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Keyboard Shortcuts (Hotkeys) for Autodesk Navisworks
One of the quickest ways to improve your productivity is to learn a few shortcuts, I don't know where I'd be without Alt tabbing through
windows or Ctrl tabbing on my internet browser, hopefully some of these will leave you time for an extra coffee during your day!

Keyboard Shortcut Description

PgUp Zooms to view all objects in the Scene View.

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PgDn Zooms to magnify all selected objects in the Scene View.

HOME Takes you to Home view. This keyboard shortcut only applies
to the Scene View windows. This means it will only work when
this window has focus.

ESC Deselects everything.

SHIFT Used to modify the middle mouse button actions.

CTRL Used to modify the middle mouse button actions.

ALT Turns the keytips on or off.

ALT + F4 Closes the currently active dockable window when it is

undocked, or exits the application if the main application
window is active.

CTRL + 0 Turns on Turntable mode.

CTRL + 1 Turns on Select mode.

CTRL + 2 Turns on Walk mode.

CTRL + 3 Turns on Look Around mode.

CTRL + 4 Turns on Zoom mode.

CTRL + 5 Turns on Zoom Window mode.

CTRL + 6 Turns on Pan mode.

CTRL + 7 Turns on Orbit mode.

CTRL + 8 Turns on Free Orbit mode.

CTRL + 9 Turns on Fly mode.

CTRL + A Displays the Append dialog box.

CTRL + D Toggles Collision mode. You must be in appropriate navigation

mode (that is, Walk or Fly) for this keyboard shortcut to work.

CTRL + F Displays the Quick Find dialog box.

CTRL + G Toggles Gravity mode.

CTRL + H Toggles Hidden mode for selected items.

CTRL + I Displays the Insert File dialog box.

CTRL + M Displays the Merge dialog box.

CTRL + N Resets the program, closes the currently open Autodesk

Navisworks file, and creates a new file.

CTRL + O Displays the Open dialog box.

CTRL + P Displays the Print dialog box.

CTRL + R Toggles Require mode for selected items.

CTRL + S Saves the currently open Autodesk Navisworks file.

CTRL + T Toggles Third Person mode.

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CTRL + Y Reverses the last operation performed by the Undo command.

CTRL + Z Reverses the last performed operation.

CTRL + PgUp Displays the previous sheet.

CTRL + PgDn Displays the next sheet.

CTRL + F1 Opens the Help system.

CTRL + F2 Opens the Clash Detective window.

CTRL + F3 Toggles the TimeLiner window.

CTRL + F4 Toggles the Rendering window (Autodesk Rendering or

Presenter depending on graphics system).

CTRL + F5 Toggles the Animator window.

CTRL + F6 Toggles the Scripter window.

CTRL + F7 Toggles the Tilt window.

CTRL + F8 Toggles the Quantification window.

CTRL + F9 Toggles the Plan View window.

CTRL + F10 Toggles the Section View window.

CTRL + F11 Toggles the Saved Viewpoints window.

CTRL + F12 Toggles the Selection Tree window.

CTRL + HOME Dollies and pans the camera so that the entire model is in view.

CTRL + Right Arrow Play selected animation.

CTRL + Left Arrow Reverse Play selected animation.

CTRL + Up Arrow Record viewpoint animation.

CTRL + Down Arrow Stop playing animation.

CTRL + Space Pause playing animation.

CTRL + SHIFT + A Opens the Animation Export dialog box.

CTRL + SHIFT + C Opens the Export dialog box and enables you to export current
search.

CTRL + SHIFT + I Opens the Image Export dialog box.

CTRL + SHIFT + R Opens the Export Rendered Image dialog box.

CTRL + SHIFT + S Opens the Export dialog box and enables you to export search
sets.

CTRL + SHIFT + T Opens the Export dialog box and enables you to export the
current TimeLiner schedule.

CTRL + SHIFT + V Opens the Export dialog box and enables you to export
viewpoints.

CTRL + SHIFT + W Opens the Export dialog box and enables you to export
viewpoint report.

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CTRL + SHIFT + HOME Sets current view as Home.

CTRL + SHIFT + END Sets current view as Front.

CTRL + SHIFT + Left Arrow Takes you to the previous redline tag.

CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow Takes you to the next redline tag.

CTRL + SHIFT + Up Arrow Takes you to the first redline tag.

