ArchiCad Shortcuts Mac
ArchiCad Shortcuts Mac
Shortcuts
Shortcut Window
Command Name Description
Key Type
New ⌘N Creates a new, empty Archicad project. All Types
New & Reset All ⌘⌥N Creates a new, empty Archicad project and applies default settings. All Types
Open… ⌘O Opens an existing document. All Types
Open/Join Teamwork
⌘⇧O Opens or joins an existing Teamwork Project. All Types
Project…
Close Project ⌘⌥W Closes the project. All Types
Save ⌘S Saves the project. All Types
Save as… ⌘⇧S Saves the project with a new name. All Types
Place External
Imports and places external drawing file from the BIMcloud into the
Drawing from ⌘⌥⇧O All Types
current project.
BIMcloud …
Open Object… ⌘⌥O Browse for an existing library part and open its script window. All Types
Page Setup… ⌘⌥P Changes the page layout settings. All Types
Print… ⌘P Prints the current project. All Types
Quit ⌘Q Quits the application; prompts to save documents. All Types
Undo ⌘Z Undoes the last action. Non-Text
Redo ⌘⌥Z Redoes the previously undone action. Non-Text
Repeat Drag ⌘B Repeats the last executed menu command. Non-Text
Cut ⌘X Removes the selected items and copies them onto the Clipboard. Non-Text
Copies the selected items to the Clipboard. Use Paste to put them in
Copy ⌘C Non-Text
the new location.
Paste ⌘V Inserts the items you have copied or cut into the selected location. Non-Text
Select All ⌘A Selects all items of the desired type. Non-Text
Find & Select… ⌘F Displays selection criteria for finding and selecting items. Non-Text
Group ⌘G Creates a new group out of the selected items. Non-Text
Ungroup ⌘⌥G Revokes the last Group command issued on the selected items. All Types
Suspend Groups ⌥G Enables editing of individual elements inside Groups. All Types
Drag ⌘D Drags the selected items. All Types
Rotate ⌘E Rotates the selected items. All Types
Mirror ⌘M Mirrors the selected items. Non-Text
Elevate… ⌘9 Elevates the selected items. All Types
Drag a Copy ⌘⌥D Drags a duplicate of the selected item. All Types
Rotate a Copy ⌘⌥E Rotates a duplicate of the selected item. All Types
Mirror a Copy ⌘⌥M Mirrors a duplicate of the selected item. All Types
Multiply… ⌘U Opens Multiply dialog box. Non-Text
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Zoom to Selection ⌘⇧' Sets the view to display all selected items in the Window. All Types
Fit in Window ⌘' Sets the view to display all items in the Window. All Types
Rotate Orientation ⌘, Rotates the view orientation. Non-Text
Previous Zoom ⌘[ Jumps back to the previous zoom. All Types
Next Zoom ⌘] Jumps to the next zoom. All Types
Show Show only selected Elements. (In case of no selection, show the entire
F4 All Types
Selection/Marquee model.)
Show Show only selected Elements. (In case of no selection, show the entire
F5 All Types
Selection/Marquee model.)
Hide Selection ⌥F4 Temporarily hide selected Elements. All Types
Show the entire model. (Can be limited by the View Settings, 3D
Show All ⌘F4 All Types
Element Filter, and 3D Cut Planes.)
Filter and Cut Selects a subset of project elements to display in the 3D window, or
⌘⌥A All Types
Elements in 3D… change cut surface display.
3D Cutaway ⌘Y Switches 3D cut planes on and off. Non-Text
3D Projection
⌘⌥F3 Changes the 3D viewpoint, camera and sun settings. All Types
Settings…
Hidden Line ⌥⇧F6 Displays items in 3D window using hidden line mode. All Types
Redraw ⌘R Refreshes the active window. All Types
Rebuild ⌘⌥R Rebuilds the content of the active window. All Types
Rebuild &
⌘⌥⇧R Rebuilds and regenerates the content of the active window. All Types
Regenerate
Open 3D Window F3 Opens or activates 3D window. All Types
Horizontal (Editing
⌥E Changes Editing Plane orientation to Horizontal. Non-Text
Plane Orientation)
Next Plane E Click to cycle through context-specific editing planes. Non-Text
Element Snap ⇧E Toggles element snapping on and off. All Types
Story Settings… ⌘7 Creates and changes the stories. All Types
Crop to Single-plane Crops walls, columns, slabs, beams and library parts to Single-plane
⌘0 All Types
Roof… Roofs.
