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Solidworks 2019 cheat sheet

Space Orientation
Windows
Ctrl + Space View cube
Ctrl + N New
Ctrl + 1 Front
Ctrl + O Open
Ctrl + 2 Back
Ctrl + W Close window
Ctrl + 3 Left
Ctrl + F4 Close file
Ctrl + 4 Right
Alt + F4 Close Solidworks
Ctrl + 5 Top
Ctrl + Tab Swap windows
Ctrl + 6 Bottom
Ctrl + S Save
Ctrl + 7 Isometric
Ctrl + P Print
Ctrl + 8 Normal to
Ctrl + F Find / replace
Ctrl + Shift + Z Undo view change
Ctrl + A Select all
Shift + Z Zoom in
Ctrl + X Cut
Z Zoom out
Ctrl + C Copy
G Area magnify
Ctrl + C or Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Z Undo Assemblies
Ctrl + Y Redo
Alt Mates. Temporarily hides a face
when you hover over a face and
Commands click Alt.

R Browse recent documents Alt + Left click + Mates. Creates a SmartMate when
Move the mouse you Alt + drag a component.
S Shortcut bar
Alt + Left click + Motion studies. Moves multiple
D Confirmation corner / breadcrumbs
Move the mouse keys in the MotionManager.
W Command search
Alt + Left click + Triad. When using the triad, aligns
Ctrl + B Rebuild Move the mouse the triad with an edge or face when
Ctrl + Q Force regen you Alt + drag the center ball or
Del Delete handle on the triad and drop it on
an edge or face. An example of
Enter Repeat last command
using the triad is in Move with Triad
Ctrl + F1 Task pane mode and in Exploded Views.
F5 Toggle selection filter toolbar Alt + Left click + Reordering components. When
F6 Toggle selection filter type Move the mouse moving a component in the
FeatureManager design tree,
F7 Spell check
ensures that the component
F10 Toolbar remains at the same level in the
F11 Full screen tree and prevents it from being
moved into a subassembly.
Tab Hide component under mouse
Alt + Ctrl + Left Copies the component and creates
Shift + Tab Show component under mouse
click + Move the a SmartMate.
Shift + Left click Dimension to arc min / max mouse
A Tangent arc toggle Ctrl + Left click + Copies a component when you Ctrl
Move the mouse + drag it.
View commands Ctrl + Left click + Selection. In an assembly with
Move the mouse preselected components, inverts
F Zoom to fit
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the selection when you Ctrl + drag

a selection box.
Copy/Paste
Ctrl + Left click + Toolbox. Creates a part instead of Ctrl + C or Ctrl + V Use these keyboard shortcuts to
Move the mouse a configuration when you drag a copy and paste, similar to Windows
Toolbox component into an functionality.
assembly. Ctrl + C or Ctrl + V Sketches. Copies and pastes
Ctrl + Left click + Motion studies. Copies multiple sketch entities.
Move the mouse keys in the MotionManager. Ctrl + C or Ctrl + V Parts. Copies and pastes sketches.
Tab Hide/Show. Hides all components Ctrl + C or Ctrl + V Assemblies. Copies and pastes
below the pointer. parts and subassemblies. If you
Tab While Inserting a Component. select a feature in the
Rotates the component 90º. FeatureManager design tree, you
can copy and paste the feature as
Shift + Alt Mates. Show a temporarily hidden
an assembly-level feature.
face when you hover over the
hidden face and click Shift + Alt. Ctrl + C or Ctrl + V Drawings. Copies and pastes
drawing views.
Shift + Tab Hide/Show. Shows all components
below the pointer. Ctrl + Left click + Sketches. Copies sketch entities.
Move the mouse
Shift + Tab While Inserting a Component.
Rotates the component -90º. Ctrl + Left click + Parts. Copies features.
Move the mouse
Ctrl + Shift + Alt Mates. Show all temporarily hidden
faces in a semi-transparent state. Ctrl + Left click + Assemblies. Copies parts and
Move the mouse subassemblies.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab Temporarily displays all hidden
components as transparent and Ctrl + Left click + Drawings. Copies drawing views.
you can select which components Move the mouse
to show.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab To show one or more components, Dimensions and Annotations
move the pointer to the graphics
Alt + Left click Turns off automatic alignment
area, and press and hold Ctrl +
when you place dimensions and
Shift + Tab. All hidden components
annotations.
are temporarily displayed as
transparent. Click a hidden Alt + Left click + Moves an annotation
component to change it to shown. Move the mouse independently from the group in
which it is contained.
Right click + Move In a blank area of the graphics
the mouse area. Invokes mouse gestures. Alt + 0176 Inserts a degree º symbol.

