Keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys

Keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys speed access to commonly used commands.

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Keyboard shortcuts

There are many keyboard shortcuts that can save you time when using Vivien.

Vivien’s keyboard shortcuts are defined below.

Keyboard shortcut	Description
F1	Help
Shift + F1	Displays context-sensitive help
F4	Repeat last command
F5	Refresh current view
F6	Relative or absolute coordinate toggle
F8 (press once)	Ortho toggle
F8 (press twice)	Restore from single axis Ortho to double axis Ortho
Alt + F8	Ortho toggle for single axis
F9	Snap toggle
F10	Crosshairs toggle
F11	Interactive object creation toggle in Drawing Wireframe
F11	Full screen toggle in Virtual View
Space	Repeat last command
Ctrl + A	Select all
Ctrl + Shift + A	Select current layer
Ctrl + Shift + E	Transform Objects
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + F	Find
Ctrl + G	Group
Ctrl + H	Replace
Ctrl + I	Invert Selection of objects in Wireframe. Invert Selection of fixtures in Lighting Wireframe and Virtual View.
Ctrl + J	New fixture group
Ctrl + M	Move
Ctrl + N	New document
Ctrl + O	Open document
Ctrl + P	Print current view
Ctrl + R	Rotate
Ctrl + S	Save current document
Ctrl + U	Ungroup
Ctrl + V	Paste
Ctrl + X	Cut
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Click	Add to or remove from selection list
Ctrl + Drag	Copy selected objects
Alt + Drag	Rotate selected objects
Alt + Arrow keys	Nudges selected objects in 10’ increments
Alt + Shift + Arrow keys	Nudges selected objects in 1’ increments
Alt + Enter	Displays properties of selected object
Arrow keys	Move target
Ctrl + Arrow keys	Rotates around the drawing (in 3D view only)
Page Up/Page Down	Zoom in and out
Del	Erases selected object
Esc	Abort command
Enter	Finish current command
Ctrl + Alt + E	Camera Path Editor
Ctrl + Alt + S	Virtual View Settings Tool
Ctrl + Alt + O	Virtual View Output Tool
Ctrl + Alt + T	Timeline
Ctrl + Alt + P	Position Tool
Ctrl + Alt + X	If object is selected, opens Position Tool with cursor in X
Ctrl + Shift + Y	If object is selected, opens Position Tool with cursor in Y
Ctrl + Shift + Z	If object is selected, opens Position Tool with cursor in Z
Ctrl + Spacebar	Virtual View Recording On/Off

Notes:

If ONLY fixtures are selected, either CTRL+G or CTRL+J will create a Fixture Group.
If fixtures AND more than one other object is selected, CTRL+G will create a normal “Objects Group” from the selected objects (the same if there were no fixtures in the selection set), while CTRL+J will create a Fixture Group (the same as if CTRL+G was used with only fixtures selected).

Hotkeys

Hotkeys are keyboard shortcuts that act as commands entered from menus or toolbars. They are categorized according to the view and timing of usage. For example, certain hot keys are only operational in layout views and only in the midst of performing an operation.

Drawing Views

The following default hotkeys are useful when working in the Drawing Wireframe tab or the wireframe views of the Drawing Quad tab.

Start Operations

Description	Hotkey
Insert line	L
Insert riser	R
Insert cylinder	C
Insert text label	X
Snap to midpoints	M
Snap to endpoints	E
Zoom window	Z
Modify view	V
Insert dimension	D

Mid Operations

Description	Hotkey
Abort mode	A
Finish mode	F
Close line	C
Quick increase	I
Quick decrease	D
Snap to grid	G
Snap to midpoints	M
Snap to endpoints	E
Previous zoom	P
Next zoom	N
ToolTips on/off	Y

Lighting Views

The following default hotkeys are helpful when working in Lighting Wireframe tab or the wireframe views in the Lighting Quad tab.

Start Operations

Description	Hotkey
Focus	F
At full intensity	1
At 50% intensity	5
Intensity off	0
Intensity specify	S
Last intensity and focus	L
Zoom window	Z
Zoom fit	M

Mid Operations

Description	Hotkey
Abort mode	A
Finish mode	F
View Options	V
ToolTips on/off	Y

Layout Views

The following default hotkeys are helpful when working in the Layouts tab.

Start Operations

Description	Hotkey
Insert line	L
Insert rectangle	N
Insert round rectangle	U
Insert ellipse	E
Insert polygon	G
Insert text	T
Insert bitmap	B
Insert layout view	P
Insert spreadsheet	X
Open bound view	O
Bound view properties	S
Move to front	J
Move to back	K
Placeholders only	H
Print preview	W
Zoom window	Z
Zoom fit	F
View Options	V

Mid Operations

Description	Hotkey
Abort mode	A
Finish mode	F

Default hotkeys used to switch Wireframe Views

The following default hotkeys are used to switch between Wireframe view types in Drawing Wireframe and Drawing Quad.

Description	Hotkey
Activate Plan View	1
Activate Left View	2
Activate Right View	3
Activate Front View	4
Activate Back View	5
Activate Isometric View	6

Default hotkeys used in VR mode

The following default hotkey is used to start and stop Virtual Reality mode from Virtual View.

Description	Hotkey
Start/Stop VR mode	F10

Default numpad hotkeys used in VR Companion mode

The following default numpad hotkeys are used to open, close, navigate and toggle menu settings in VR Companion mode.

Description	Numpad Hotkey
Activate/Exit VR Companion Mode	ENTER
Actuate VR Menu Item in Looks, Cameras, Camera Paths, or Scenes; and navigate between View Options/Menu Settings and previous menu option selected	5 (Key)
Navigate VR Menu Options in Menu Settings and View Options	Up / Down Arrows (8 / 2 Keys)
Toggle Menu buttons or Increase/Decrease levels of Menu Options	Left / Right Arrows (4 /6 Keys)