unlock)
Click or `ReturnEnter`	Put it down
`EscEsc` or right-click	Put it back
`⇧DShift+D`	Duplicate and move the copy
`XX` or `fn DeleteDelete`	Delete the selection
`AA` / `⌥AAlt+A`	Select all / select nothing
`TabTab`	Open the selected group or component; again to close it
`⌘GCtrl+G` / `⇧⌘GCtrl+Shift+G`	Make group / make component
Numpad `11` / `33` / `77`	Front / right / top view (`⌘Ctrl` for back / left / bottom)
Numpad `55`	Perspective on or off
Numpad `..`	Zoom to the selection
`fn ←Home` or `⇧CShift+C`	Zoom extents
`⇧ TabShift+Tab`	Snapping on or off
Middle-button drag / with `⇧Shift` / with `⌘Ctrl`	Orbit / pan / zoom
`⌥Alt` + drag / `⌥⇧Alt+Shift` + drag	Orbit / pan (no middle button needed)

Copy, paste, undo, save and open keep the keys listed above. Typed values, the value box and Push/pull work the same in both styles.

Touch screen

Gesture	Does
Tap	A click with the current tool
Double-tap	A double-click
Press, drag, lift	Same as press, drag, release with a mouse
Two fingers: pinch	Zoom
Two fingers: move together	Pan
A second finger during a one-finger action	Cancels that action
Orbit tool, then drag one finger	Orbit

To type a value on a touch screen, tap the value box at the bottom, type, and press the keyboard's Enter (or Go) key.