Keyboard Shortcuts

From the most experienced developers of CAD systems in the world comes the latest in a long line of products that have become the standard production tool used by thousands of companies for over 30 years.

With AnvilCAD Lite’s easy-to-use interface access to all functions is provided with toolbars and descriptive icons. No longer do you have to remember keyboard commands to perform operations or modify the operation properties. This frees you to focus on the design and not the commands needed to create the design.

However, we do provide some shortcut keys & entity selection filters:

Shortcut Keys

Key	Purpose	Key	Purpose
Escape	Exit operations, dialogs, & Tutorials	Left Arrow	Pan Left by page offset
F1	Help Topics	Right Arrow	Pan Right by page offset
F2	Toggle Context Help	Up Arrow	Pan Up by page offset
F4	Proceed (OK, Step forward)	Down Arrow	Pan Down by page offset
F5	Reject (Cancel, Step backward)	SHIFT+Left Arrow	Pan Left by page offset x 2
CTRL-R	Repaint the display	SHIFT +Right Arrow	Pan Right by page offset x 2
		SHIFT +Down Arrow	Pan Down by page offset x 2
		SHIFT +Up Arrow	Pan Up by page offset x 2

Selection Filters

Key	Select Entity Type
A	Select Arc, Circle, Fillet
B	Implicit point at curve bisector
C	Implicit point arc, circle, conic center
E	Implicit point at end of curve
I	Implicit point at curve intersection
K	Implicit point at coordinates
L	Select Line
M	Implicit point at curve extremum (x,y)
O	Select 3-D spline, composite curve
P	Select Point
S	Select 2D spline, Surface pierce
T	Select Drafting text, dimensions, cross-hatch
X	Implicit point at cursor

If you have any questions, before or after the purchase of AnvilCAD Lite, please call our Cave Creek, Arizona headquarters, to speak with a live representative. We may be reached at (480) 991-8700 during our regular business hours M-F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST.