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.

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.

Mac shortcuts

⌘⌫ Delete
⌘, Show Rhinoceros Settings
⌘0 Show or hide left sidebar
⌥⌘0 Show or hide right sidebar
⌘:

Show Spelling and Grammar
⌘; Check Spelling
⌘? Help topics
⌘A Select all
⌃⌘A Set artistic display mode
⌘B Block definition
⌘C Copy to clipboard
⇧⌘E Zoom extents
⌥⌘E Zoom extents all viewports
⌘F FindText
⌃⌘F Enter Full Screen
⌘G Group
⇧⌘G Ungroup
⌃⌘G Set ghosted display mode
⌘H Hide application
⌥H Hide objects
⌥⌘H Hide other applications
⌥⇧H Show selected objects
⌃⌥H Show
⌘I Insert
⌘J Join
⌘K Command search
⌥⇧⌘K Show or hide active tool palettes
⌘L Lock
⇧⌘L Unlock selected objects
⌥⌘L Unlock
⌃L Show or hide Layers panel
⌘M Minimize Window
⌥⌘M Maximize/restore viewport
⌘N New
⇧⌘N New document using template
⌘O Open
⌘P Print
⌃⌘P Set pen display mode
⌘Q Exit Rhinoceros
⌃⌘R Set rendered display mode
⌘S Save
⇧⌘S Duplicate document
⌥⇧⌘S Save As
⌃⌘S Set shaded display mode
⌃⇧S Split
⌘T Trim
⌥⌘T Open the character palette
⌃⌘T Set technical display mode
⌃U Show or hide object snaps panel
⌃⌥U Show object snaps panel under cursor
⌘V Paste
⌘W Close window
⌥⌘W Close all windows
⌃⌘W Set wireframe display mode
⌘X Cut
⌃⌘X Set x-ray display mode
⌘Z Undo
⇧⌘Z Redo
⌘F1 Maximize top viewport
F2

Open/close Command history
⌘F2 Maximize front viewport
F3 Object properties
⌘F3 Maximize right viewport
⌘F4 Maximize perspective viewport
F6 Show or hide camera
F7 Show or hide grid
F8 Ortho toggle
F9 Toggle grid snap
F10 Control points on
F11 Points off
↖ Undo view change
↖ Undo view change
⇧↖ Previous CPlane
↘ Redo view change
⇧↘ Next CPlane
⌘⇞ Pan in
⇧⇞ Zoom lens in
⇧⌘⇞ Tilt view left
⌘⇟ Pan out
⇧⇟ Zoom lens out
⇧⌘⇟ Tilt view right