Send Changes ⌘⌥S Sends Changes to shared project on server (Teamwork). All Types
Sends & Receives Changes to and from shared project on server
Send & Receive ⌘⌥⇧S Non-Text
(Teamwork).
Reserve Elements
⌘J Opens Element Reservation dialog box (Teamwork). Non-Text
from source…
Release ⌘⇧J Releases selected / all elements or data reserved by you (Teamwork). Non-Text
Layers… ⌘L Creates and changes the layers and layer combinations. Non-Text
Save View and Place
⇧F7 Saves a new view and places it on the active Layout. All Types
on Layout
Enter/Exit Full
⌘⌃F Toggles Full Screen mode on and off. All Types
Screen
Close Tab Project ⌘W Closes Tab Project. All Types
Show Next Tab ⌃Tab Shows the next tab in Tab Bar. All Types
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Show Previous Tab ⇧⌃Tab Shows the previous tab in Tab Bar. All Types
Floor Plan F2 Activates Floor Plan window. All Types
Last Section F6 Activates the window of the last section. All Types
Last Layout F7 Activates the window of the last layout. All Types
Pop-up Navigator ⌘⇧N Shows or hides the Pop-up Navigator. All Types
Select on Floor Plan ⇧F2 Opens the Floor Plan window while keeping the selection. All Types
Opens the 3D window to display the entire model in 3D while keeping
Select in 3D ⇧F4 the selection. (limited only by the active 3D Element Filters and 3D Cut All Types
Planes if any).
Show/Hide Windows
⌘⇧A Shows or hides Windows Overview. All Types
Overview
Switch Geometry
G Switches among the Geometry Methods in the Info Box. All Types
Methods
Switch Construction Switches among the Wall Reference Line, Slab Reference Plane and
C All Types
Methods Construction Methods in the Info Box.
Top Elevation T Activates the top elevation value in the Info Box. All Types
Top Elevation ⇧T Activates the top elevation value in the Info Box. All Types
Bottom Elevation B Activates the bottom elevation value in the Info Box. All Types
Bottom Elevation ⇧B Activates the bottom elevation value in the Info Box. All Types
Cursor Snap Variants ⇧Q Switches among Cursor Snap Variants. All Types
Previous Tool in Activates the Tool located above the currently active tool in the Classic
PageUp All Types
Toolbox Toolbox.
Activates the Tool located below the currently active tool in the Classic
Next Tool in Toolbox PageDown All Types
Toolbox.
Arrow Tool/Last Tool
W Toggles between the Arrow tool and the last used Tool. All Types
Toggle
Open Favorite Popup Opens the Favorite Popup for the currently active tool in the Classic
Home Non-Text
for Tool in Toolbox Toolbox.
Change Grid Snap Switches among cursor snap grid options: none, snap grid and
⌥S All Types
States construction grid.
Scroll Up Up Scrolls the window up. All Types
Scroll Down Down Scrolls the window down. All Types
Scroll Left Left Scrolls the window left. All Types
Scroll Right Right Scrolls the window right. All Types
Zoom In (scrollbar) + Zooms in on the screen. All Types
Zoom Out (scrollbar) - Zooms out from the screen. All Types
Displays the next Guide Line Group (Main-direction or Relative-
Force Snap
Q direction) or the Edge/Arc Extension Guide Line without waiting for the Non-Text
Reference
user-set lag time to expire.
