Now select the command or tool which you want to assign shortcut key and type your desired key in Add Shortcut box of this dialog box. For example if i select Orbit command of Camera menu then you can see there is O key of keyboard assigned to it. When you click on any command to assign shortcut key to it then if there is already any key assigned to that command then it will come in the box of Assigned. Here click on Shortcuts option of the list and you will have number of command list in it. Once you click on this option a dialog box of Preferences will be open like this. The first step You have to do is go to Window menu of menu bar and click on it then go to Preferences option of drop down list. Now let me tell you about how you can customize keyboard shortcuts in this software so that you can assign your desired shortcut to any command or tool. How to Customized Keyboard shortcuts in SketchUp? Save (Ctrl + S): For saving your work in this software you can go to Save command of File menu of menu bar or press its shortcut key which is Ctrl + S keys of keyboard. Open (Ctrl + O): Press Ctrl + O button of keyboard for opening your already designed work and once you press these keys, dialog box will be open for choosing your desired file. New (Ctrl + N): For start new project you have to create a new document so by pressing Ctrl + N button of keyboard you can create it. Zoom tool (Z): With this tool we can zoom in or zoom out for seeing elements properly and it can make active by pressing Z button. Pan tool (H): Press H button of keyboard for pan tool and by using this tool you can hold working screen then move it for seeing other object on working screen. Orbit tool (O): Orbit tool will help you for seeing your drawn model from different perspective plane and you can have it by pressing O button of keyboard. Tape Measure (T): By pressing T button of keyboard you can have Tape Measure tool for measuring dimensions of your draw object.

Scale tool (S): Press S button of keyboard for this tool and then you can scale your selected component during working on any project. Rotate tool (Q): For rotating any component or surface or element we use Move tool and Q button is shortcut key of it.

So press the M button on the keyboard for this tool. Move tool (M): Move tool plays major role in 3D modeling such as you can move any surface of component by just selecting that and so on. Paint Bucket tool (B): You can make active this tool by pressing B button of keyboard. Push/Pull (P): The most important and base tool of this software is Push/Pull which is using for extruding shape for making 3D shape from them and P button is shortcut of it. It helps in creation of many types of shapes.Ĭircle tool (C): It is similar to rectangle tool and use for creating circle, ellipse, and other curved shapes. Rectangle tool (R): It is one of the shape tools and you can make it active by pressing R button of keyboard. Line tool (L): If you want to use the Line tool then simply press the L button of the keyboard.Įraser (E): We need to erase some element many times during working on this software so you can active it by pressing E button of keyboard.Īrc tool (A): Arc tool is also one of the tools which we use for creating models in this software and it can be access by pressing A button of keyboard.

Standard sketchup shortcuts