Are you avoiding a key BricsCAD performance tool?
Are you a BricsCAD user who favors using menus over using the keyboard for command input? If you are, you might want to reconsider. You need to know that the most often used commands in BricsCAD have fast keyboard equivalents. These keyboard shortcuts can be a great performance enhancer, especially when toggling settings. To help you get started using them, we’ve created a map of BricsCAD’s keyboard shortcuts.
Your computer’s keyboard is sitting right in front of you – don’t ignore it! Using BricsCAD keyboard shortcuts can boost your productivity over using menus alone. You can do things much faster with keyboard shortcuts then you can by clicking through multiple menu panels. Don’t waste any more of your precious time – get to know the time-saving BricsCAD keyboard shortcuts. At Bricsys, we’re all about speeding your CAD workflow.
An easy-to-print PDF version of the BricsCAD keyboard shortcut map is available here.
The following keyboard shortcuts are available:
Keyboard |
Description |
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F1 |
Opens the BricsCAD Help. |
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F2 |
Toggles the display of the Prompt History window. |
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F3 |
Toggles Entity Snaps. |
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F4 |
Toggles the tablet mode. |
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F5 |
Sets the isoplane (see Using Isometric snap). |
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F6 |
Toggles the Dynamic UCS feature. |
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F7 |
Toggles the display of the grid. |
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F8 |
Toggles the Ortho setting. Disables Polar Tracking, if on. |
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F9 |
Toggles the Snap setting. |
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F10 |
Toggles the Polar Tracking setting. Disables Ortho, if on. |
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F11 |
Toggles the Entity Snap Tracking setting. |
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F12 |
Toggles the Quad display. |
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Alt+F8 |
Launches the VBARUN command. |
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Alt+F11 |
Launches the VBAIDE command. |
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Ctrl+1* |
Toggles the properties bar. |
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Ctrl+2* |
Opens the Drawing Explorer. |
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Ctrl+9* |
Toggles the display of the command bar. |
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Ctrl+0* |
Toggles the display of user interface entities as specified by the SCREENCLEANOPTIONS system variable. Executes the CLEANSCREENON and CLEANSCREENOFF commands. |
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Ctrl+A |
Selects all entities. |
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Ctrl+B |
Toggles the Snap setting. |
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Ctrl+C |
Copies the selection to the clipboard (COPYCLIP command). |
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Ctrl+Shift+C |
Copies the selection along with a base point (COPYBASE command). |
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Ctrl+E |
Sets the isoplane (see Using Isometric snap). |
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Ctrl+F |
Launches the FIND command. |
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Ctrl+G |
Toggles the display of the grid. |
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Ctrl+H |
Toggles the value of the PICKSTYLE system variable, which controls the selection of groups and associative hatches. |
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Ctrl+I |
Sets the readout of the coordinate field in the status bar. |
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Ctrl+J |
Repeats the previously issued command. |
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Ctrl+K |
Attach a hyperlink to an object or modify an existing hyperlink (HYPERLINK command). |
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Ctrl+L |
Toggles the Ortho setting. |
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Ctrl+M |
Repeats the previously issued command. |
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Ctrl+N |
Creates a new drawing (NEW command). |
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Ctrl+O |
Opens an existing drawing (OPEN command). |
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Ctrl+P |
Prints the current drawing (PRINT command). |
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Ctrl+Shift+P |
Toggles the properties bar. |
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Ctrl+Q |
Quits the application; prompts to save changes (QUIT command). |
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Ctrl+R |
Iterates through viewports. |
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Ctrl+S |
Saves the current drawing (QSAVE command). |
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Ctrl+T |
Turns the tablet on/off. |
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Ctrl+V |
Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the drawing (PASTECLIP command). |
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Ctrl+Alt+V |
Pastes the contents of the Clipboard in a specified format (PASTESPEC command). |
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Ctrl+Shift+V |
Pastes the contents of the Clipboard as a block (PASTEBLOCK command). |
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Ctrl+X |
Cuts the selection and puts it on the clipboard (CUTCLIP command). |
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Ctrl+Y |
Redoes the last action undone (REDO command). |
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Ctrl+Z |
Undoes the last action (UNDO command). |
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Ctrl+[ |
Cancels the running command. |
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Ctrl+\ |
Cancels the running command. |
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Shift+F2 |
Toggles the display of the command bar. |
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Shift+F3 |
Turns the Status Bar on/off (STATBAR command). |
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Shift+F4 |
Turns the Scroll Bars on/off (SCROLLBAR command). |
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Shift+F8 |
Launches the Visual Basic Project Manager (VBAMAN command). |
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Shift+F11 |
Launches the VBA COM Add-In Manager (ADDINMAN command). |
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PgUp |
Moves the view up. |
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PgDn |
Moves the view down. |
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Shift+Left Arrow |
Moves the view to the left. |
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Shift+Right Arrow |
Moves the view to the right. |
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Shift+Up Arrow |
Moves the view up. |
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Shift+Down Arrow |
Moves the view down. |
* Do not use the numeric keypad.
On AZERTY-keyboards: do not press the Shift-key when hitting the number key.
