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Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut keys for menu commands are indicated in the menus and/or related dialog boxes.

Note: Most ribbon tabs are accessible by pressing the <Alt> key and then the le er key corresponding in the tool p over that ribbon tab. STAAD.Pro also supports shortcut keys for window and dialog box naviga on and other func ons.

Table 1. Working with files

Ac on Shortcut
Create a new STAAD.Pro project file. <Ctrl+N>

Open an exis ng STAAD.Pro project file. <Ctrl+O>

Save the current project file. <Ctrl+S>

Print the output report. <Ctrl+P>

Quit the program. <Alt+F4>

Table 2. Edi ng models

Ac on Shortcut
Undo an ac on. <Ctrl+Z>

Redo an ac on <Ctrl+Y>

Cancel an ac on. <Esc>

Copy a selected element. <Ctrl+C>

Paste an element from the clipboard. <Ctrl+V>

Cut an element (copies the selected element to the clipboard and deletes the selected copy). <Ctrl+X>

Delete a selected element. <Del>

Move selected objects. <F2>

Table 3. Naviga ng the view window

Ac on Shortcut
Rotate model up or down in the view window. Up or Down arrow keys (<↑>, <↓>)

Rotate model le or right in the view window. Le or Right arrow keys (<←>, <→>)

Spin mode le or right in the view window. <Ctrl+Le > or <Ctrl+Right> arrow keys

Close the current ac ve view. <Ctrl+F4>

Open the Orienta on dialog, which is used to precisely control the zoom and rota on of the ac ve view window. <F4>

Refresh the ac ve view window. <F5>

Tile all view windows, tables, forms, etc. horizontally. <Shi +F4>

Cascade all view windows, tables, forms, etc. <Shi +F5>

Tile all view windows, tables, forms, etc. ver cally. <Ctrl+Shi +F4>

Anima on in full screen (Postprocessing mode). <F12>

Table 4. Working with models

Ac on Shortcut
Create a new group from selected en es. <Ctrl+G>

Ini ate the analysis and, if used, batch design for the current input file. <Ctrl+F5>

Open the relevant help topic. <F1>

Table 5. Toggling the display of model labels

Ac on Shortcut
Display member specifica ons (i.e., truss, beta angle, etc.). <Shi +A>

Show axes window. <Ctrl+Shi +A>

Display beam numbers. <Shi +B>

Display the design brief for physical members. <Ctrl+Shi +B>

Display solid element numbers. <Shi +C>

Display dimensions. <Shi +D>

Display the beam ends, color coded for start and end. <Shi +E>

Display the design envelope for physical members. <Ctrl+Shi +E>

Display floor loading. <Shi +F>

Show the diagram informa on. <Shi +G>

Display the design group for physical members. <Ctrl+Shi +G>

Display the wind load tributary area. <Shi +H>

Show axes at origin. <Shi +I>

Display the en ty reference numbers. <Shi +J>

Display node point labels. <Shi +K>

Display the master-slave links. <Shi +L>

Display the material label for each en ty. <Shi +M>

Display physical member numbers. <Ctrl+Shi +M>

Display node numbers. <Shi +N>

Display the local beam axis (beam orienta on). <Shi +O>

Display plate element numbers. <Shi +P>

Display surface element numbers. <Ctrl+Shi +P>

Display member/element releases. <Shi +R>

Display the support node labels. <Shi +S>

Display the local plate element axis (plate orienta on). <Shi +T>

Display the local surface element axis (surface orienta on). <Ctrl+Shi +T>

Display load values. <Shi +V>

Display wind loads. <Shi +W>

Display member sec ons. <Shi +X>

Display the floor load distribu on. <Shi +Y>

Table 6. Model rendering

Ac on Shortcut
View the analy cal model (no outline) <Ctrl+0>

View the model in wireframe (outline of members) <Ctrl+1>

View the model filled (members drawn solid) <Ctrl+2>

View the rendered model window <Ctrl+4>