Shortcuts

To view or change keyboard shortcuts

Note

  • Rhino menus list the default keyboard shortcuts. If you change a command to a different shortcut, the menus do not update to reflect this change.
  • Many of these shortcuts can be changed and you can add new shortcuts and aliases.

See: Aliases Options, Keyboard Options, and Mouse Options.

View navigation controls

Rotate perspective views.

Keyboard: Arrow keys

Pan parallel views. Press Shift to pan perspective views.

Keyboard: Shift + Arrow keys

To rotate or pan vertically

  • Drag with the right mouse button up or down, and then press Shift.

To rotate or pan horizontally

  • Drag with the right mouse button left or right, and then press Shift.

Ctrl(CMD) +

 (Scroll)

Zoom view in/out.

Keyboard: PageUp / PageDn

Alt + 

Alt +  (Scroll)

Pan perspectives view in/out.

Keyboard: Ctrl(CMD) + PageUp / PageDn

Shift + Alt +

Tilt View.

To tilt with 5 degree increment

  • Drag with the right mouse button along the left or right view border.

    indicates angle snapping is active.

Keyboard: Ctrl(CMD) + Shift + PageUp / PageDn

Ctrl(CMD) + Shift + Alt + 

Adjust camera lens length in a perspective view.

increases lens length. (Telephoto)

decreases lens length. (Wide angle)

Keyboard: Shift + PageUp / PageDn

Ctrl(CMD) + Alt +

Rotate camera.

To rotate vertically

  • Drag with the right mouse button up or down, and then press Shift.

To rotate horizontally

  • Drag with the right mouse button left or right, and then press Shift.

Ctrl(CMD) + Shift + 

Force parallel view to rotate.

Rotate view around an object. How to...

Release Ctrl(CMD) + Shift while rotating, and then press Shift again to lock the direction.

To rotate a plan view 90 degrees

  1. Drag with the right mouse button up/down/left/right to rotate the view.

  2. While dragging, press Ctrl(CMD) + Shift.

Ctrl + Tab

Next viewport active. Cycles through layout pages if a layout is active and through model viewports if model space is active.

Selection

Add object to selection.

Shift +

Add crossed / windowed objects to selection.

Ctrl(CMD) + Shift +

Select polysurface/surface faces, edges, boundaries, mesh faces or edges, and objects within groups.

Ctrl(CMD) + 

Remove object from selection.

Ctrl(CMD) +

Remove crossed / windowed objects from selection.

Toolbars

Ctrl(CMD) +

Link toolbar button.

Ctrl(CMD) +

Copy toolbar button.

Default keyboard shortcut assignments

Key

Command macro

F1

Help

F2

Open/close CommandHistory

F3

Properties

F5

SelectionFilterToggle

F6

Toggle Camera

F7

Grid > ShowGrid > ShowGridAxes

F8

Toggle Ortho

F9

Toggle Snap

F10

Points On

F11

Points Off

F12

Dig Click

Ctrl+F1

SetMaximizedViewport > Top

Ctrl+F2

SetMaximizedViewport > Front

Ctrl+F3

SetMaximizedViewport > Right

Ctrl+F4

SetMaximizedViewport > Perspective

Ctrl+A

SelAll

Ctrl+B

Block

Ctrl+C

CopyToClipboard

Ctrl+F

FindText

Ctrl+G

Group

Ctrl+H

Hide

Ctrl+I

Insert

Ctrl+J

Join

Ctrl+L

Lock

Ctrl+M

MaxViewport

Ctrl+N

New

Ctrl+O

Open

Ctrl+P

Print

Ctrl+Q

Exit

Ctrl+R

 AutoAlignCPlane > Mode > Cycle

Ctrl+S

Save

Ctrl+T

Trim

Ctrl+V

Paste

Ctrl+W

Zoom

Ctrl+X

Cut

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Shift+E

Zoom > Extents

Ctrl+Shift+G

Ungroup

Ctrl+Shift+H

ShowSelected

Ctrl+Shift+L

UnlockSelected

Ctrl+Shift+S

Split

Ctrl+Alt+E

Zoom All Extents

Ctrl+Alt+G

SetDisplayMode > Ghosted

Ctrl+Alt+H

Show

Ctrl+Alt+L

Unlock

Ctrl+Alt+R

SetDisplayMode > Rendered

Ctrl+Alt+S

SetDisplayMode > Shaded

Ctrl+Alt+W

SetDisplayMode > Wireframe

Ctrl+Alt+X

SetDisplayMode > XRay

Ctrl+1

 AutoAlignCPlane > Locked

Home

UndoView

End

RedoView

Shift+Home

CPlane > Undo

Shift+End

CPlane > Redo

Tab

SubDDisplayToggle

  • Changing the Tab key assignment will not affect Direction lock behavior.