Keyboard shortcuts

Every key in Atrium, by category: general, selection, drawing, direction locks, gizmo, groups, placing parts, plan and more.

This page lists every key in Atrium in one place. Tool shortcuts (such as L for Line or M for Move) come from a single table in Settings > Shortcuts, and you can change them; this page shows the defaults. If you change a shortcut, it changes everywhere, and a key that's already assigned to another action isn't accepted.

Tip

You don't need to memorize these tables: at every step, the hint line at the top of the screen shows the keys that work right then.

General

Key	Action	Where
`Ctrl` + `S`	Save	All editors
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo	All editors
`Ctrl` + `Y`	Redo	All editors
`Ctrl` + `C`	Copy the selection	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`Ctrl` + `V`	Paste (copied from Atrium, Rhino or STEP files)	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`Delete`	Delete the selection	All editors
`Esc`	Cancel step by step; clear the selection; close a card	All editors
`Space` or `Enter`	Repeat the last command (when no tool is active)	All editors
`Z`	Zoom to the selection; the whole scene if nothing is selected	All editors, including the plan
`F8`	Turn Ortho on or off	All editors, including the plan

Tools

Key	Action	Where
`L`	Line	Drawing tools
`A`	Arc	Drawing tools
`M`	Move	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`R`	Rotate	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`Shift` + `M`	Mirror	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`C`	Copy (Move with the Copy checkbox on); while a tool is running, toggles the Copy checkbox	Move, Rotate, Mirror
`O`	Offset	All drawing environments
`J`	Join (merge collinear lines)	All drawing environments

Selection

Key	Action	Where
Click	Select; click again to deselect. Clicking other items adds them to the selection.	All editors
`Shift` + click	Remove from the selection only	All editors
Box left to right / right to left	Items fully inside the box / anything the box touches	All editors
`Shift` + box	Remove the parts and points inside the box	All editors
Hold `Ctrl`	Show and pick control points	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Ctrl` + click a point	Toggle that point in the selection	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Ctrl` + box	Pick points with a box	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + click	Select an edge or face	Assembly, 0D
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + double-click an edge	Select all edges around	Assembly, 0D
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + box	Select edges with a box	Assembly, 0D
Double-click a line	Select the whole connected shape	Sketch
`Esc`	Deselects points first, then everything.	All editors

Drawing and point input

Key	Action	Where
A number, then `Enter` or `Space`	Place a point at the typed length along the current direction; drawing continues.	All point-input tools
`x,y`	Absolute point	Shape tools, cross-section, plan
`@dx,dy`	Point relative to the previous point	Shape tools, cross-section, plan
`400<30`	Length 400 at a 30° angle	All point-input tools
`<30`	Lock the angle only	All point-input tools
`40,20`	Rectangle size (length,width)	Rectangle tool
`Enter`, `Space` or right-click	Finish; everything you've drawn stays.	All point-input tools
`Esc`	First press clears unfinished input; second press ends the command	All point-input tools
`Backspace`	Delete the typed number; with no number, remove the last point	All point-input tools
Hold `Shift` before the first click	Lock the plane under the pointer	Drawing on a face

Direction locks and modifiers

Key	Action	Where
`→` (Right arrow)	Lock to the work plane's horizontal axis (X)	All point-input tools
`←` (Left arrow)	Lock to the work plane's second axis (Y); in sketches and the plan, vertical	All point-input tools
`↑` (Up arrow)	Lock perpendicular to the work plane (Z)	3D editors
`↓` (Down arrow)	Lock parallel to the edge, line or wall under the pointer	All point-input tools
The same arrow again	Release the lock	All point-input tools
Tap `Shift`	Lock to the current direction → circle around the previous point → free	All point-input tools
Hold `Shift`	Invert Ortho temporarily	All point-input tools
Hold `Ctrl`	Move the point only up and down (perpendicular to the plane)	3D editors
Tap `Ctrl`	Make the point under the pointer a Smart track point	All point-input tools
Double-tap `Ctrl`	Clear Smart track points	All point-input tools
Hold `Alt`	Draw without snaps	All point-input tools

Move, rotate and mirror

Key	Action	Where
`Backspace`	Go back one step	Move, Rotate
`Esc`	First press clears the number or lock; second press closes the tool without moving anything	Move, Rotate
A number, then `Enter`	Set the mirror line angle (0 horizontal, 90 vertical); the mirror is applied right away.	Mirror, after the first point

