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.

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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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