Workspace

Learn your way around the MatterCAD window, use keyboard shortcuts, and manage your design workflow.

Topics

  • Menus and Toolbar - The ☰ MatterCAD menu, the Mac menu bar, and the toolbar’s Add to Bed, Save, Bed and Tools
  • Camera Controls - The cube and the buttons around it, view styles, the snap grid and units
  • Tabs, Search and the Status Bar - Design tabs and their menu, help search, and the bar along the bottom of the window
  • Settings - Every row of MatterCAD Settings, including AI Providers and your API keys
  • Signing In - Sign in, create an account, reset your password, share codes and sign out
  • Updates and Recovery - Check For Update, About, the welcome page and tour, crash reports, and getting your tabs and unsaved work back
  • Keyboard Shortcuts - Quick reference for all keyboard shortcuts
  • Mouse Controls - How to navigate the 3D viewport with your mouse
  • Selection - How to select, multi-select, and manage object selection
  • Undo and Redo - Undo and redo changes to your design
  • Grouping - Group and ungroup objects for easier management
  • Components - Create reusable components and assemblies
  • Node Graphs - Wire parts into a reusable tool with Convert to Nodes and the node editor
  • Expressions - Use math expressions for parametric design
  • Expression Functions - Reference for every function expressions can call
  • Object References - Read another object’s settings with Name.Property
  • Variable Sheet - Store shared values and formulas for parametric designs
  • Editing a Variable Sheet - Rows and columns, column widths, cell formats and CSV
  • Construction Planes - Place flat work anywhere in space with an origin, a normal and an X direction
  • Measure Tool - Measure distances between points in your design
  • Description - Place a Markdown note in the scene
  • Design Notes - Keep a short brief with the design, read first by you and AI assistants
  • Modify Parameters - Drive visibility and colour from expressions
  • Lock and Hide - Lock objects to prevent changes and hide objects to reduce clutter

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