Gizmo

Key	Action	Where
Type a number mid-drag	The total move or rotation becomes that number.	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Alt` + drag	Copy	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Esc` mid-drag	Return everything to where it was (no copy is left)	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Enter`	Commit the value in the number box	Number box
`Esc`	Close the number box	Number box

Groups and isolate

Key	Action	Where
`Ctrl` + `G`	Group the selected items	Assembly
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`	Ungroup; on a sub-assembly, explode	Assembly
Double-click a group	Enter the group (isolate)	Assembly
`Esc` (when nothing is selected)	Go up one level out of a group; exit isolate	Assembly

Placing parts from the library

Key	Action	Where
`Space`	Rotate 90°	Before clicking to place
`Tab`	Rotate the other way	Before clicking to place
`Ctrl` + `Tab`	Next control point to enter from	Before clicking to place
`Shift` + `M`	Mirror	Before clicking to place

Drawing tools

Key	Action	Where
`Enter` with no number	Use the previous offset distance	Offset
`Backspace`	Pick a different line	Offset
`Esc`	Exit without offsetting	Offset
`Enter`	Confirm the cutting objects	Trim
`Enter`	Commit the typed radius	Arc start/end/radius
`Esc`	Remove the placed end point	Arc start/end/radius
`Delete`	Delete the selected dimension	Dimension
`Delete`	Delete the selected edges (picked with `Ctrl` + `Shift`)	Free shape

Spline

Key	Action	Where
`Enter`	Finish	Drawing a spline
`Backspace`	Remove the previous point	Drawing a spline
`Esc`	Cancel	Drawing a spline
Double-click a point	Switch between smooth and corner	Spline point

Text and labels

Key	Action	Where
`Enter`	New line	Typing text
`Esc` or click outside	Finish the text	Typing text
Double-click	Edit the text in place	Text, label card
`Enter`	Confirm the label	Placing a label
`Esc`	Cancel the label	Placing a label
`Delete`	Delete the selected label	Labels and callouts

Boards, edge banding and processes

Key	Action	Where
`Esc`	Exit edge banding mode; if a band card is open, only the card closes first.	Edge banding mode
`Esc`	Revert everything while dragging a side arrow	Side arrows
`Esc`	Finish chamfering or rounding edges	Board edge chamfer and round
`Delete`	Remove the chamfer or round from that edge	Selected chamfered or rounded edge
`Ctrl` + click	Pick the point under a groove or pocket gizmo	Grooves and pockets
`Esc`	Go back from the process to its part	Holes, grooves, pockets

Plan

Key	Action	Where
`Tab`	Switch which side of the line the wall is drawn on	Drawing walls
`F8`	Turn Ortho on or off	Plan
Hold `Shift`	Invert Ortho temporarily	Plan
Tap `Shift`	Lock the direction	Plan
`Enter`	Create a room from the selected walls	Plan
`Enter`, `Space`, right-click, or click near the last point	Finish (also completes anything left unfinished)	Plan
`Backspace`	Remove the last wall segment; undo the first click of a dimension or divider line	Plan
`Esc`	First press clears the number or lock; second press ends the command	Plan
Right-click or middle-click on empty space	Clear the selection (and pan the view)	Plan
`Enter` or `Esc`	Close the prompt panel while placing an item	Plan

Number fields and design tree

Key	Action	Where
`Enter` or leave the field	Commit the value	All number fields
`Esc`	Restore the previous value	All number fields
`↑` / `↓`	Increase / decrease by one	All number fields
Double-click a name	Rename a part or group	Design tree
`Enter` or click outside	Confirm the name	Design tree
`Esc`	Revert the name	Design tree
Double-click a name	Rename a control point	Control point list
`Esc`	Finish placing control points	+ Control point

Tip

You don't need to memorize these tables: at every step, the hint line at the top of the screen shows the keys that work right then.

