Guide

Keyboard shortcuts

The keys the workspace answers to, grouped as the console groups them. Press ? in the workspace to see the same list there.

Tools take letters, in either case and never with a modifier. A key typed into a text box stays in the box. Where this page says Ctrl, use Cmd on a Mac.

The console lists a row only where it applies. Rows about class edits appear where the run takes them. Rows for the Clip box, the sloped line and Keep classifying appear while Advanced tools is on.

Tools, in the scene

Tools take letters. Digits never pick a tool.

Keys	What they do
`V`	Select. Also the way out of any tool. A tool's own key again returns to Select, or first brings back its Inspector if you put that away.
`M`	Measure: the measure used last, Distance at first. Press it again to return to Select. Area, Height and Volume are in the Measure menu.
`S`	Section.
`C`	Classify: draw around points and change their class. Where the run takes class edits.
`R`	Review: open or close the review queue panel.
`B`	Clip box. With Advanced tools on.
`Enter`	Finish a measurement.
`Backspace` or `Delete`	Remove the last vertex, or the selected one.
`Esc`	Step back: the last vertex, then leave the tool. What is drawn is kept.
`Alt` `click`	Insert a vertex into a Section line, a Classify region or a Volume polygon.
`?`	Show or hide this list in the console.

Classes, everywhere

Digits always choose a class, and never a tool. The console lists the keys that choose the class to write only where the run takes class edits.

The keys 0 to 9 choose a class: the class the next class edit writes, in the cloud view, in Classify and on the profile sheet.
Alt with a key from 1 to 9 hides or shows that class, on the cloud and on the profile sheet. Alt with 0 shows every class.

Keys	What they do
`Arrow keys`	Orbit.
`+` `−`	Zoom.
`F`	Fit: frame the whole site. Inside Section, Classify and Volume it frames the line or polygon.
`T`	Top view.
`Alt` `←`	Previous view. Camera moves are not undone by Ctrl and Z.
`Alt` `→`	Next view.

Saved views

Ctrl with a key from 1 to 9 flies to the first nine saved views, camera and display together. Ctrl and Shift with a key from 1 to 9 saves the camera and display into that slot; past the end, it saves them as the next view.

Classify (key C)

Keys	What they do
`P` `Q` `L`	Draw the shape as a polygon, a rectangle or a lasso. Where the run takes class edits.
`Enter`	Close the polygon. It never adds an edit. Where the run takes class edits.
`N`	Remove noise, and back to Reclassify. Where the run takes class edits.
`Digit keys`	Choose the class the points become; with a shape closed, also count the edit. Where the run takes class edits.
`Tab`	Swap From and To, when one From class is chosen. Where the run takes class edits.
`F`	Frame the shape. Where the run takes class edits.
`Backspace`	Take the last corner off. Where the run takes class edits.
`Esc`	Step back: the count, then the shape, then leave. Where the run takes class edits.

Section (key S) and Volume

Keys	What they do
`[` `]`	Step back or forward by one station, in the quick section.
`A`	Add a vertex by coordinates (Section).
`X`	Reverse the line (Section).
`F`	Frame the line or the polygon.

Clip box (key B)

Keys	What they do
`F`	Frame the box. With Advanced tools on.
`Delete` or `Backspace`	Remove the box. Ctrl and Z brings it back. With Advanced tools on.
`Esc`	Leave the tool. The box stays, and so does the clipped view. With Advanced tools on.

Profile sheet, with focus in it

Keys	What they do
`[` `]`	Step back or forward by half the thickness.
`Shift` `[` `]`	Step back or forward by the whole thickness.
`Home` `End`	First station, last station.
`L`	Cross-section or long profile.
`E`	Next vertical exaggeration.
`M`	Measure between two presses.
`S`	Select a band for a class edit. Where the run takes class edits.
`A`	Draw a level line: above, below or between. Where the run takes class edits.
`G`	Draw a sloped line through two clicks: above or below it. Where the run takes class edits, with Advanced tools on.
`X`	With a sloped line on: the other side of it. Where the run takes class edits, with Advanced tools on.
`Tab`	Swap From class and To class, with the chart focused. Where the run takes class edits.
`Enter`	Add the class edit to the list. Where the run takes class edits.
`Backspace`	Undo the last draft. Where the run takes class edits.
`?`	Show or hide the list of keys.

On the profile sheet, with a box or line drawn, a key from 0 to 9 lists it with that class and starts the next.

Profile chart, focused

Keys	What they do
`Arrow keys`	Pan.
`+` `−`	Zoom.
`F` `R`	Fit, reset.
`C`	Show the selection in the scene.
`Esc`	Clear what is drawn (a line, a box, a measure), then the cursor.

Edit, anywhere on the run

Keys	What they do
`Ctrl` `Z`	Undo the last step, whichever tool or panel made it.
`Ctrl` `Y` or `Ctrl` `Shift` `Z`	Redo.