Tekla Structures keyboard shortcuts

COMMON COMMANDS
Help
Help: when tooltip is open
Open model
Create new model
Save
Delete
Properties
Hide object
Undo
Redo
Interrupt
Repeat last command
Show/hide contextual toolbar
Switch direct modification on/off
Quick Launch
Advanced options
Applications & components catalog

F1
CTRL + F1
CTRL + O
CTRL + N
CTRL + S
DEL
ALT + ENTER
SHIFT + H
CTRL + Z
CTRL + Y
ESC
ENTER
CTRL + K
CTRL + D
CTRL + Q
CTRL + E
CTRL + F

RENDERING OPTIONS
Parts wireframe
Parts rendered wireframe
Parts grayscale
Parts rendered
Show only selected part

CTRL + 1
CTRL + 2
CTRL + 3
CTRL + 4
CTRL + 5

Components wireframe
Components rendered wireframe
Components grayscale
Components rendered
Show only selected component

SHIFT + 1
SHIFT + 2
SHIFT + 3
SHIFT + 4
SHIFT + 5

SELECTING OBJECTS
Switch rollover highlight on/off
Select all selection switch
Select parts selection switch
Select all
Select assembly
Add to selection
Toggle selection
Selection filters

H
F2
F3
CTRL + A
ALT + object
SHIFT
CTRL
CTRL + G

SNAPPING
Snap to reference lines/points
Snap to geometry lines/points
Snap to nearest points
Snap to any position
Ortho
Relative coordinate input

F4
F5
F6
F7
O
R

TRANSFORMING THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS

Absolute coordinate input

Global coordinate input
Snap to next position
Snap to previous position
Lock X, Y or Z coordinates

A
G
Tab
Shift + Tab
X, Y or Z

COPYING AND MOVING OBJECTS

Copy
CTRL + C
Move
CTRL + M
Drag and drop
D
VIEWING THE MODEL
Open the view list
Switch between 3D / plane view
Switch between open views
Update window
Zoom original
Zoom previous
Zoom in/out
Rotate using mouse
Rotate using keyboard

Set view rotation point
Pan
Middle button pan
Move right
Move left
Move down
Move up
Fly (in perspective views)
Create clip plane

CTRL + I
CTRL + P
CTRL + TAB
CTRL + U
HOME
END
PG UP/PG DN
CTRL + R
CTRL + arrow keys,
SHIFT + arrow keys
V
P
SHIFT + M
x
z
y
w
SHIFT + F
SHIFT + X

CHECKING THE MODEL

Inquire object
Measure distance
Create report

SHIFT + I
F
CTRL + B

DRAWINGS
Open drawing list in model
Open drawing list in drawing mode
Print drawings
Open next drawing
Open previous drawing
Associative symbol
Set next drawing color mode
Ghost outline
Add orthogonal dimension
Add free dimension

CTRL + L
CTRL + O
SHIFT + P
CTRL + PG DN
CTRL + PG UP
SHIFT + A
B
SHIFT + G
G
F

In drawing list:
Open user-defined attributes
Add to Master Drawing Catalog
Open revision handling

ALT + U
CTRL + M
CTRL + R

In Master Drawing Catalog:

Select all
Create drawings for all parts
Create drawings

Ctrl + A
Alt + A
Alt + C

USER COORDINATE SYSTEM (UCS)

Set coordinate system origin
U
Set coordinate system by two points SHIFT + U
Toggle orientation
CTRL + T
Reset current
CTRL + 1
Reset all
CTRL + 0

ASSIGNING SHORTCUTS
You can assign customized keyboard
shortcuts to any command, macro, or
component.
If you are assigning keyboard
shortcuts to drawing commands,
open a drawing first, to activate the
drawing mode.
1.

On the File menu, click Settings >

Keyboard shortcuts to open the
Keyboard shortcuts dialog box.

2.

Use the Filter box to search for a

particular command or keyboard
shortcut.
Type grid to only see the
commands whose name contains the word grid. Type + to get a list
of shortcuts that consist of two parts (such as Ctrl+S).

3.

Select a command from the list.

4.

Click Enter shortcut.

5.

Enter the combination of keys you would like to use as the shortcut.

6.

Check the Conflicts box to see if the keyboard shortcut is already

assigned to another command. If the shortcut is already in use,
enter a different combination of keys.

7.

Click Assign to save the keyboard shortcut.

8.

To remove a keyboard shortcut, select the command from the list

and click Clear.

9.

To reset all the keyboard shortcuts to the defaults, click Restore.