General

Key	Action	Where
`Ctrl` + `S`	Save	All editors
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo	All editors
`Ctrl` + `Y`	Redo	All editors
`Ctrl` + `C`	Copy the selection	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`Ctrl` + `V`	Paste (copied from Atrium, Rhino or STEP files)	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`Delete`	Delete the selection	All editors
`Esc`	Cancel step by step; clear the selection; close a card	All editors
`Space` or `Enter`	Repeat the last command (when no tool is active)	All editors
`Z`	Zoom to the selection; the whole scene if nothing is selected	All editors, including the plan
`F8`	Turn Ortho on or off	All editors, including the plan

Tools

Key	Action	Where
`L`	Line	Drawing tools
`A`	Arc	Drawing tools
`M`	Move	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`R`	Rotate	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`Shift` + `M`	Mirror	Assembly, 0D, cross-section, tool profile
`C`	Copy (Move with the Copy checkbox on); while a tool is running, toggles the Copy checkbox	Move, Rotate, Mirror
`O`	Offset	All drawing environments
`J`	Join (merge collinear lines)	All drawing environments

Selection

Key	Action	Where
Click	Select; click again to deselect. Clicking other items adds them to the selection.	All editors
`Shift` + click	Remove from the selection only	All editors
Box left to right / right to left	Items fully inside the box / anything the box touches	All editors
`Shift` + box	Remove the parts and points inside the box	All editors
Hold `Ctrl`	Show and pick control points	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Ctrl` + click a point	Toggle that point in the selection	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Ctrl` + box	Pick points with a box	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + click	Select an edge or face	Assembly, 0D
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + double-click an edge	Select all edges around	Assembly, 0D
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + box	Select edges with a box	Assembly, 0D
Double-click a line	Select the whole connected shape	Sketch
`Esc`	Deselects points first, then everything.	All editors

Drawing and point input

Key	Action	Where
A number, then `Enter` or `Space`	Place a point at the typed length along the current direction; drawing continues.	All point-input tools
`x,y`	Absolute point	Shape tools, cross-section, plan
`@dx,dy`	Point relative to the previous point	Shape tools, cross-section, plan
`400<30`	Length 400 at a 30° angle	All point-input tools
`<30`	Lock the angle only	All point-input tools
`40,20`	Rectangle size (length,width)	Rectangle tool
`Enter`, `Space` or right-click	Finish; everything you've drawn stays.	All point-input tools
`Esc`	First press clears unfinished input; second press ends the command	All point-input tools
`Backspace`	Delete the typed number; with no number, remove the last point	All point-input tools
Hold `Shift` before the first click	Lock the plane under the pointer	Drawing on a face

Direction locks and modifiers

Key	Action	Where
`→` (Right arrow)	Lock to the work plane's horizontal axis (X)	All point-input tools
`←` (Left arrow)	Lock to the work plane's second axis (Y); in sketches and the plan, vertical	All point-input tools
`↑` (Up arrow)	Lock perpendicular to the work plane (Z)	3D editors
`↓` (Down arrow)	Lock parallel to the edge, line or wall under the pointer	All point-input tools
The same arrow again	Release the lock	All point-input tools
Tap `Shift`	Lock to the current direction → circle around the previous point → free	All point-input tools
Hold `Shift`	Invert Ortho temporarily	All point-input tools
Hold `Ctrl`	Move the point only up and down (perpendicular to the plane)	3D editors
Tap `Ctrl`	Make the point under the pointer a Smart track point	All point-input tools
Double-tap `Ctrl`	Clear Smart track points	All point-input tools
Hold `Alt`	Draw without snaps	All point-input tools

Move, rotate and mirror

Key	Action	Where
`Backspace`	Go back one step	Move, Rotate
`Esc`	First press clears the number or lock; second press closes the tool without moving anything	Move, Rotate
A number, then `Enter`	Set the mirror line angle (0 horizontal, 90 vertical); the mirror is applied right away.	Mirror, after the first point

Gizmo

Key	Action	Where
Type a number mid-drag	The total move or rotation becomes that number.	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Alt` + drag	Copy	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Esc` mid-drag	Return everything to where it was (no copy is left)	Assembly, 0D, sketch
`Enter`	Commit the value in the number box	Number box
`Esc`	Close the number box	Number box

Groups and isolate

Key	Action	Where
`Ctrl` + `G`	Group the selected items	Assembly
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`	Ungroup; on a sub-assembly, explode	Assembly
Double-click a group	Enter the group (isolate)	Assembly
`Esc` (when nothing is selected)	Go up one level out of a group; exit isolate	Assembly

