You can use keyboard shortcuts to become more productive while using midasCAD.
These Keyboard shortcuts can be a great performance enhancer, especially when toggling mode. To help you get started using them, we’ve created a map of midasCAD’s keyboard shortcuts.
An easy-to-print PDF Version of the midasCAD keyboard shortcut map is available here.
Some Useful Shortcuts
W – WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing or polygon
E – ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing
R – REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport
T – MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object
U – UNDO / Undo last action
I – INSERT / Insert a block or drawing into the current drawing
O – OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves
P – PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition
A – ARC / Creates an arc
S – STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon
D – DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles
F – FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects
G – Group / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups
H – HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill
J – JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object
L – LINE / Creates straight line segments
Z – ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport
X – EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects
C – CIRCLE / Creates a circle
B – BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects
M – MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction
Toggle Drawing Modes
F1 – Display Help
F2 – Prompt History Window
F3 – Toggle Object Snap Mode
F7 – Toggle Grid Mode
F8 – Toggle Ortho Mode
F9 – Toggle Snap Mode
F10 – Toggle Polar Mode
F11 – Toggle Object Snap Tracking
Screen Management
Alt + Down Arrow – Scroll down
Alt + Left Arrow – Scroll left
Alt + Right Arrow – Scroll right
Alt + Up Arrow – Scroll up
Alt + F2 – Hide objects
Ctrl + 0 – Clean Screen
Ctrl + 1 – Property window
Ctrl + 2 – Show or hide Window(workstree)
Ctrl + 3 – Show or hide Information Tag(workstree)
Ctrl + 4 – Show or hide Entities(workstree)
Ctrl + 9 – Show or hide Command line
Shift + Down Arrow – Moves the view down
Shift + Left Arrow – Moves the view to the left
Shift + Right Arrow – Moves the view to the right
Shift + Up Arrow – Moves the view up
Manage Workflow and Drawings
Ctrl + A – Select all object
Ctrl + C – Copy object
Ctrl + N – Create a new project
Ctrl + O – Open Project
Ctrl + P – Plot dialog box
Ctrl + Q – Exit
Ctrl + S – Save the project
Ctrl + V – Paste object
Ctrl + W – Toggle Select circulation
Ctrl + X – Cut object
Ctrl + Y – Redo last action
Ctrl + Z – Undo last action
Ctrl + Shift + A – Displays objects previously hidden (Command : UNISOLATEOBJECTS)
Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy to clipboard with base point
Ctrl + Shift + S – Save project as
Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste data as block
Ctrl + Shift + W – Copy to clipboard as file (Command : COPYCLIPMETAFILE)
Del – Erase object
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* You can customize the keyboard shortcuts in midasCAD on the desktop.
Go to Tools > Customization > Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
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