Switch to the Next
F Switches to the next item of the Pet Palette. All Types
Pet Palette Item
Switch to the
Previous Pet Palette ⌥F Switches to the previous item of the Pet Palette. All Types
Item
Switch to the
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Previous Pet Palette ⇧F Switches to the previous item of the Pet Palette. All Types
Item
Nudge Up (Larger) ⌥⇧Up Nudges the selected element(s) up (Construction Grid increment). All Types
Nudge Down
⌥⇧Down Nudges the selected element(s) down (Construction Grid increment). All Types
(Larger)
Nudge Left (Larger) ⌥⇧Left Nudges the selected element(s) left (Construction Grid increment). All Types
Nudge Right (Larger) ⌥⇧Right Nudges the selected element(s) right (Construction Grid increment). All Types
Nudge Up ⇧Up Nudges the selected element(s) up (Snap Grid increment). All Types
Nudge Down ⇧Down Nudges the selected element(s) down (Snap Grid increment). All Types
Nudge Left ⇧Left Nudges the selected element(s) left (Snap Grid increment). All Types
Nudge Right ⇧Right Nudges the selected element(s) right (Snap Grid increment). All Types
Change Flip Status P Changes the Flip Status of the Wall or Shell. Non-Text
Switch Geometry
⇧G Switches among the Geometry Methods in the Info Box backward. All Types
Methods Backward
Orbit O Switches Orbit Mode on and off. All Types
Perspective ⌥F3 Perspective All Types
Axonometry ⌘F3 Axonometry All Types
Edit value in Tracker N Brings up the Tracker for numeric input. All Types
Prefer polar
During straight vector editing, Tracker shows Radius and Angle instead
coordinates in / All Types
of X - Y coordinates.
Tracker
Gravity ⇧V Automatically places new element on top of an existing element. All Types
Gravity ⌥V Switches among gravity modes: none, Slab, Roof, or Mesh. All Types
Show distances/angles of cursor from reference point or Guide Line.
Measure M All Types
During input/editing, this measurement will appear in the Tracker.
Show distances/angles of cursor from reference point or Guide Line.
Measure ⇧M All Types
During input/editing, this measurement will appear in the Tracker.
X Coordinate X Activates the X Coordinate value. All Types
X Coordinate ⇧X Activates the X Coordinate value. All Types
Y Coordinate Y Activates the Y Coordinate value. All Types
Y Coordinate ⇧Y Activates the Y Coordinate value. All Types
Z Coordinate Z Activates the Z Coordinate value. All Types
Z Coordinate ⇧Z Activates the Z Coordinate value. All Types
Radius/Distance R Activates the Radius or the Distance value. All Types
Radius/Distance ⇧R Activates the Radius or the Distance value. All Types
Radius/Distance ⇧D Activates the Radius or the Distance value. All Types
Radius/Distance D Activates the Radius or the Distance value. All Types
Angle A Activates the Angle value. All Types
Angle ⇧A Activates the Angle value. All Types
Home Story H Activates the Home Story value. All Types
Home Story ⇧H Activates the Home Story value. All Types
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Non-customizable shortcuts
Command Name Shortcut Key Description
During input: cancel the operation.
Selected item(s): deselect.
Esc
Selected item(s) with Marquee: remove Marquee.
Cancel operations If nothing is selected: switch to Arrow tool.
During input: cancel the operation.
Backspace
Selected item(s): delete.
Pick Up Parameters ⌥ Pick an element parameters to be the default.
Inject Parameters ⌘⌥ Inject the default parameters into an element.
Temporarily Enables/Disables selection of elements by their
Quick Selection Toggle Spacebar
surfaces.
Magic Wand Spacebar Activate the Magic Wand tool on the fly with other Tools.
When element snap is on: toggles among moving element’s
Element Snap Toggle Spacebar
snappable points.
Suspend Cursor snap Suspends cursor snap when moving an element while Element
Spacebar
during Element snap snap is on.
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Mouse Constrain Angles / Constrain to Horizontal, Vertical, Fixed or Custom Angle pairs.
⇧
Guide Lines Constrain to instant or Lasting Guide Lines.
Instant Arrow tool ⇧ Toggles to arrow tool temporarily while another tool is active.
Element Highlight ⇧ Highlights detected Element.
Select/Deselect Element ⇧ + Click If Arrow tool is active: Adds/removes elements to/from selection.
Toggles among overlapping elements with Highlight (selection or
Highlight Toggle TAB
element input).
If no selection: Trims the clicked part of an element beyond the
Trim ⌘ + Click
endpoint or intersection point.
Adjusts selected short elements and splits long ones along the
clicked non-parallel edge.
Split and Adjust ⌘ + Click If tool other than that of the selected element(s) is active:
hotspots will be generated.
If arrow tool is active: nothing happens.