Placing parts from the library

Key	Action	Where
`Space`	Rotate 90°	Before clicking to place
`Tab`	Rotate the other way	Before clicking to place
`Ctrl` + `Tab`	Next control point to enter from	Before clicking to place
`Shift` + `M`	Mirror	Before clicking to place

Drawing tools

Key	Action	Where
`Enter` with no number	Use the previous offset distance	Offset
`Backspace`	Pick a different line	Offset
`Esc`	Exit without offsetting	Offset
`Enter`	Confirm the cutting objects	Trim
`Enter`	Commit the typed radius	Arc start/end/radius
`Esc`	Remove the placed end point	Arc start/end/radius
`Delete`	Delete the selected dimension	Dimension
`Delete`	Delete the selected edges (picked with `Ctrl` + `Shift`)	Free shape

Spline

Key	Action	Where
`Enter`	Finish	Drawing a spline
`Backspace`	Remove the previous point	Drawing a spline
`Esc`	Cancel	Drawing a spline
Double-click a point	Switch between smooth and corner	Spline point

Text and labels

Key	Action	Where
`Enter`	New line	Typing text
`Esc` or click outside	Finish the text	Typing text
Double-click	Edit the text in place	Text, label card
`Enter`	Confirm the label	Placing a label
`Esc`	Cancel the label	Placing a label
`Delete`	Delete the selected label	Labels and callouts

Boards, edge banding and processes

Key	Action	Where
`Esc`	Exit edge banding mode; if a band card is open, only the card closes first.	Edge banding mode
`Esc`	Revert everything while dragging a side arrow	Side arrows
`Esc`	Finish chamfering or rounding edges	Board edge chamfer and round
`Delete`	Remove the chamfer or round from that edge	Selected chamfered or rounded edge
`Ctrl` + click	Pick the point under a groove or pocket gizmo	Grooves and pockets
`Esc`	Go back from the process to its part	Holes, grooves, pockets

Plan

Key	Action	Where
`Tab`	Switch which side of the line the wall is drawn on	Drawing walls
`F8`	Turn Ortho on or off	Plan
Hold `Shift`	Invert Ortho temporarily	Plan
Tap `Shift`	Lock the direction	Plan
`Enter`	Create a room from the selected walls	Plan
`Enter`, `Space`, right-click, or click near the last point	Finish (also completes anything left unfinished)	Plan
`Backspace`	Remove the last wall segment; undo the first click of a dimension or divider line	Plan
`Esc`	First press clears the number or lock; second press ends the command	Plan
Right-click or middle-click on empty space	Clear the selection (and pan the view)	Plan
`Enter` or `Esc`	Close the prompt panel while placing an item	Plan

Number fields and design tree

Key	Action	Where
`Enter` or leave the field	Commit the value	All number fields
`Esc`	Restore the previous value	All number fields
`↑` / `↓`	Increase / decrease by one	All number fields
Double-click a name	Rename a part or group	Design tree
`Enter` or click outside	Confirm the name	Design tree
`Esc`	Revert the name	Design tree
Double-click a name	Rename a control point	Control point list
`Esc`	Finish placing control points	+ Control point

Keyboard shortcuts

#General

#Tools

#Selection

#Drawing and point input

#Direction locks and modifiers

#Move, rotate and mirror

#Gizmo

#Groups and isolate

#Placing parts from the library

#Drawing tools

#Spline

#Text and labels

#Boards, edge banding and processes

#Plan

#Number fields and design tree

#General

#Tools

#Selection

#Drawing and point input

#Direction locks and modifiers

#Move, rotate and mirror

#Gizmo

#Groups and isolate

#Placing parts from the library

#Drawing tools

#Spline

#Text and labels

#Boards, edge banding and processes

#Plan

#Number fields and design tree

General

Tools

Selection

Drawing and point input

Direction locks and modifiers

Move, rotate and mirror

Gizmo

Groups and isolate

Placing parts from the library

Drawing tools

Spline

Text and labels

Boards, edge banding and processes

Plan

Number fields and design tree

General

Tools

Selection

Drawing and point input

Direction locks and modifiers

Move, rotate and mirror

Gizmo

Groups and isolate

Placing parts from the library

Drawing tools

Spline

Text and labels

Boards, edge banding and processes

Plan

Number fields and design tree