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Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet

Dassault CATIA Keyboard Shortcuts and Commands Cheat Sheet

Aviation and high-end manufacturing machinery assembly. Finishing CATIA Part sketch design, axis constraints and 3D viewport dragging, Print optimization.

MB2 (middle mouse button)Pan (Pan)

Hold down the middle mouse button and drag to pan the entire drawing model in the viewport.

MB2 + MB1 (or MB3)Rotate (Rotate)

While holding down the middle mouse button, hold down the left button (or right button) Drag to trigger the three-dimensional surround view.

MB2 + Click MB1Zoom (Zoom)

Hold down the middle button and click the left button, Then drag the mouse up and down to achieve smooth zooming with infinite focal length..

CConstraint (constraint)

Activate the Geometric Constraint Dimension tool.

PPoint (draw dots)

Insert anchor points in the plan sketch.

Alt + EnterProperties (properties)

View the physical properties of the currently selected solid feature or geometry segment.

Ctrl + UUpdate (Update model)

After modifying the sketch parameters, reconstruct and update the solid assembly with one click.

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