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Tekla Structures 20 keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 4/1/2018 on
https://defkey.com/tekla-structures-20-shortcuts

Tekla Structures is a building information modeling software which allows
modeling structures. Those structures can be different building materials
including steel and concrete. 

Tekla Structures 20 has 103 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Representation for parts
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Ctrl + 1                Wire frame
Ctrl + 2                Shaded wire frame
Ctrl + 3                Hidden lines
Ctrl + 4                Rendered
Ctrl + 5                Show only selected


Representation for component parts
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Shift + 1               Wire frame
Shift + 2               Shaded wire frame
Shift + 3               Hidden lines
Shift + 4               Rendered
Shift + 5               Show only selected


General
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F1                      Help
Ctrl + S                Save
Alt + Enter             Properties
Ctrl + Z                Undo
Ctrl + Y                Redo
Esc                     Interrupt
Enter                   Repeat last command
Ctrl + K                Show / hide mini toolbar
Ctrl + I                Open Views list
Ctrl + Tab              Switch between open views
Ctrl + C                Copy
Ctrl + M                Move
Del                     Delete
Ctrl + U                Update
D                       Drag and drop
P                       Pan
Shift + M               Middle button pan
Arrow keys              Move
Insert                  Center by cursor
Home                    Zoom original
Page Up                 Zoom in
Page Down               Zoom out
End                     Zoom previous
Z + Left click          (click row) Zoom to selected objects
F + Left click          (click row) Fit work area to selected objects (satıra tıklayın)
Ctrl + R                Rotate with mouse
Ctrl + Arrow keys       Rotate with keyboard
Shift + Arrow keys      Rotate with keyboard
O                       Ortho
@                       Relative coordinate input
R                       Relative coordinate input
$                       Absolute coordinate input
A                       Absolute coordinate input
Tab                     Next position
Shift + Tab             Previous position
S                       Smart select
Ctrl + G                Selection filter
Shift                   Add to selection
Ctrl                    Toggle selection
X                       Lock X coordinate
Y                       Lock Y coordinate
Z                       Lock Z coordinate
F2                      Select all selection switch
F3                      Select parts selection switch
F4                      Snap to reference lines / points
F5                      Snap to geometry lines / points
F6                      Snap to nearest points
F7                      Snap to any position
Ctrl + E                Advanced options
Shift + I               Inquire object


Modeling
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Ctrl + D                Switch direct modification on / off
Ctrl + N                Create new model
Ctrl + O                Open model
Shift + X               Create clip plane
H                       Rollover highlight
V                       Set view rotation point
F                       Measure distance
Shift + R               Autorotate
Shift + T               Autorotate
F8                      Disable view rotation
Ctrl + P                3D / Plane
Shift + F               Fly (in perspective views)
Ctrl + A                Select all
Alt + Left click        (then click object) Select assembly
Shift + H               Hide object
Backspace               Undo last polygon pick
Space                   Finish polygon input
Ctrl + F                Open component catalog
Ctrl + J                Create AutoConnection
Ctrl + H                Phase manager
Ctrl + L                Open drawing list
Shift + P               Print drawings
Ctrl + B                Create report


Drawing
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Shift + A               Associative symbol
Ctrl + O                Open drawing list
B                       Set next drawing color mode
Shift + G               Ghost outline
Ctrl + Page Down        Open next drawing
Ctrl + Page Up          Open previous drawing
G                       Add orthogonal dimension
F                       Add free dimension
Ctrl + M                Add to master drawing catalog
Shift + R               Recreate drawing

In Master Drawing Catalog:

Ctrl + A                Select all
Alt + A                 Create drawings for all parts
Alt + C                 Create drawings
Alt + U                 User-defined attributes
Ctrl + R                Revision


User Coordinate System (UCS)
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U                       Set coordinate system origin
Shift + U               Set coordinate system by two points
Ctrl + T                Toggle orientation
Ctrl + 1                Reset current
Ctrl + 0                Reset all

Source: Tekla support


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