The Most Comprehensive Guide to Navisworks Shortcut Keys

BIM Software Tip: The Most Comprehensive Shortcut Key Guide for Navisworks

Use the PgUp key to zoom in and out, allowing you to view all objects in the scene.

Press the PgDn key to zoom in on all objects within the scene view.

Press the Home button to switch to the Main View. This shortcut only works when the Scene View window is active.

Hit the Esc key to deselect all selected content.

The Shift and Ctrl keys modify the behavior of the middle mouse button operations.

Use the Alt key to toggle key prompts on or off.

Alt + F4 closes the currently active dockable window if floating, or exits the application if the main window is active.

Navigation modes can be accessed quickly using Ctrl plus number keys:

• Ctrl + 0: Open “Turntable” mode.
• Ctrl + 1: Open “Select” mode.
• Ctrl + 2: Open “Roaming” mode.
• Ctrl + 3: Open “Look Around” mode.
• Ctrl + 4: Open “Zoom” mode.
• Ctrl + 5: Open “Zoom Window” mode.
• Ctrl + 6: Open “Translate” mode.
• Ctrl + 7: Open “Dynamic Observation” mode.
• Ctrl + 8: Open “Free Dynamic Observation” mode.
• Ctrl + 9: Open “Flight” mode.

Other useful Ctrl shortcuts include:

• Ctrl + A: Display the “Additional” dialog box.
• Ctrl + D: Toggle “Collision” mode (only works in “Roaming” or “Flight” navigation modes).
• Ctrl + F: Open the “Quick Search” dialog box.
• Ctrl + G: Toggle “Gravity” mode.
• Ctrl + H: Toggle “Hide” mode for selected projects.
• Ctrl + I: Display the “Insert File” dialog box.
• Ctrl + M: Open the “Merge” dialog box.
• Ctrl + N: Reset the program, close the current file, and create a new Navisworks file.
• Ctrl + O: Open the “Open” dialog box.
• Ctrl + P: Open the “Print” dialog box.
• Ctrl + R: Toggle “Mandatory Visibility” for the selected project.
• Ctrl + S: Save the current Navisworks file.
• Ctrl + T: Toggle “Third Party” mode.
• Ctrl + Y: Redo the last undone operation.
• Ctrl + Z: Undo the last operation.

Navigation between drawings:

• Ctrl + PgUp: Display the previous drawing.
• Ctrl + PgDn: Display the next drawing.

Function key shortcuts:

• Ctrl + F1: Open the Help system.
• Ctrl + F2: Open the Clash Detective window.
• Ctrl + F3: Toggle the TimeLiner window.
• Ctrl + F4: Open or close the Presenter window.
• Ctrl + F5: Toggle the Animator window.
• Ctrl + F6: Toggle the Scripter window.
• Ctrl + F7: Open or close the Tilt window.
• Ctrl + F8: (Classic UI only) Open or close the Splitting toolbar.
• Ctrl + F9: Open or close the Plan View window.
• Ctrl + F10: Open or close the Sectional View window.
• Ctrl + F11: Open or close the Saved Viewpoints window.
• Ctrl + F12: Toggle the Select Tree window.

Camera and animation controls:

• Ctrl + Home: Move and pan the camera to fit the entire model in view.
• Ctrl + Right Arrow: Play the selected animation forward.
• Ctrl + Left Arrow: Play the selected animation in reverse.
• Ctrl + Up Arrow: Record the viewpoint animation.
• Ctrl + Down Arrow: Stop the animation playback.
• Ctrl + Spacebar: Pause the animation playback.

Export shortcuts using Ctrl + Shift:

• Ctrl + Shift + A: Open the “Export Animation” dialog box.
• Ctrl + Shift + C: Open the “Export” dialog to export current search sets.
• Ctrl + Shift + I: Open the “Export Image” dialog box.
• Ctrl + Shift + R: Open the “Export Rendered Image” dialog box.
• Ctrl + Shift + S: Open the “Export” dialog for exporting search sets.
• Ctrl + Shift + T: Open the “Export” dialog for exporting the current TimeLiner progress.
• Ctrl + Shift + V: Open the “Export” dialog to export viewpoints.
• Ctrl + Shift + W: Open the “Export” dialog to export viewpoint reports.
• Ctrl + Shift + Home: Set the current view as the home view.
• Ctrl + Shift + End: Set the current view as the front view.
• Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow: Go to the previous redline annotation.
• Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow: Go to the next redline annotation.
• Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow: Go to the first redline annotation.
• Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow: Go to the last redline annotation.

Additional shortcuts:

• F1: Open the Help system.
• F2: Rename the selected item.
• F3: Repeat the previous Quick Search.
• F5: Refresh the scene with the latest version of the model file.
• F11: Toggle full screen mode.
• F12: Open the Options Editor.
• Shift + W: Open the previously used SteeringWheels.
• Shift + F1: Access context-sensitive help.
• Shift + F2: Toggle the Collection window.
• Shift + F3: Toggle the Search for Projects window.
• Shift + F4: Toggle the Search for Comments window.
• Shift + F6: Toggle the Annotation window.
• Shift + F7: Toggle the Characteristics window.
• Shift + F10: Open the context menu.
• Shift + F11: Open the File Options dialog box.

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