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Keyboard Shortcuts

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General

Action	Shortcut
Import data	`Alt`+`F2`
Export data	`Alt`+`F3`
Load Vulcan Data	`Alt`+`Shift`+`V`
Cut	`Ctrl`+`X`
Copy	`Ctrl`+`C`
Paste	`Ctrl`+`V`
Undo	`Ctrl`+`Z`
Redo	`Ctrl`+`Y`
Rerun	`Alt`+`R`

Project explorer

Action	Shortcut
Expand/collapse selected container	`+` / `-`
View selection in current view	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`N`
Rename selected object	`F2`

Selection toolbar

	Action	Shortcut
Selection types	Hands-free manipulation	`
	Select objects	`1`
	Select points	`2`
	Select edges	`3`
	Select facets	`4`
	Select cells	`5`
	Select blocks	`7`
Selection region modes	Cycle selection mode	`Shift`+`
	Rectangle	`Shift`+`1`
	Polygonal lasso	`Shift`+`2`
	Freehand	`Shift`+`3`
Suspend selection highlighting		`Pause`

Selection operations

	Action	Shortcut
Object selection ()	Select all in active view	`Ctrl`+`A`
	Invert selection	`I`
	Delete selection	`Ctrl`+`D` or `Delete`
Primitive selection ()	Select all	`Ctrl`+`A`
	Smart select	`Ctrl`+`S`
	Flood select	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`S`
	Invert selection	`I`
	Delete selection	`Ctrl`+`D` or `Delete`
	Crop	`Alt`+`D` or `Alt`+`Delete`
Clear selection		`Ctrl`+`Space`

View window

Action	Shortcut
View selection (new view)	`Ctrl`+`N`
View selection (active view)	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`N`
New empty view	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`N`
Tile and tie view	`Ctrl`+`B`
Toggle full screen	`F11`

View manipulation

	Action	Shortcut
Manipulation modes	Z-Up	`Z`
	Look from	`K`
	Plan View	`P`
	Screen	`S`
Rotate ()	Coarse rotate	`↑` `↓` `←` `→`
Rotate ()	Fine rotate	`Shift`+`↑` `↓` `←` `→`
Pan ()	Coarse pan	`Alt`+`↑` `↓` `←` `→`
Pan ()	Fine pan	`Alt`+`Shift`+`↑` `↓` `←` `→`
Pan ()	Coarse pan	`↑` `↓` `←` `→`
Pan ()	Fine pan	`Shift`+`↑` `↓` `←` `→`

Camera

Action	Shortcut
View from top (x2 zoom extents)	`End`
Zoom to selection	`L`
Set viewpoint	`Shift`+`K`
Set centre of rotation	`C`
Toggle axis visibility	`A`
Toggle spin animation	`Alt`+`.`
Set spin animation rotation and speed	`Alt`+left drag
Toggle projection mode	`8`
Previous camera position	`B`
Next camera position	`F`
Zoom in	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Page Up`
Zoom out	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Page Down`

Effects

Action	Shortcut
Decrease/increase point size	`-` / `+`
Decrease/increase line width	`9` / `0`
Decrease/increase block scale	`Ctrl`+`9` / `Ctrl`+`0`
Decrease/increase block border thickness	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`9` / `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`0`
Cycle render mode	`G`
Cycle bounding box visibility	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`J`
Toggle headlight	`Alt`+`3`
Toggle left light	`Alt`+`4`
Toggle right light	`Alt`+`5`
Increase/decrease light brightness	`U` / `Y`

Colour and appearance

Action	Shortcut
Uniform colour	`Ctrl`+`U`
Random uniform colour	`Ctrl`+`2`
Opacity	`Ctrl`+`G`
Surface appearance	`Ctrl`+`H`
Random colour by container	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`2`
Colour by object tag	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`5`

Action plane and sections

Action	Shortcut
Move action plane to point	`A`+click
Previous action plane	`Shift`+`B`
Next action plane	`Shift`+`F`
Show/hide action plane	`Shift`+`A`
Show/hide action plane manipulator	`Shift`+`C`
View action plane from the front	`Home`
Step action plane up	`[`
Step action plane down	`]`
Quick section from two points in plan	`Ctrl`+`/`
Show/hide the section manager	`Shift`+`/`
Toggle strip mode	`/`
Step section forward	`[`
Step section backward	`]`

Object visibility

Action	Shortcut
Show/hide Visibility Editor	`V`
Hide selected objects	`H`
Hide picked objects	`H`+click
Hide all unselected objects	`Shift`+`H`
Show last hidden objects	`J`
Show all hidden objects	`Shift`+`J`

Pick modes

Action	Shortcut
Toggle 2D/3D pick mode	`X`
Project picked point onto action plane	`Shift`+click
Disable snap targets	`Ctrl`+click

CAD

Action	Shortcut
Create points	`Alt`+`P`
Create smart line	`F8`
Create line	`F9`
Create polygon	`F10`
Fit a line segment	`Ctrl`+`J`
2D text label properties	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`T`
Fit a plane	`Ctrl`+`K`
Fit a grid surface	`Shift`+`G`
Complete sequence	`Enter`
Cancel sequence	`Esc`

Query and Filter

	Action	Shortcut
Search and select	Search for an object	`Ctrl`+`F`
Scan	Connect	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`C`
	Smart connect	`Ctrl`+`O`
	Disconnect	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`C`
Attributes	Object properties	`Ctrl`+`I`
Geometry	Query a point	`Ctrl`+`P` or `Q`+click
Geometry	Distance between points	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`D` or `D`+click
Surfaces	Surface	`Shift`+`U`
Surfaces	Surface validity	`Shift`+`V`
Filter	Show all hidden points	`Shift`+`S`
Filter	Filter points by attribute	`Alt`+`A`

Edit

	Action	Shortcut
Transform	Translate objects	`Ctrl`+`R`
	Rotate objects	`Ctrl`+`E`
	Toggle translation manipulator	`Shift`+`T`
	Toggle rotation manipulator	`Shift`+`R`
Object	Explode objects by geometry	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`E`

Modelling, DomainMCF and Stratigraphic

Action	Shortcut
Update database	`Shift`+`U`
Visualisation	`Alt`+`V`
View and edit database	`Shift`+`D`
Filter intervals	`Alt`+`F`
Set intervals	`Shift`+`I`
Correlation view	`Alt`+`H`