Solidworks 2019 keyboard shortcuts

Solidworks 2019  

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1
Ctrl + N

New

-1
Ctrl + O

Open

-1
Ctrl + W

Close window

-3
Ctrl + F4

Close file

0
Alt + F4

Close Solidworks

0
Ctrl + Tab

Swap windows

-1
Ctrl + S

Save

1
Ctrl + P

Print

1
Ctrl + F

Find / replace

0
Ctrl + A

Select all

-1
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
Ctrl + C

Copy

0
Ctrl + V

Paste

3
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
Ctrl + Y

Redo

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0
R

Browse recent documents

-1
S

Shortcut bar

0
D

Confirmation corner / breadcrumbs

0
W

Command search

0
Ctrl + B

Rebuild

1
Ctrl + Q

Force regen

-1
Del

Delete

-1
⤶ Enter

Repeat last command

1
Ctrl + F1

Task pane

0
F5

Toggle selection filter toolbar

0
F6

Toggle selection filter type

1
F7

Spell check

0
F10

Toolbar

-1
F11

Full screen

0
Tab

Hide component under mouse

2
↑  Shift + Tab

Show component under mouse

0
↑  Shift +

Dimension to arc min / max

3
A

Tangent arc toggle

1
F

Zoom to fit

0
Space

Orientation

0
Ctrl + Space

View cube

0
Ctrl + 1

Front

0
Ctrl + 2

Back

0
Ctrl + 3

Left

0
Ctrl + 4

Right

0
Ctrl + 5

Top

0
Ctrl + 6

Bottom

7
Ctrl + 7

Isometric

2
Ctrl + 8

Normal to

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Z

Undo view change

0
↑  Shift + Z

Zoom in

0
Z

Zoom out

1
G

Area magnify

0
Alt

Mates. Temporarily hides a face when you hover over a face and click Alt.

0
Alt +
+

Mates. Creates a SmartMate when you Alt + drag a component.

0
Alt +
+

Motion studies. Moves multiple keys in the MotionManager.

0
Alt +
+

Triad. When using the triad, aligns the triad with an edge or face when you Alt + drag the center ball or handle on the triad and drop it on an edge or face. An example of using the triad is in Move with Triad mode and in Exploded Views.

0
Alt +
+

Reordering components. When moving a component in the FeatureManager design tree, ensures that the component remains at the same level in the tree and prevents it from being moved into a subassembly.

0
Alt + Ctrl +
+

Copies the component and creates a SmartMate.

0
Ctrl +
+

Copies a component when you Ctrl + drag it.

0
Ctrl +
+

Selection. In an assembly with preselected components, inverts the selection when you Ctrl + drag a selection box.

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0
Ctrl +
+

Toolbox. Creates a part instead of a configuration when you drag a Toolbox component into an assembly.

-1
Ctrl +
+

Motion studies. Copies multiple keys in the MotionManager.

0
Tab

Hide/Show. Hides all components below the pointer.

1
Tab

While Inserting a Component. Rotates the component 90º.

-1
↑  Shift + Alt

Mates. Show a temporarily hidden face when you hover over the hidden face and click Shift + Alt.

0
↑  Shift + Tab

Hide/Show. Shows all components below the pointer.

0
↑  Shift + Tab

While Inserting a Component. Rotates the component -90º.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Alt

Mates. Show all temporarily hidden faces in a semi-transparent state.

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

Temporarily displays all hidden components as transparent and you can select which components to show.

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

To show one or more components, move the pointer to the graphics area, and press and hold Ctrl + Shift + Tab. All hidden components are temporarily displayed as transparent. Click a hidden component to change it to shown.

0
+

In a blank area of the graphics area. Invokes mouse gestures.

0
+

On a component. Rotates a component relative to the assembly origin.

0
Alt +
+

On a Component. Invokes mouse gestures instead of the Rotate Component tool.

0
↑  Shift +

Reorients a Routing component when you insert a Routing component into an existing Routing assembly.

0
↑  Shift + F10

Opens the shortcut menu and context toolbar.

0
or
1
Ctrl + C

Use these keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste, similar to Windows functionality.

0
or Ctrl + V
0
Ctrl + C

Sketches. Copies and pastes sketch entities.

