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SolidWorks Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet 

Contents
 

SolidWorks Keyboard Shortcuts Page

Basic Actions 1 

Drawing, sketching & modelling 2 

Display & editing features 3 


 
 

 
SolidWorks Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet 
 

Basic Actions

Shortcut /
Command Description
Alt + arrow keys  Rotate a model 
Alt + drag  Rotate model using middle mouse button 
Ctrl + drag  Copy sketch entities/ features/ drawing views 
Ctrl + N  New file 
Ctrl + O  Open file 
Ctrl + S  Save file 
Ctrl + space bar  Open View Selector 
Ctrl + T  Show Flat Tree View 
Ctrl + Tab  Move between open documents 
Ctrl + W  Close file 
H  Help 
I  Search files and models 
K  Search Knowledge Base 
O  Search Community Forum 
R  Open recent documents 
S  Shortcut bar 
Shift + Tab  Show component 
Tab  Hide component 
Space bar  Open View Selector and Orientation menu 

W  Search commands 

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SolidWorks Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet 
 

Drawing, sketching & modelling

 
Shortcut /
Command Description
A  Tangent arc toggle 
Alt + arrow keys  Turn off automatic alignment 
Ctrl + B  Rebuild a model 
Ctrl + Q  Complete rebuild 
Ctrl + R  Redraw the screen 
Ctrl + Shift + B  Rebuild all configurations 
Ctrl + Shift + Q  Force rebuild all configurations 
D  Confirmation Corner and Breadcrumbs 
E  Filter edges 
Enter  Repeat last command 
L  Line 
N  Next edge 
Shift + click  Snap a dimension to the max or min location 
Shift + LMB  Dimension to arc min or max 
Tab  Change XYZ plane (when 3D sketching) 
V  Filter vertices 
X  Filter faces 
Y  Accept edge 
   

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SolidWorks Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet 
 

Display & editing features


 
 
Shortcut /
Command Description
Alt  Temporarily hide a face 
Alt + click  Show a hidden body or component 
Alt + drag  Move an annotation independently 
Ctrl + arrow keys  Pan a model 
Ctrl + click  Select multiple entities 
Ctrl + Shift + Tab  Temporarily display all hidden components as transparent 
F  Zoom to fit 
G  Magnifying glass 
Shift  Select a transparent face on a part 
Shift + arrow 
keys  Rotate a model 90 degrees 
Shift + click  Select everything that lies between two selected items 
Shift + drag  Move sketch entities/ features/ drawing views 
Shift + Z  Zoom the model in 
Z  Zoom the model out 
 
 

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