Keys

Shortcuts here are written as on a Mac. On Windows and Linux, ⌘ is Ctrl, ⌥ is Alt and ⇧ is Shift.

Find any command

1. Press ⌘K to open the Command Palette….
2. Type part of the command's name. Letters match in order, so sbs finds Section Box to Selection. Each row shows its shortcut and a one-line hint.
3. Press Return to run it, or Esc to close.

The palette also finds a modify tool by its AutoCAD alias typed whole (RO, MI, TR...). Type : or > first to switch to the command line. See The command line and macros.

See every shortcut

Press ? (or Help › Keyboard Shortcuts). Settings opens on the full list.

Keys you will use first

Key	Does
F2 / F3	Floor Plan / 3D View
⌘↑ / ⌘↓	Go to Storey Above / Go to Storey Below
F / ⇧F	Zoom to Selection / Zoom to Fit
L	Layers
V, M, T	Select, Move, Measure
⌘A, Esc	Select All, Deselect / Cancel
Type a length	With something selected, opens Move by Typed Distance… with what you typed
Arrows, ⇧ arrows	Nudge the selection 1″, or 1′
⌘D, ⌫	Duplicate, Delete
⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z	Undo, Redo
⌘L, ⌘↩	Focus Message Field, Send Message
⇧B, hold B	Show Before / After, Peek at Before (hold)
⇧⌘↩, ⇧⌘⌫	Accept Changes, Discard Changes
⌘.	Stop Agent
⌥⌘↩, ⌥⌘⌫	Allow Tool Use, Deny Tool Use (answer the agent's pending request)
⌥⌘→, ⌥⌘←, ⌘0	Next Conversation, Previous Conversation, Show Base Model

Typing never fires a tool

While a text field has focus, plain keys type into it and only ⌘ shortcuts run, and not the ones the field itself uses (⌘A, ⌘C, ⌘V, ⌘X, ⌘Z and the arrows). While a dialog is open, only the commands that are safe in a dialog run. So you can write to the agent while it works without starting a tool.

Change a shortcut

1. Open Settings… (⌘, or ?).
2. Under Shortcuts, click a shortcut, then press the new key.
3. If another command already has that key, Studio asks whether to give it to this one: Reassign or Keep.

Remaps are kept in the app's settings, for every project.

Use the AutoCAD-style preset

Settings › Workspace has two presets: Urbium (default) and AutoCAD-style.

1. Pick AutoCAD-style. Studio lists what it changes and names any of your own remaps or aliases it would replace.
2. Click Apply Preset.

The AutoCAD-style preset puts object snaps on F3 (so 3D View loses F3), Ortho on F8, polar tracking, object snap tracking and dynamic input on F10, F11 and F12, adds Rotate to the tool palette and opens the inspector on Parameters. To go back, apply Urbium (default).

Import Keymap… and Export Keymap… read and write your keys and aliases as a file, to share them with a colleague.

Note. On a Mac laptop, the F keys need Fn unless "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" is on in System Settings.