0
or Ctrl + V
0
Ctrl + C

Parts. Copies and pastes sketches.

0
or Ctrl + V
1
Ctrl + C

Assemblies. Copies and pastes parts and subassemblies. If you select a feature in the FeatureManager design tree, you can copy and paste the feature as an assembly-level feature.

0
or Ctrl + V
0
Ctrl + C

Drawings. Copies and pastes drawing views.

0
or Ctrl + V
0
Ctrl +
+

Sketches. Copies sketch entities.

1
Ctrl +
+

Parts. Copies features.

0
Ctrl +
+

Assemblies. Copies parts and subassemblies.

0
Ctrl +
+

Drawings. Copies drawing views.

-1
Alt +

Turns off automatic alignment when you place dimensions and annotations.

0
Alt +
+

Moves an annotation independently from the group in which it is contained.

1
Alt + 0176

Inserts a degree º symbol.

0
Alt + 0216

Inserts a diameter Ø symbol.

1
Alt + 0181

Inserts a µ symbol.

0
Ctrl +
+

Creates additional leaders on a note when you Ctrl + drag a leader's arrowhead.

0
↑  Shift +

Snaps a dimension to the max or min location when dimensioning arcs and circles with the Smart Dimension tool.

0
`

Change the annotation view plane for a dimension or annotation.

2
Alt +

Rotates the model parallel to the viewing plane.

0
or Alt +
+
0
↑  Shift +

Rotates the model 90º.

0
↑  Shift + Z

Zooms the model in.

0
Z

Zooms the model out.

0
↑  Shift +
+

Zooms the model in and out about the screen center.

0
F

Zooms to fit.

0
Alt +

Shows a hidden body or component when you hover over the body or component.

0
Alt +

Shows a section view when using the magnifying glass.

0
Ctrl + Space

Opens the View Selector.

0
Space

Opens the View Selector and Orientation dialog box.

-2
Alt +
+

Opens the Appearances PropertyManager when you drag an appearance from the Task Pane onto a model.

0
Alt +
+

Select anywhere in a table to move the table.

0
Ctrl +
+

Drawing views. Breaks the drawing view alignment when you insert a drawing view.

0
Ctrl +
+

Annotations. Copies annotations without snapping to the grid or to other annotations.

1
Ctrl +
+

Tables. Select anywhere in a table to move the table.

1
↑  Shift +
+

Select one edge in a drawing view if multiple edges are collinear. In general, when you select an edge in a drawing, the entire line is highlighted if all of the line segments are collinear.

0
↑  Shift +
+

Moves a dimension to another drawing view when you drag the dimension and drop it on another view.

0
Ctrl +

Pans a model.

0
or Ctrl +
+
0
↑  Shift +
+

Sketches. Moves a set of sketch entities.

0
↑  Shift +
+

Parts. Moves a feature.

0
↑  Shift +
+

Drawings. Moves the selected drawing view and any related views together as if they are one entity. You can also move a dimension to a different view.

0
Alt +

Select the back faces in the View Selector cube.

0
Ctrl +

Select multiple entities.

0
↑  Shift

Select a transparent face on a part.

0
↑  Shift +

Selects everything within the two selected items in the FeatureManager design tree.

-2
Tab

Flips the direction of the forming tool when dragging the forming tool onto a face.

0
Alt +
+

Symmetrically adjusts both handles of a control point in a spline.

0
Ctrl +
+

Suppresses inference lines when dragging an endpoint.

0
Ctrl

(while sketching) Turn off automatic sketch relations.

0
↑  Shift +

Turns on snapping.

0
↑  Shift +
+

When sketching a line, the line snaps to specific lengths.

0
Tab

Changes the XYZ plane when sketching in a 3D sketch.

0
Ctrl + B

Rebuilds the model.

1
Ctrl + R

Redraws the screen.

0
Ctrl + Tab

Moves among open documents.

0
⤶ Enter

Repeats the last command.

0
S

Opens the shortcut bar.


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Program information

Program name: Solidworks 2019 Solidworks 2019 (Scientific)

Solidworks is a mechanical design automation software that runs on Windows. It is developed by Dassault Systèmes.

Web page: solidworks.com

Last update: 11/26/2020 1:46 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 79%

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Shortcut count: 133

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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