SHORT KEYS (Hot Keys) used in Autodesk Inventor
Professional 2009
There is no command prompt available in Autodesk
Inventor. But Autodesk
Inventor gives you short cut keys and makes use of these keys on the keyboard to invoke
some tools to perform some task quickly. And these keys are called as HOT KEYS.
The use of hot keys is different in different environment and active in specific environment
only. And some of them are discussed below.
HOT KEYS IN PART MODULE ENVIRONMENT
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INVOKES THE EXTRUDE TOOL
INVOKES THE REVOLVE TOOL
INVOKES THE HOLE TOOL
INVOKES FILLET TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+L
INVOKES LOFT TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+S
INVOKES SWEEP TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+K
CTRL+SHIFT+R
INVOKES CHAMFER TOOL
INVOKES RECTANGLE PATTERN
TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+O
INVOKES CIRCULAR PATTERN TOOL
SHIFT+M
INVOKES MIRROR TOOL
CTRL+W
D
ESC
SHIFT+M
INVOKES STEERING WHEELS TOOL
INVOKES FACE DRAFT TOOL
QUITS A COMMAND
MEASURE DISTANCE
CTRL+SHIFT+R
RECTANGULAR PATTERN TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+O
CIRCULAR PATTERN TOOL
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Z
INVOKES WORK PLANE TOOL
INVOKES WORK AXIS TOOL
INVOKES POINT TOOL
INVOKES ZOOM TOOL
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HOT KEYS IN ASSEMBLY MODULE ENVIRONMENT
P
N
C
V
G
INVOKES PLACE TOOL
INVOKES CREATE TOOL
INVOKES PLACE CONSTRAINT
TOOL
INVOKES MOVE TOOL
INVOKES ROTATE TOOL
CTRL+H
INVOKES REPLACE TOOL
SHIFT+CTRL+H
INVOKES REPLACE ALL TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+R
RECTANGULAR PATTERN TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+O
CIRCULAR PATTERN TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+M
MIRROR TOOL
INVOKES THE EXTRUDE TOOL
INVOKES THE REVOLVE TOOL
INVOKES THE HOLE TOOL
INVOKES FILLET TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+S
INVOKES SWEEP TOOL
CTRL+SHIFT+K
INVOKES CHAMFER TOOL
INVOKES WORK PLANE TOOL
INVOKES WORK AXIS TOOL
INVOKES POINT TOOL
INVOKES ZOOM TOOL
2D SKETCH-SELECT PLANE
INVOKES MATE TOOL
HOT KEYS IN DRAWING MODULE ENVIRONMENT
A
B
D
O
F
FC
For AUGI
INVOKES BASE LINE DIMENSION
TOOL
INVOKES BALLOON TOOLANNOTATION
INVOKES GEN DIMENSION TOOL
INVOKES ORDINATE DIMENSION
TOOL
INVOKES FEATURE CONTROL TOOL
FEATURE CONTROL FRAME
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FUNCTION KEYS
F1
F2
F3
F4
HELP
PAN REAL TIME
ZOOM IN OR OUT
ROTATE OBJECTS
RETURNS TO PREVIOUS
VIEW
HOME VIEW/ISOMETRIC
VIEW
SHOW CONSTRAINTS
CONSTRAINTS OFF
VISIBILITY OFF/ON
F5
F6
F8
F9
F10
*F2,F3, F4 with +LEFT CLICK and HOLD, and MOVE THE MOUSE
*F2,F3,F4 Active in sketch module
SKETCH MODULE
D
A
C
I
L
X
T
O
T
F
For AUGI
INVOKES GEN DIMENSION TOOL
INVOKES CENTER POINT -ARC TOOL
INVOKES CENTER POINT -CIRCLE
TOOL
VERTICAL CONSTRAINT
INVOKES LINE TOOL
INVOKES TRIM TOOL
INVOKES TEXT DIALOGUE BOX TOOL
INVOKES OFFSET TOOL
INVOKES TEXT
FILLET
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OTHER KEYS
ALT+E
ALT+W
ALT+A
ALT+T
ALT+I
ALT+O
ALT+F
ALT+H
ALT+C
ALT+V
ALT+B
SHIFT+F3
ESC
CTRL+P
CTRL+Y
CTRL+Z
CTRL+S
CTRL+N
CTRL+O
EDIT
WINDOW
APPLICATION
TOOLS
INSERT
FORMAT
FILE
HELP
CONVERT
VIEW
WEB
ZOOM
ABORT
PRINT
REDO
UNDO
SAVE FILE
CREATES NEW FILE
OPENS A FILE
RETURN FROM 2D SKETCH TO
PART
ZOOM SELECTED
ZOOM ALL
CTRL+ENTER
END
HOME
NUMBER KEYS
2
8
4
6
7
9
MOVE RIGHT
MOVE LEFT
MOVE DOWN
MOVE UP
ZOOM TO FIT
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E mail : kantharajc@gmail.com
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