Designer keyboard shortcuts

Keys run their command while the Designer has the focus and you are not typing in a field. The menus show each command's key beside it, and Help > Find a command finds every command, keyed or not.

Windows and Linux	macOS	Command	What it does
Ctrl+S	⌘S	Save	Saves the project where it was opened from.
Ctrl+Z	⌘Z	Undo	Undoes your last change to this document.
Ctrl+Shift+Z	⌘⇧Z	Redo	Does again what you last undid.
Del	Del	Delete	Deletes the selected feature, with withDependents also everything that uses it; with faces picked in the view and no feature selected, removes those faces (Delete face).
Esc	Esc	Clear selection	Unpicks every face and edge picked in the view.
1	1	Pick faces and edges	Lets a click in the view pick a face or an edge, whichever is under the pointer.
2	2	Pick faces only	Lets a click in the view pick only faces, passing over the edges near the pointer.
3	3	Pick edges only	Lets a click in the view pick only edges, so faces are never picked by mistake.
Enter	Enter	OK	Applies the open dialog: adds the feature or solid, or keeps the edit.
Ctrl+C	⌘C	Copy	Copies the selected components with their sizes, where they stand, to paste into this or another assembly.
Ctrl+V	⌘V	Paste	Places the copied components again beside where they stood, each with its sizes and its pattern, under new ids.
Ctrl+D	⌘D	Duplicate	Places a copy of each selected component beside it, with its sizes and its pattern, under a new id.
Shift+F	⇧F	Zoom to selection	Zooms onto a component, sub-assembly or part, glowing it until the next click; with none named, onto the selected one, else the part the last pick lies on.
F	F	Fit all	Frames the whole model.
Shift+7	⇧7	Iso view	Turns the camera to the iso view.
Shift+1	⇧1	Front view	Turns the camera to the front view.
Shift+2	⇧2	Back view	Turns the camera to the back view.
Shift+3	⇧3	Left view	Turns the camera to the left view.
Shift+4	⇧4	Right view	Turns the camera to the right view.
Shift+5	⇧5	Top view	Turns the camera to the top view.
Shift+6	⇧6	Bottom view	Turns the camera to the bottom view.
N	N	Look at	Turns the camera square onto the picked face.
G	G	Show or hide the grid	The ground grid, scaled to the model.
Ctrl+.	⌘.	Stop building	Stops the build the kernel is making now; what was drawn before stays, and a change or Build again builds it anew.
H	H	Hide	Hides the selected components or sub-assemblies in the view, or the ones the picks lie on, until Show all or another document opens; the tree marks them hidden and the design is unchanged.
Shift+H	⇧H	Show all	Shows every hidden component again.
L	L	Line	Draws straight segments point by point; click the start again to close the outline, Enter to stop.
A	A	Arc	Draws an arc on from the pen: click where it ends, then a point it passes through.
T	T	Tangent arc	Draws an arc that leaves the last segment smoothly: click where it ends.
R	R	Rectangle	Draws a rectangle from two opposite corners.
C	C	Circle	Draws a circle from its centre and a point on it.
P	P	Polygon	Draws a regular polygon from its centre and a corner.
Enter	Enter	Finish the outline	Stops drawing the current outline and leaves it open.
Esc	Esc	Stop drawing	Drops the point just placed, then stops the outline, then puts the tool down.
E	E	Extrude	Sweeps a sketch's face straight along its normal, or along a direction.
Del	Del	Remove component	Takes a component out of the assembly with the joints that hold it: the one selected in the tree, or picked in the view.
Del	Del	Remove joint	Takes a joint out; its component stays where its frame puts it.
X	X	Section view	Cuts the view with a plane across X, Y or Z, hiding what lies on the side it faces and filling the faces it cuts; alone it turns on facing the camera, or off again.
Ctrl+K	⌘K	Find a command	Searches every command by name.