SHORT KEYS (Hot Keys) used in Autodesk Inventor

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There is no command prompt available in Autodesk

Inventor. But Autodesk

Inventor gives you short cut keys and makes use of these keys on the keyboard to invoke
some tools to perform some task quickly. And these keys are called as HOT KEYS.

The use of hot keys is different in different environment and active in specific environment
only. And some of them are discussed below.

HOT KEYS IN PART MODULE ENVIRONMENT

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INVOKES THE EXTRUDE TOOL

INVOKES THE REVOLVE TOOL

INVOKES THE HOLE TOOL

INVOKES FILLET TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+L

INVOKES LOFT TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+S

INVOKES SWEEP TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+K
CTRL+SHIFT+R

INVOKES CHAMFER TOOL

INVOKES RECTANGLE PATTERN
TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+O

INVOKES CIRCULAR PATTERN TOOL

SHIFT+M

INVOKES MIRROR TOOL

CTRL+W
D
ESC
SHIFT+M

INVOKES STEERING WHEELS TOOL

INVOKES FACE DRAFT TOOL
QUITS A COMMAND
MEASURE DISTANCE

CTRL+SHIFT+R

RECTANGULAR PATTERN TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+O

CIRCULAR PATTERN TOOL

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Z

INVOKES WORK PLANE TOOL

INVOKES WORK AXIS TOOL
INVOKES POINT TOOL
INVOKES ZOOM TOOL

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HOT KEYS IN ASSEMBLY MODULE ENVIRONMENT

P
N
C
V
G

INVOKES PLACE TOOL

INVOKES CREATE TOOL
INVOKES PLACE CONSTRAINT
TOOL
INVOKES MOVE TOOL
INVOKES ROTATE TOOL

CTRL+H

INVOKES REPLACE TOOL

SHIFT+CTRL+H

INVOKES REPLACE ALL TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+R

RECTANGULAR PATTERN TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+O

CIRCULAR PATTERN TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+M

MIRROR TOOL

INVOKES THE EXTRUDE TOOL

INVOKES THE REVOLVE TOOL

INVOKES THE HOLE TOOL

INVOKES FILLET TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+S

INVOKES SWEEP TOOL

CTRL+SHIFT+K

INVOKES CHAMFER TOOL

INVOKES WORK PLANE TOOL

INVOKES WORK AXIS TOOL

INVOKES POINT TOOL

INVOKES ZOOM TOOL

2D SKETCH-SELECT PLANE

INVOKES MATE TOOL

HOT KEYS IN DRAWING MODULE ENVIRONMENT

A
B
D
O
F
FC

For AUGI

INVOKES BASE LINE DIMENSION

TOOL
INVOKES BALLOON TOOLANNOTATION
INVOKES GEN DIMENSION TOOL
INVOKES ORDINATE DIMENSION
TOOL
INVOKES FEATURE CONTROL TOOL
FEATURE CONTROL FRAME

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FUNCTION KEYS
F1
F2
F3
F4

HELP
PAN REAL TIME
ZOOM IN OR OUT
ROTATE OBJECTS
RETURNS TO PREVIOUS
VIEW
HOME VIEW/ISOMETRIC
VIEW
SHOW CONSTRAINTS
CONSTRAINTS OFF
VISIBILITY OFF/ON

F5
F6
F8
F9
F10

*F2,F3, F4 with +LEFT CLICK and HOLD, and MOVE THE MOUSE
*F2,F3,F4 Active in sketch module

SKETCH MODULE
D
A
C
I
L
X
T
O
T
F

For AUGI

INVOKES GEN DIMENSION TOOL

INVOKES CENTER POINT -ARC TOOL
INVOKES CENTER POINT -CIRCLE
TOOL
VERTICAL CONSTRAINT
INVOKES LINE TOOL
INVOKES TRIM TOOL
INVOKES TEXT DIALOGUE BOX TOOL
INVOKES OFFSET TOOL
INVOKES TEXT
FILLET

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OTHER KEYS
ALT+E
ALT+W
ALT+A
ALT+T
ALT+I
ALT+O
ALT+F
ALT+H
ALT+C
ALT+V
ALT+B
SHIFT+F3
ESC
CTRL+P
CTRL+Y
CTRL+Z
CTRL+S
CTRL+N
CTRL+O

EDIT
WINDOW
APPLICATION
TOOLS
INSERT
FORMAT
FILE
HELP
CONVERT
VIEW
WEB
ZOOM
ABORT
PRINT
REDO
UNDO
SAVE FILE
CREATES NEW FILE
OPENS A FILE
RETURN FROM 2D SKETCH TO
PART
ZOOM SELECTED
ZOOM ALL

CTRL+ENTER
END
HOME

NUMBER KEYS
2
8
4
6
7
9

MOVE RIGHT
MOVE LEFT
MOVE DOWN
MOVE UP
ZOOM TO FIT
LOOK AT (PAGE
UP)

KANTHARAJ CHINNAPPA
E mail : kantharajc@gmail.com

For AUGI

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