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BricsCAD 23 keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 11/9/2023 on https://defkey.com/bricscad-23-shortcuts

BricsCAD is computer-aided design (CAD) software. It can run on Windows,
Linux and macOS. The software can be tried free for 30 days before buying
one of the five editions.

BricsCAD 23 has 67 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



General
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F1                      Open help
F2                      Toggle the display of the Prompt History window
F3                      Toggle the entity snaps ON/OFF
F4                      Toggles the 3D entity snaps ON/OFF
F5                      Sets the isometric plane; toggles the value of the SNAPISOPAIR setting
F6                      Toggles the Dynamic UCS feature
F7                      Toggles the display of the grid (see the GRIDMODE setting)
F8                      Toggles the ORTHOMODE setting ON/OFF
F9                      Toggles Snap ON/OFF (see the SNAP command)
F10                     Toggles the Polar Tracking setting. Sets the ORTHOMODE setting OFF, if ON
F11                     Toggles the Entity Snap Tracking setting.
F12                     Toggles the display of the Quad cursor menu.
Alt + F8                Launches the VBARUN command.
Alt + F11               Launches the VBAIDE command.
Ctrl + 1                Toggle the Properties panel
Ctrl + 2                Open the Drawing Explorer dialog box
Ctrl + 9                Toggle the display of the Command line
Ctrl + 0                Toggles the display of user interface entities as specified by the
CLEANSCREENOPTIONS setting
Ctrl + A                Selects all entities
Ctrl + B                Toggles Snap ON/OFF (see the SNAP command)
Ctrl + C                Copies the selection to the clipboard (COPYCLIP command)
Ctrl + Shift + C        Copies the selection along with a base point (COPYBASE command)
Ctrl + E                Sets the isometric plane; iterates the value of the SNAPISOPAIR setting
Ctrl + F                Launches the FIND command.
Ctrl + G                Toggles the display of the grid (GRIDMODE setting).
Ctrl + H                Toggles the value of the PICKSTYLE setting, which controls the selection of
groups and associative hatches.
Ctrl + I                Sets the readout of the coordinate field in the Status bar (COORDS
setting).
Ctrl + J                Repeats the previously issued command.
Ctrl + K                Attach a hyperlink to an object or modify an existing hyperlink (HYPERLINK
command).
Ctrl + L                Toggles the ORTHO setting
Ctrl + M                Repeats the previously issued command
Ctrl + N                Creates a new drawing (NEW command)
Ctrl + O                Opens an existing drawing (OPEN command)
Ctrl + P                Prints the current drawing (PRINT command)
Ctrl + Shift + P        Toggles the display of the Properties panel (PROPERTIES command and
PROPERTIESCLOSE command)
Ctrl + Q                Quits the application; prompts to save changes (QUIT command)
Ctrl + R                Iterates through viewports
Ctrl + S                Saves the current drawing (QSAVE command)
Ctrl + T                Turns the tablet on/off (TABLET command)
Ctrl + V                Pastes the contents of the Clipboard. (PASTECLIP command)
Ctrl + Alt + V          Pastes the contents of the Clipboard in a specified format (PASTESPEC
command)
Ctrl + Shift + V        Pastes the contents of the Clipboard as a block (PASTEBLOCK command)
Ctrl + X                Cuts the selection and puts it on the clipboard (CUTCLIP command)
Ctrl + Y                Redoes the last action undone (REDO command)
Ctrl + Z                Undoes the last action (UNDO command)
Ctrl + [                Cancels the running command
Ctrl + \                Cancels the running command
Ctrl + Home             Creates or opens the Start tab (GOTOSTART command)
Shift + F2              Toggles the display of the Command line (COMMANDLINE command and
COMMANDLINEHIDE command)
Shift + F3              Turns the Status bar on/off (STATBAR command)
Shift + F4              Turns the Scroll Bars on/off (SCROLLBAR command)
Shift + F8              Launches the Visual Basic Project Manager (VBAMAN command)
Shift + F11             Launches the VBA COM Add-In Manager (ADDINMAN command)
Page Up                 Moves the view up
Page Down               Moves the view down
Shift + Left arrow      Moves the view to the left
Shift + Right arrow     Moves the view to the right
Shift + Up arrow        Moves the view up. If (sub)entities are selected, the entities are nudged
up (along the z-axis)
Shift + Down arrow      Moves the view down. If (sub)entities are selected, the entities are nudged
down (along the z-axis)
Ctrl + Left arrow       Nudges the selected (sub)entities to the left (along the x-axis)
Ctrl + Right arrow      Nudges the selected (sub)entities to the right (along the x-axis)
Ctrl + Up arrow         Nudges the selected (sub)entities up (along the y-axis)
Ctrl + Down arrow       Nudges the selected (sub)entities down (along the y-axis)
Tab                     Navigates down into the autocomplete command list
Tab + Shift             Navigates up into the autocomplete command list
Ctrl + N                Navigates down into the autocomplete command list
Ctrl + P                (available in macOS only) Navigates up into the autocomplete command list

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