About keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcut sets

A EngView installation comes with three sets of keyboard shortcuts:

• EVPDD.kbs: A set of 98 keyboard shortcuts set for working with EngView.
• CAD_Standard_Shortcuts.kbs: A set of 35 keyboard shortcuts assembled from the most popular CAD- and artwork design-related software — for example, AutoCAD and Adobe Illustrator.
• Windows_Standard_Shortcuts.kbs: A set of nine keyboard shortcuts most common for working with the Windows operating system.

EngView's default shortcut set is EVPDD.kbs.

Where do shortcuts files reside

The three keyboard shortcuts sets reside in the installation's Templates subfolder — C:/ProgramData/EngView/Package Designer/SharedSettings/Templates.

Seeing current shortcut set

To view which shortcuts apply to your current work situation, press CTRL+ENTER.

The Shortcuts dialog box appears, listing the shortcuts that you can use in the current work situation.

Context awareness

Each time you press CTRL+ENTER, EngView shows you only the commands that can be used in the current work situation (provided they are part of the currently loaded shortcuts pack). For example, if the current drawing is a 1up with objects drawn in it, pressing CTRL + ENTER will display only the list of commands that are relevant to the situation at hand — shortcuts for drawing objects. This means that you will not see shortcuts for transformations, because the commands these keyboard shortcuts refer to become applicable only when there is a selection.

TIP: You can apply filters to the list you see. If you press CTRL + [letter] + ENTER, you will see the shortcuts whose keyword combinations start with CTRL + the pressed letter. For example, if you press CTRL + T + ENTER, you will see only the shortcuts in the current set that start with CTRL + T.