Right click + Move On a component. Rotates a Alt + 0216 Inserts a diameter Ø symbol.
the mouse component relative to the assembly Alt + 0181 Inserts a µ symbol.
origin.
Ctrl + Left click + Creates additional leaders on a
Alt + Right click + On a Component. Invokes mouse Move the mouse note when you Ctrl + drag a
Move the mouse gestures instead of the Rotate leader's arrowhead.
Component tool.
Shift + Left click Snaps a dimension to the max or
Shift + Arrow keys Reorients a Routing component min location when dimensioning
when you insert a Routing arcs and circles with the Smart
component into an existing Routing Dimension tool.
assembly.
` Change the annotation view plane
Shift + F10 or Opens the shortcut menu and for a dimension or annotation.
Context menu key context toolbar.
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view.
Display
Alt + Arrow keys Rotates the model parallel to the Move
or Alt + Middle viewing plane.
click + Move the Ctrl + Arrow keys Pans a model.
mouse or Ctrl + Middle
click + Move the
Shift + Arrow keys Rotates the model 90º.
mouse
Shift + Z Zooms the model in.
Shift + Left click + Sketches. Moves a set of sketch
Z Zooms the model out. Move the mouse entities.
Shift + Middle click Zooms the model in and out about Shift + Left click + Parts. Moves a feature.
+ Move the mouse the screen center. Move the mouse
F Zooms to fit. Shift + Left click + Drawings. Moves the selected
Alt + Left click Shows a hidden body or Move the mouse drawing view and any related views
component when you hover over together as if they are one entity.
the body or component. You can also move a dimension to
Alt + Wheel up Shows a section view when using a different view.
and wheel down the magnifying glass.
Ctrl + Space Opens the View Selector. Selection
Space Opens the View Selector and Alt + Left click Select the back faces in the View
Orientation dialog box. Selector cube.
Alt + Left click + Opens the Appearances Ctrl + Left click Select multiple entities.
Move the mouse PropertyManager when you drag
Shift Select a transparent face on a part.
an appearance from the Task Pane
onto a model. Shift + Left click Selects everything within the two
selected items in the
FeatureManager design tree.
Drawings
Alt + Left click + Select anywhere in a table to move Sheet Metal
Move the mouse the table.
Tab Flips the direction of the forming
Ctrl + Left click + Drawing views. Breaks the drawing
tool when dragging the forming tool
Move the mouse view alignment when you insert a
onto a face.
drawing view.
Ctrl + Left click + Annotations. Copies annotations
Move the mouse without snapping to the grid or to
Sketching
other annotations. Alt + Left click + Symmetrically adjusts both handles
Ctrl + Left click + Tables. Select anywhere in a table Move the mouse of a control point in a spline.
Move the mouse to move the table. Ctrl + Left click + Suppresses inference lines when
Shift + Left click + Select one edge in a drawing view Move the mouse dragging an endpoint.
Move the mouse if multiple edges are collinear. In Ctrl (while sketching) Turn off automatic
general, when you select an edge sketch relations.
in a drawing, the entire line is
Shift + Left click Turns on snapping.
highlighted if all of the line
segments are collinear. Shift + Left click + When sketching a line, the line
Move the mouse snaps to specific lengths.
Shift + Left click + Moves a dimension to another
Move the mouse drawing view when you drag the Tab Changes the XYZ plane when
dimension and drop it on another sketching in a 3D sketch.
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User Interface
Ctrl + B Rebuilds the model.
Ctrl + R Redraws the screen.
Ctrl + Tab Moves among open documents.
Enter Repeats the last command.
S Opens the shortcut bar.
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