CTRL + SHIFT + Down Arrow Takes you to the last redline tag.

F1 Opens the Help system.

F2 Renames the selected item, when appropriate.

F3 Repeats the previously run Quick Find search.

F5 Refreshes your scene with the latest versions of currently

loaded model files.

F11 Toggles Full Screen mode.

F12 Opens the Options Editor.

SHIFT + W Opens the last used SteeringWheel.

SHIFT + F1 Enables you to get context-sensitive help.

SHIFT + F2 Toggles the Sets window.

SHIFT + F3 Toggles the Find Items window.

SHIFT + F4 Toggles the Find Comments window.

SHIFT + F6 Toggles the Comments window.

SHIFT + F7 Toggles the Properties window.

SHIFT + F10 Opens a context menu.

SHIFT + F11 Opens the File Options dialog box.

With the Measurement tool selected.

X Lock to the X axis

Y Lock to the Y axis

Z Lock to the Z axis

P Lock to a point perpendicular to a surface

L Lock to a point parallel to a surface

ENTER Quick zoom to measured area

+ Use with Enter key to zoom in to measured area

- Use with Enter key to zoom out of measured area

With the Timeliner tool selected.

ESC Cancels the current edits.

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F2 Starts editing the selected field.

ANY CHARACTER Starts editing the selected field.

RIGHT ARROW Moves the selection to the next right field, unless the current
field is in a tree column that can be expanded. In this case, it
expands the row.

LEFT ARROW Moves the selection to the next left field, unless the current
field is in a tree column that can be expanded. In this case, it
expands the row.

UP/DOWN ARROW Selects the row above/below the current row

SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW Extends the selection to the row above/below the current row.

CTRL+UP/DOWN ARROW Moves the current row up/down without changing selection.

HOME Selects the first row.

SHIFT+HOME Extends the selection from the selection anchor to the first
row.

CTRL+HOME Moves the current row to the first row without changing
selection.

CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Adds the rows from the current row to the first row to the
selection.

END Selects the last row.

SHIFT+END Extends the selection from the selection anchor to the end.

CTRL+END Moves the current row to the last row without changing
selection.

CTRL+SHIFT+END Adds the rows from the current row to the last row to the
selection.

PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN Selects the row one page above/below the current row.

SHIFT+PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN Extends the selection one page up/down.

CTRL+PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN Moves the current row one page up/down without changing
the selection.

CTRL+SHIFT+PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN Adds one page up/down from the current row to the selection.

* Expands the entire subtree, starting from the current cell.

Which ones do you use most in a day? Or have you learnt any new ones? Or do you want to tell us what you're doing with your extra few
minutes in the day? Leave a comment below and tell us.

Posted by Lee Mullin on 05/30/2012 in 2D, Animator, Clash Detective, Navisworks, Navisworks Freedom, Presenter, Timeliner |
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It's completely unsupported but you can edit some of the shortcuts by editing the RoamerCommands.xml file – this file is installed in the Layout
subdirectory of the install directory. However, I would urge caution when doing this as you may cause duplication of hard coded shortcuts.

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If you do decide to attempt to edit the XML file then I’d recommend that you first save a backup of the file that you can revert to it in case of any issues.

Posted by: Lee Mullin | 05/13/2013 at 04:49 PM

Hey guys,

Just wondering if you've seen a shortcut for reset all appearances.

With the 2013 version of NW, we're able to have our team use Freedom to actually see what the items are that are clashing. Only problem is, they can't
see where it is unless they reset the colors.

I can make this happen with my Razer N52 but, I'd like to have a shortcut key I could point them to so they can make this as painless as possible.
Any ideas?? Did I miss one somewhere??

Thanks,

PJ
Posted by: Paul Jordan | 05/06/2013 at 05:36 PM

Can you post the keyboard shortcuts that relate to clash detection please

Posted by: S_P_A | 04/22/2013 at 06:47 PM

This list is pretty extensive from what I've seen in NavisWorks.

I would like to see an expanded emphasis on customization of shortcuts. Also, I would appreciate more shortcuts related to the primary workflow
utilized by our users: Clash Detection.
Examples:
-Toggling the select Filter
-toggling highlighting
-changing group status
-creating a clash group
-assigning clash
-toggling "save changes 2013" or "save viewpoint 2012"

Thanks for posting.

Posted by: Cory McDermott | 06/19/2012 at 06:10 PM

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