Keyboard shortcuts
CompleteChecked against Musa CAD 0.8.0Verified
These are the keyboard shortcuts Musa CAD answers to on a fresh install. The tables are read from Musa CAD itself when this wiki is built, so they match the release.
Most commands do not need a shortcut, because you start them by typing their alias at the cursor: L for LINE, C for CIRCLE, TR for TRIM. See the command reference for every alias.
Function keys
| Key | Switches | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Help | |
| F3 | OSNAP | Snap the cursor to precise points on existing objects (endpoint, midpoint, center, ...). |
| F4 | 3DOSNAP | Snap to the vertices, edges and faces of 3D objects. |
| F5Ctrl+E | Next isoplane | |
| F6 | DUCS | Align the UCS with the face of a solid under the cursor (Dynamic UCS). |
| F7 | GRID | Display the reference grid. |
| F8 | ORTHO | Constrain cursor movement to horizontal and vertical. |
| F9 | SNAP | Snap the cursor to grid increments. |
| F10 | POLAR | Track the cursor along the polar angles (the dropdown sets the increment). |
| F11 | OTRACK | Track the cursor along paths through the object snap points it has rested on. |
| F12 | DYN | Show command input and prompts at the cursor (Dynamic Input). |
Other shortcuts
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | New |
| Ctrl+O | Open |
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save As |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
| Ctrl+P | Plot |
| Ctrl+C | Copy to the clipboard |
| Ctrl+X | Cut to the clipboard |
| Ctrl+V | Paste from the clipboard |
| Ctrl+Tab | Next drawing tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Previous drawing tab |
| Ctrl+W | Close the drawing |
| Ctrl+3 | Tool Palettes |
Keys in the drawing area
The drawing area reads these keys itself, while you work on the drawing.
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+A | Select every object (when no command is running) |
| Ctrl+W | Selection cycling on or off (SELECTIONCYCLING) |
| Ctrl+H | Group selection on or off (PICKSTYLE) |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Group selection on or off (PICKSTYLE) |
| Delete | Erase the selected objects |
| Backspace | Erase the selected objects |
| Esc | Cancel the command, or clear the selection |
| Enter | Accept the input; at an empty prompt, repeat the last command |
| Space | The same as Enter; while drawing a lasso, cycle window, crossing and fence |
| Shift (held at a point prompt) | Ortho the other way for as long as it is held |
| Shift+A (held) | Object snap on or off for the moment |
| Shift+X (held) | Polar tracking on or off for the moment |
| Shift+Q (held) | Object snap tracking on or off for the moment |
| Shift+D or Shift+L (held) | No snapping or tracking for the moment |
| Shift+E or Shift+P (held) | Endpoint snap alone for the moment |
| Shift+V or Shift+M (held) | Midpoint snap alone for the moment |
| Shift+C (held) | Center snap alone for the moment |
| Shift+right-click | The object snap menu for one pick |
Make your own
Section titled “Make your own”- Give any command a key of your own with
CUI(Manage tab ▸ Customization). If the key is already used, Musa CAD tells you what uses it and asks before taking it. - Add your own aliases with
ALIASEDIT. It can load an AutoCADacad.pgpfile.