Why SHORTCUT KEYS ?
Shortcut keys help you eliminate mouse clicks and work more efficiently.
You may only need to remember something for those actions and commands that you regularly do, but believe me, it will be worth a small effort to sail through your work once.
Anything to make life a bit easier, is not it?
You can drag the full list of shortcut keys available in NX at any time But it is useful to use a reference sheet until you are around to remember them.
You can also create custom shortcut keys in NX other than the standard OOTB listed here.
Adaptation in NX helps improve your workflow and maximizes efficiency.
Custom keys are particularly good for specific tasks, which you do manually on a daily basis, which are usually not used by others.
HOW TO FIND STANDARD KEYS USED IN THE NX ?
There are a couple of ways to do this:
- Type shortcut keys in the command finder
- Go to Menu> Notifications> Custom Menu> Shortcut Key
These include standard copy, paste, new file commands that are used for all, as well as some CAD specific shortcuts such as extruded, sketches, etc.
1. File Menu | |
Ctrl+N | New |
Ctrl+O | Open |
Ctrl+S | Save |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Save As |
Ctrl+P | Plot |
Ctrl+G | Execute Grip |
Ctrl+Shift+G | Execute Debug Grip |
Ctrl+U | Execute NX Open |
2. Edit Menu | |
Ctrl+Z | Undo List |
Ctrl+Y | Redo |
Ctrl+X | Cut |
Ctrl+C | Copy |
Ctrl+V | Paste |
Ctrl+D | Delete |
Shift+F | Feature on Top Priority |
Shift+G | Face on Top Priority |
Shift+B | Body on Top Priority |
Shift+E | Edge on Top Priority |
Shift+C | Component on Top Priority |
Ctrl+A | Select All |
Ctrl+J | Object Display |
Ctrl+W | Show/Hide |
Ctrl+Shift+I | immediate Hide |
Ctrl+B | Hide |
Ctrl+Shift+K | Show |
Ctrl+Shift+U | Show All |
Ctrl+Shift+B | Invert Shown and Hidden |
Ctrl+T | Move Object |
3. View Menu | |
Ctrl+F | Fit |
Ctrl+Shift+Z | Zoom |
Ctrl+R | Rotate |
Ctrl+H | Edit Section |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Ray Traced Studio |
Ctrl+Shift+H | High Quality Image |
Ctrl+Shift+N | New Layout |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Open Layout |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Fit All Views Layout |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Information Window |
F3 | Current Dialog Box |
Shift+F1 | Move Clip Left |
Alt+Enter | Full Screen |
F11 | Maximize Resource Bar Tab |
Ctrl+F8 | Reset Orientation |
4. Format Menu | |
Ctrl+L | Layer Settings |
W | WCS Display |
Ctrl+Q | Finish Sketch |
X | Extrude |
Shift+F8 | Normal view to Sketch |
Drag+Shift | Move in Orthographic Direction |
Drag+Ctrl | Copy in another Position |
Drag+Shift+Ctrl | Copy Along Orthographic Direction |
5. Tools Menu | |
Ctrl+E | Expressions |
Alt+F8 | Play Journal |
Alt+F11 | Edit Journal |
Ctrl+Shift+R | Macro-Start Record |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Macro-Playback |
Alt+F5 | Record Movie |
Alt+F6 | Pause Movie |
Alt+F7 | Stop Movie |
Ctrl+1 | Customize |
6. Information Menu | |
Ctrl+I | Object |
7. Analysis Menu | |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Refresh curvature Graphs |
8. Preferences | |
Ctrl+2 | User Interface |
Ctrl+Shift+V | Visualization |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Selection |
Ctrl+Shift+J | Object |
9. Application Menu | |
Ctrl+M | Modelling |
Ctrl+Alt+S | Shape Studio |
Ctrl+Shift+D | Drafting |
Ctrl+Alt+M | Manufacturing |
Ctrl+Alt+I | Inspection |
Ctrl+Shift+M | Sheet Metal |
Ctrl+Alt+P | Flexible Printed Circuit Design |
10. Help | |
F1 | Context Help |
How to create your own Custom Command?
First of all, you will need to open a customized window:
- Ctrl + 1 opens customized directly
- Go to File> Optimize
Once in Customize, you will want to select the keyboard.
This opens a new window called customized keyboard where you can see both existing keyboard shortcuts or enter your own to create new ones.
Just type and press Enter to add.
Hope this article helped you! Be sure to share it with your colleagues, especially with any person who is new to the NX.