=========================================== Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) keyboard shortcuts =========================================== First published at 3/11/2021 on https://defkey.com/vectorworks-2020-mac-shortcuts Vectorworks is a 3D design software for modeling, extensive 2D drafting and more. While AutoCAD is the most suitable package for structural, large-scale design, Vectorworks is a good for drafting/illustrating/rendering. However it is limited in its design to cater to projects on a relatively smaller scale. Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) has 270 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Basic palette ------------- X Selection H Pan Option + Z Move Page Shift + C Flyover C Zoom 1 Text Option + 1 Callout 0 2D Locus Option + 0 Symbol Insertion 2 Line Option + 2 Double Line 4 Rectangle Option + 4 Rounded Rectangle 6 Circle Option + 6 Oval 3 Arc Option + 3 Quarter Arc Option + 5 Freehand 5 Polyline 8 2D Polygon Shift + T Triangle Option + 8 Double-line Polygon Option + Shift + R Regular Polygon Option + Shift + S Spiral Shift + E Eyedropper V Visibility Shift + A Attribute Mapping - Reshape Option + = Rotate = Mirror L Split Option + L Connect/Combine Option + Shift + L Trim 7 Fillet Option + 7 Chamfer Shift + - Offset Option + C Clip Shift + M Move by Points 9 Building shell tool set Option + 9 Wall Option + J Round wall Option + Shift + J Wall join Option + Shift + D Component join Option + Shift + W Door 3D modeling tool set -------------------- Shift + C Flyover Shift + 1 Set Working Plane Option + Shift + 1 Align Plane Shift + R Push/Pull Shift + 0 3D Locus Shift + 7 NURBS Curve Shift + 3 Sphere Option + Shift + 3 Hemisphere Shift + F Fillet Edge Shift + J Chamfer Edge Shift + G Shell Solid Shift + K Loft Surface Shift + L Extract Shift + H Create Contours Shift + ; Project Shift + A Analysis Visualization tool set ---------------------- Shift + C Flyover Shift + U Walkthrough Shift + V Translate View Shift + W Rotate View Shift + Z Light Option + A Attribute Mapping Dims / Notes tool set --------------------- N Constrained Linear Dimension . Angular Dimension , Radial Dimension File menu --------- Cmd + N New Cmd + O Open Cmd + W Close Cmd + S Save Cmd + Option + P Page Setup Cmd + P Print Cmd + Q Quit Edit menu --------- Cmd + Z Undo Cmd + Y Redo Cmd + X Cut Cmd + C Copy Cmd + V Paste Cmd + Option + V Paste in Place Cmd + D Duplicate Cmd + Shift + Option + D Duplicate Array Cmd + A Select All View menu --------- Cmd + 3 Zoom - Normal scale Cmd + 4 Zoom - Fit to page area Cmd + 6 Zoom - Fit to objects Cmd + Shift + Option + 3 Class options - Active only Cmd + Shift + Option + 4 Class options - Gray others Cmd + Shift + Option + 5 Class options - Gray / Snap others Cmd + Shift + Option + 6 Class options -  Show others Cmd + Shift + Option + 7 Class options - Show / Snap others Cmd + Shift + Option + 8 Class options - Show / Snap / Modify others Cmd + Option + 3 Layer options - Active only Cmd + Option + 4 Layer options - Gray others Cmd + Option + 5 Layer options - Gray / Snap others Cmd + Option + 6 Layer options - Show others Cmd + Option + 7 Layer options-Show / Snap others Cmd + Option + 8 Layer options - Show / Snap / Modify others Cmd + Option + 9 Standard views - Top / Plan Cmd + Shift + W Rendering - Wireframe Cmd + Shift + S Rendering - Sketch Cmd + Shift + Option + S Rendering - Sketch options Cmd + Shift + G Rendering - OpenGL Cmd + Shift + F Rendering - Final quality renderworks Cmd + Shift + E Rendering - Hidden line Cmd + Shift + D Rendering - Dashed hidden line Cmd + Shift + P Rendering - Final shaded polygon M Enable multiple view panes Cmd + 0 Set 3D view Cmd + Option + L Unified view Cmd + Shift + M Create multiple viewports Cmd + Shift + . Next view Cmd + Shift + , Previous view Modify menu ----------- Cmd + M Move Cmd + Option + M Move 3D Cmd + F Send to Front Cmd + Option + F Send Forward Cmd + B Send to Back Cmd + Option + B Send Backward Cmd + - Align to Grid Cmd + = Align/Distribute Cmd + Shift + = Align/Distribute 3D Cmd + L Rotate Left 90° Cmd + Shift + R Rotate Right 90° Cmd + Shift + H Flip Horizontal Cmd + Shift + V Flip Vertical Cmd + \ Set Working Plane Cmd + T Trim Cmd + J Join Cmd + Option + J Join and Fillet Cmd + Shift + J Join (no Trim) Cmd + Shift + Option + A Add Surface Cmd + Shift + Option + C Clip Surface Cmd + Shift + Option + I Intersect Surface Cmd + Shift + Option + P Compose Cmd + K Convert to Group Cmd + Option + R Convert to Mesh Cmd + Option + O Convert to 3D Polys Cmd + Option + N Convert to NURBS Cmd + G Group Cmd + U Ungroup Cmd + [ Edit Cmd + ] Exit Cmd + Option + G Show Guides Cmd + Shift + Option + G Hide Guides Cmd + Shift + 0 Unrotate 3D Objects Model menu ---------- Cmd + Option + A Add solids Cmd + Option + S Subtract solids Cmd + Option + I Intersect solids Cmd + Option + T Section solids Cmd + E Extrude Cmd + Option + E Multiple extrude Cmd + Option + X Extrude along path Cmd + Option + U Tapered extrude Cmd + Option + W Sweep Cmd + Option + Y 3D power pack - create fillet surface Cmd + Option + Q 3D power pack - create planar caps Cmd + Option + K 3D power pack - create surface from curves AEC menu -------- Cmd + Shift + Option + E Energos - Project settings Spotlight menu -------------- Cmd + Shift + Option + N Spotlight Numbering Cmd + Shift + Option + O Auto Number Positions Cmd + Shift + Option + F Focus Instruments Cmd + Shift + Option + R Replace Instrument Cmd + Shift + Option + M Find and Modify Cmd + / Refresh Instruments Cmd + Shift + Option + L Label Legend Manager Tools menu ---------- Cmd + Shift + O Organization Cmd + 9 User Origin Cmd + 8 SmartCursor Settings Cmd + Shift + Z Plug-in Manager Cmd + Shift + Option + W Edit Current Workspace Text menu --------- Cmd + Shift + T Format text Window menu ----------- Cmd + Shift + C Palettes - Snapping Cmd + Shift + A Palettes - Attributes Cmd + I Palettes - Object Info Cmd + Shift + K Palettes - Working Planes Cmd + R Palettes - Resource Manager Cmd + Shift + N Palettes - Navigation Cmd + Shift + Option + V Palettes - Visualization Cmd + Option + C Palettes - Activate object info palette Cmd + Shift + Option + H Palettes - Hide enabled palettes Other shortcuts --------------- U 1st group I 2nd group O 3rd group P 4th group [ 5th group ] 6th group Miscellaneous keys ------------------ Y Toggle SmartCursor cues / Toggle angles relative to prior segment G Set datum Z Snap loupe T Set smart point, edge or vector snap lock \ Toggle automatic working plane ` Suspend snapping B X-ray select mode J Coincident selection K Close 2D polygon, polyline, polygonal wall network or path-based objects Toggle snapping palette settings -------------------------------- A Snap to grid A then A Set grid dialog box Q Snap to object Q then Q 3D snapping dialog box S Snap to angle S then S Angle snaps dialog box W Snap to intersection D Smart points D then D Smart points dialog box E Snap to distance E then E Snap distance dialog box F Smart edge F then F Edge snaps dialog box F Snap to working plane (3D only) R Snap to tangent (2D only) Arrow key shortcuts ------------------- Cmd + Up arrow / Down arrow Switch active layer Cmd + Left arrow / Right arrow Switch active classes Arrow keys Pan drawing Shift + Arrow keys Nudge objects Shift + Cmd + Arrow keys Move objects Miscellaneous ------------- These shortcuts cannot be modified. Space To temporarily activate another tool, press and hold Space while you select and use another tool Alt To temporarily activate selection tool, press and hold Alt while you select objects (Rotate, Mirror, Offset, Clip and Move by Points tools) Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down To temporarily activate Flyover tool, press and hold Ctrl and turn the mouse wheel Space + Cmd Temporarily activate Zoom tool (zoom in) Space + Cmd + Option Temporarily activate Zoom tool (zoom out) Cmd + 1 Increase zoom by a factor of 2 Cmd + 2 Decrease zoom by a factor of 2 Cmd + Option + 1 Increase zoom by a factor of 4 Cmd + Option + 2 Decrease zoom by a factor of 4 C then C Increase zoom by a factor of 2 X then X Deselect all selected objects Esc Cancel the current operation Esc Exit text editing mode Cmd + [ Edit group Cmd + ] Exit group Esc then Esc Exit group (must be enabled from the Data Bar and Edit Group Options) Del While drawing walls, NURBS, etc. undo the last clicked point Cmd (with tooltip displayed, press and hold Shift) Display additional tooltip information Option + Left click Expand / Collapse all widget groups in the Object Info platte Space Edit a selected field in a list box row Double click To refresh the drawing view, double-click the Pan tool Double click To set the print page origin to the user origin, double-click move page tool Double click To increase zoom by a factor of 2, double-click the Zoom tool Option + Double click To decrease zoom by a factor of 2, hold Alt and double-click the Zoom tool Cmd + Double click To open or edit a resource manager object, hold Ctrl and double-click the resource name or thumbnail Double click To activate a class, design layer or sheet layer, double-click the item name in the Navigation palette Double click To switch to a saved view, double-click the view name in the Navigation palette Option + Left click To change visibility for all classes or layers, hold Alt and click the visibility colunm in the Navigation palette Option + Double click To edit a saved view, hold Alt and double-click the view name in the Saved Views palette Double click To activate Selection tool, double-click anywhere in the drawing (works for many tools, but not all tools) Option + Left click then Move the mouse To duplicate an object, hold Ctrl and click the object and drag it Cmd + Option + Left click (click on a existing object) Create a similar object Middle click (hold) Pan the drawing view Wheel up and wheel down Zoom in / out Option + Wheel up and wheel down Scroll up / down Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Scroll left / right Note: The mouse wheel zooms by default. To scroll, you need to use a modifier key. These functions can be swapped in Preferences, Edit tab. Numeric key pad --------------- These shortcuts cannot be modified. 0 Top / Plan or Rotated top / Plan 1 Left izometric 2 Front 3 Right isometric 4 Left 5 Top 6 Right 7 Left rear isometric 8 Back 9 Right rear isometric Worksheet key functions ----------------------- Arrow keys Move one cell up, down, left or right Tab Move right by one cell Shift + Tab Move left by one cell Enter Move down by one cell Shift + Enter Move up by one cell Source: Vectorworks.net Last modified on(UTC): Thursday, March 11, 2021 Defkey © All rights reserved.