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Essential solidworks keyboard shortcuts

Writer's picture: Casper AndersenCasper Andersen

Updated: Oct 31, 2024

I made a quick overview of the most essential solidworks keyboard shortcuts It is part of my series of productivity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for productivity software. They work on both windows and mac.


Solidworks keyboard shortcuts




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Navigation

  • Rotate View: Arrow keys or Middle Mouse Button + Drag

  • Zoom In/Out: Scroll Wheel

  • Pan: Ctrl + Arrow keys

  • Zoom to Fit: F

  • Zoom to Area: Shift + Z


Sketching

  • Line Tool: L

  • Rectangle Tool: R

  • Circle Tool: C

  • Arc Tool: A

  • Spline Tool: S

  • Smart Dimension: D

  • Trim: T

  • Offset Entities: O


Modeling

  • Extrude Boss/Base: E

  • Revolve Boss/Base: R

  • Cut-Extrude: X

  • Fillet: F

  • Chamfer: Shift + C

  • Shell: S + Shell (via search menu)

  • Mirror: Ctrl + M

  • Pattern (Circular/Linear): Ctrl + P


Assembly

  • Mate: M

  • Insert Component: I

  • Move Component: Ctrl + Arrow Keys

  • Rotate Component: Arrow Keys + Shift

  • Hide/Show Components: Tab (hide), Shift + Tab (show)


View Control

  • Normal to Face: Ctrl + 8

  • Isometric View: Ctrl + 7

  • Front View: Ctrl + 1

  • Top View: Ctrl + 5

  • Right View: Ctrl + 4


Editing and Miscellaneous

  • Undo: Ctrl + Z

  • Redo: Ctrl + Y

  • Save: Ctrl + S

  • Rebuild Model: Ctrl + B (rebuild) / Ctrl + Q (force rebuild)

  • Measure Tool: Shift + M

  • Delete: Delete key

  • Search Commands: S (opens the Shortcut Bar with commonly used tools)


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