Adjusts selected short elements and splits long ones along the
clicked non-parallel edge.
If tool other than that of the selected element(s) is active:
Divide Element ⌘ + Click
hotspots will be generated.
If arrow tool is active: The clicked intersecting element will be
trimmed by the selected one.
Roof Elevations ⌘ + Click If Roof is selected: Opens the Roof Elevations dialog box.
Move the User Origin ⌥⇧ Move the User Origin to a node of an existing element.
Undo last node Backspace Remove last node while polygon input.
Delete Elements Delete Delete selected elements.
Help ⌘ + ? Opens Archicad Help.
Suspend Selection
⌥ + Spacebar Suspends highlight of selected elements.
Highlight
Double-click Mouse
Fit in Window Resizes the view to accommodate all the visible elements.
wheel
Temporary Orbit Mode ⇧ + Click Mouse wheel In 3D: temporarily simulates Orbit mode.
Click left side button (5
Previous Zoom Jumps back to the previous zoom.
button mouse)
Click right side button
Next Zoom Jumps to the next zoom.
(5 button mouse)
⌃ Tab
Next Tab Jumps to the next tab.
⌘⇧ Right
⌃⇧ Tab
Previous Tab Jumps to the previous tab.
⌘⇧ Left
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cursorDown Down
cursorDownSelect ⇧ + Down
cursorEnd End
cursorEndSelect ⇧ + End
cursorHome Home
cursorHomeSelect ⇧ + Home
cursorLeft Left
cursorLeftSelect ⇧ + Left
cursorLineEnd ⌃+E
cursorLineEndSelect ⌃+⇧+E
cursorLineStart ⌃+A
cursorLineStartSelect ⌃+⇧+A
cursorPageDown PageDown
cursorPageDownSelect ⇧ + PageDown
cursorPageUp PageUp
cursorPageUpSelect ⇧ + PageUp
cursorRight Right
cursorRightSelect ⇧ + Right
cursorTop ⌘ + Up
cursorTopSelect ⇧ + ⌘ + Up
cursorUp Up
cursorUpSelect ⇧ + Up
deleteLeft Backspace
deleteRight Delete
editor.action.selectAll ⌘+A
expandLineSelection ⌘+L
lineBreakInsert ⌃+O
outdent ⇧ + TAB
redo ⇧+⌘+Z
scrollLineDown ⌃ + PageDown
scrollLineUp ⌃ + PageUp
scrollPageDown ⌘ + PageDown
scrollPageUp ⌘ + PageUp
tab TAB
undo ⌘+Z
cursorColumnSelectDown ⇧ + Down
cursorColumnSelectLeft ⇧ + Left
cursorColumnSelectPageDown ⇧ + PageDown
cursorColumnSelectPageUp ⇧ + PageUp
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cursorColumnSelectRight ⇧ + Right
cursorColumnSelectUp ⇧ + Up
removeSecondaryCursors Esc
actions.find ⌘+F
actions.findWithSelection ⌘+E
cursorUndo ⌘+U
cursorWordEndRight ⌥ + Right
cursorWordEndRightSelect ⇧ + ⌥ + Right
cursorWordLeft ⌥ + Left
cursorWordLeftSelect ⇧ + ⌥ + Left
cursorWordPartLeft ⌃ + ⌥ + Left
cursorWordPartLeftSelect ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌥ + Left
cursorWordPartRight ⌃ + ⌥ + Right
cursorWordPartRightSelect ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌥ + Right
deleteAllLeft ⌘ + Backspace
deleteAllRight ⌃+K
deleteWordLeft ⌥ + Backspace
deleteWordPartLeft ⌃ + ⌥ + Backspace
deleteWordPartRight ⌃ + ⌥ + Delete
deleteWordRight ⌥ + Delete
editor.action.addCommentLine ⌘ + K, ⌘ + C
editor.action.addSelectionToNextFindMatch ⌘+D
editor.action.cancelSelectionAnchor Esc
editor.action.changeAll ⌘ + F2
editor.action.commentLine ⌘+/
editor.action.copyLinesDownAction ⇧ + ⌥ + Down
editor.action.copyLinesUpAction ⇧ + ⌥ + Up
editor.action.deleteLines ⇧+⌘+K
editor.action.gotoLine ⌃+G
editor.action.indentLines ⌘+]
editor.action.inlineSuggest.hide Esc
editor.action.insertCursorAbove ⌥ + ⌘ + Up
editor.action.insertCursorAtEndOfEachLineSelected ⇧+⌥+I
editor.action.insertCursorBelow ⌥ + ⌘ + Down
editor.action.insertLineAfter ⌘ + Enter
editor.action.insertLineBefore ⇧ + ⌘ + Enter
editor.action.joinLines ⌃+J
editor.action.jumpToBracket ⇧+⌘+\
editor.action.moveLinesDownAction ⌥ + Down
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editor.action.moveLinesUpAction ⌥ + Up
editor.action.moveSelectionToNextFindMatch ⌘ + K, ⌘ + D
editor.action.nextMatchFindAction Enter
editor.action.nextSelectionMatchFindAction ⌘ + F3
editor.action.outdentLines ⌘+[
editor.action.previousMatchFindAction ⇧ + Enter
editor.action.previousSelectionMatchFindAction ⇧ + ⌘ + F3
editor.action.quickCommand ⌃+⇧+C
editor.action.removeCommentLine ⌘ + K, ⌘ + U
editor.action.selectFromAnchorToCursor ⌘ + K, ⌘ + K
editor.action.selectHighlights ⇧+⌘+L
editor.action.setSelectionAnchor ⌘ + K, ⌘ + B
editor.action.smartSelect.expand ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌘ + Right
editor.action.smartSelect.shrink ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌘ + Left
editor.action.startFindReplaceAction ⌥+⌘+F
editor.action.transposeLetters ⌃+T
editor.action.triggerSuggest ⌃ + Spacebar
editor.action.trimTrailingWhitespace ⌘ + K, ⌘ + X
editor.action.wordHighlight.next F7
editor.action.wordHighlight.prev ⇧ + F7
editor.cancelOperation Esc
editor.fold ⌥+⌘+[
editor.foldAll ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 0
editor.foldAllBlockComments ⌘ + K, ⌘ + /
editor.foldAllExcept ⌘ + K, ⌘ + -
editor.foldLevel1 ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 1
editor.foldLevel2 ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 2
editor.foldLevel3 ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 3
editor.foldLevel4 ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 4
editor.foldLevel5 ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 5
editor.foldLevel6 ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 6
editor.foldLevel7 ⌘ + K, ⌘ + 7
editor.foldRecursively ⌘ + K, ⌘ + [
editor.action.quickOutline ⌘+⇧+G
editor.toggleFold ⌘ + K, ⌘ + L
editor.unfold ⌥+⌘+]
editor.unfoldAll ⌘ + K, ⌘ + J
editor.unfoldAllExcept ⌘ + K, ⌘ + =
editor.unfoldRecursively ⌘ + K, ⌘ + ]
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closeFindWidget Esc
editor.action.replaceAll ⌘ + Enter
editor.action.replaceOne Enter
editor.action.selectAllMatches ⌥ + Enter
toggleFindCaseSensitive ⌥+⌘+C
toggleFindInSelection ⌥+⌘+L
toggleFindRegex ⌥+⌘+R
toggleFindWholeWord ⌥+⌘+W
togglePreserveCase ⌥+⌘+P
jumpToNextSnippetPlaceholder TAB
jumpToPrevSnippetPlaceholder ⇧ + TAB
leaveEditorMessage Esc
leaveSnippet Esc
closeMarkersNavigation Esc
closeParameterHints Esc
showNextParameterHint Down
showPrevParameterHint Up
acceptSelectedSuggestion Enter
hideSuggestWidget Esc
selectNextPageSuggestion PageDown
selectNextSuggestion Down
selectPrevPageSuggestion PageUp
selectPrevSuggestion Up
toggleSuggestionDetails ⌃ + Spacebar
toggleSuggestionFocus ⌃ + ⌥ + Spacebar
acceptRenameInput Enter
acceptRenameInputWithPreview ⇧ + Enter
cancelLinkedEditingInput Esc
cancelRenameInput Esc
closeAccessibilityHelp Esc
editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit TAB
history.showNext Down
history.showPrevious Up
revealReference Enter
closeReferenceSearch Esc
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