Keyboard Shortcuts

The Keys and Mouse tables below are the same list as Help › Keys and Help › Mouse in MatterCAD itself (press F1 and find them in the list of help pages). In the app, those pages show Mac keys on a Mac.

Keys that belong to one tool are on that tool’s page: the sheet editor, the path editor, 3D Curve points and text fields.

On a Mac, Ctrl is ⌘ (Command) and Shift is ⇧.

Keys

View

Windows and Linux Mac Action
← → ↑ ↓ ← → ↑ ↓ Rotate View (when nothing is selected)
shift + ← → ↑ ↓ ⇧ + ← → ↑ ↓ Move View (when nothing is selected)
ctrl + + ⌘+ Zoom in
ctrl + - ⌘- Zoom out
w w Reset View (the Home button)
z z Zoom to Selection

Selection

Windows and Linux Mac Action
ctrl + a ⌘A Select all
space bar space bar Clear the selection
esc esc Cancel the drag in progress (a dragged part goes back where it was)
↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ In the Design tree: select the row above or below
→ → In the Design tree: open the selected row
← ← In the Design tree: close the row, or go to the row it is in

Editing

Windows and Linux Mac Action
← → ↑ ↓ ← → ↑ ↓ Move the selected part one snap step (at least 0.1 mm)
shift + ← → ↑ ↓ ⇧ + ← → ↑ ↓ Move the selected part five snap steps
ctrl + ← → ↑ ↓ ⌘ + ← → ↑ ↓ Move the selected part a fifth of a snap step
delete / backspace delete / backspace Delete the selection
ctrl + z ⌘Z Undo
ctrl + y ⌘Y Redo
ctrl + shift + z ⇧⌘Z Redo
ctrl + c ⌘C Copy
ctrl + x ⌘X Cut
ctrl + v ⌘V Paste
g g Group the selected parts
shift + g ⇧G Ungroup the selected group
F2 F2 Rename the selected part

Files

Windows and Linux Mac Action
ctrl + o ⌘O Open a file
ctrl + s ⌘S Save
ctrl + shift + s ⇧⌘S Save As

Tabs

Windows and Linux Mac Action
ctrl + t ⌘T Open a new design tab (while a design is showing)
ctrl + shift + t ⇧⌘T Reopen the design tab you closed last
F1 F1 Show Help
- ⌘Q Quit MatterCAD

Mouse

Selection

Windows and Linux Mac Action
left click left click Select a part
left click + shift left click + ⇧ Add a part to the selection
left click + ctrl left click + ⌘ Add or remove a part from the selection
left drag left drag Select the parts in a rectangle (start on empty space)
double-click double-click Edit the parts inside a group or operation

Parts

Windows and Linux Mac Action
left drag left drag Move a part (start on the part)
left drag + shift left drag + ⇧ Move a part along one direction only
right click right click Open the part’s menu, or the bed menu on empty space

View

Windows and Linux Mac Action
right drag right drag Rotate View
left drag + ctrl left drag + ⌘ Rotate View
middle drag middle drag Move View
right drag + shift right drag + ⇧ Move View
left drag + shift + ctrl left drag + ⇧ + ⌘ Move View
wheel wheel Zoom View
right drag + alt right drag + ⌥ Zoom View
left drag + ctrl + alt left drag + ⌘ + ⌥ Zoom View