General toolbar
| New: Create a new drawing while the program is open. Enable multiple drawings to have up to 5 open at once. (Ctrl + N) |
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| Open: Locate an existing drawing file. (Ctrl + O) |
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| Save: Select a location where your drawing can be found later. (Ctrl + S) |
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| Print Preview: See how a printed paper will look based on your settings in Print Reports. |
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| Print Reports: Opens the window to select settings for printing. (Ctrl + P) |
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| Cut: Remove selected objects from the drawing and place them on your clipboard. Cut items can be pasted in the current or other drawings. (Ctrl + X) |
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| Copy: Place selected items on your clipboard. Copied items can be pasted in the current or other drawings. (Ctrl + C) |
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| Paste: Place objects from your clipboard into the drawing. (Ctrl + V) |
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| Undo: Revert one step to undo the most recent action. Hover over the icon to see a tooltip telling you what action will be undone. (Ctrl + Z) |
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| Redo: Repeat an action that was just undone. (Ctrl + Y) |
Tools from the 2D and 3D toolbars
| Zoom in selected object: Move the camera to the place where a selected object is located. (Requires a selection in the drawing.) |
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| Zoom in selected group: Move the camera to the place where a selected group is located. This applies when group select mode is active. (Requires a selection in the drawing.) |
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| Zoom in all objects: Move the camera to a place where the entire drawing is in view. (Alt + =) |
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| Zoom in: Move closer to the view in small increments. (Use your scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom faster.) |
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| Zoom out: Move away from the view in small increments. (Use your scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom faster.) |
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Zoom: Clicking on this will change your mouse icon into  , you can now click and hold the left mouse button anywhere in the drawing area, then move up to zoom in, or move down to zoom out. |
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Move: Clicking on this will change your mouse icon into  . Next, click and drag the left mouse button anywhere in the drawing area to move the drawing around. |
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Enable/disable Auto Tag on insert: Enabling this tool lets you pick part tags that will automatically be applied to all objects placed thereafter. |
| Enable/disable snapping: Turn on/off the ability for components to snap to one another. (Hold Shift to override snapping temporarily) |
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| Single/Group select mode: Click this tool to toggle between being able to select an individual object in a group, or an entire group. (S) |
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| Rectangle select: draw a rectangle around an area to select everything inside of the shape. (Ctrl + drag left mouse button) |
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| Position: Move components in a precise location. (R) |
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| Remover: Delete one component at a time. (Certain components, such as chain dimensions or custom shapes, have the option to remove a part of it OR the entire object.) (Ctrl + R) |
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| Snip to Paper View: Draw a shape around an area that you want to transfer to Paper View. |
2D tools only
| Zoom rectangle: Drag a rectangle around a portion of the drawing to view close up. |
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| Zoom rectangle to popup view: Drag a rectangle around a portion of the drawing to view close up. This area will appear in a new view in a window that can be moved to another screen. (Drag right mouse button) |
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| Show satellite zoom view: See a small thumbnail of your drawing, then scroll to encompass the area you would like to view. |
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| Automatic camera motion to selected object: 3D view follows along as new objects are selected in 2D. |
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| Select all objects inside lasso: Draw a line through or around objects to select. (Drag scroll wheel/middle mouse button) |
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| Select object from list: Click to see a list of all objects underneath the cursor, then choose which component to select. (Ctrl + right-click) |
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| Align: Move and rotate components in line with others. |
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| 3-point rotation: Use 3 clicks to rotate an object from a new rotation center point. |
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| 4-point rotation: Use 4 clicks to rotate an object from a new rotation center point and align to another object. |
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| Send to Photo Lab: Draw a rectangle around an area to send to Photo Lab. A thumbnail is created that excludes everything that is not found within the bounds of the rectangle. Use the tools in Photo Lab or the 3D component tab for additional 3D clipping. |
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| Lasso calculation: Draw a line through or around objects to create a filtered Article View in Calculations. |
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| Help line: Place a line to help space objects. Help lines will not render or print. |
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| Help point: Place a singular point to help space objects. Help points will not render or print. |
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| Ruler: Quickly measure distances without placing a dimension component in your drawing. (Ctrl + M) |
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| Dimension: Place a dimension in your drawing. (D) |
3D tools only
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Circle: Right-click and hold on a point in the drawing area, this will be the center for the rotation by dragging your mouse around. |
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Pan: Click and hold anywhere in the drawing area, to move the camera around as if moving your head around from your neck. |
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Elevation: Click and hold in the drawing area, then drag up/down to move the camera down/up. |
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Perspective: Click and hold in the drawing area, then drag up/down to increase/decrease the Field of View. |
| View render: Preview a rendering in your 3D view. Click arrow to select preset. |
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| Open the Photo Lab: Access CET's rendering tool. (F2) |
Top area
| Support button: Quickly reach our support page to get help. (F1) |
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| Marketplace button: Reach the Marketplace where you can purchase and install extensions. |
Symbols in the drawing area
| Switch to single view: Expand to a single view of either 2D or 3D, depending on view in which you clicked the icon. |
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| Switch to two views: Split the view to see both 2D and 3D. |
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| Switch to paper view: Switch the drawing space to Paper View. |
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| Switch to 2D/3D view: When in a full view, switch between 2D or 3D. |
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| Yellow triangle (2D view): Click to stretch or disconnect a component in a group. Appears when a component is selected where a connection is. |
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| Yellow cone (3D view): Click to stretch or disconnect a component in a group. Appears when a component is selected where a connection is. |
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| Yellow square (2D view): Click to stretch an individual component. Appears when a component is selected. |
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| Yellow cylinder (3D view): Click to stretch an individual component. Appears when a component is selected. |
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| Yellow circle (2D view): Left-click and drag to rotate; Left-click and release to move the rotation point to another location. |
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| Green semi-circle (3D view): Left-click and drag to rotate; Left-click and release to move the rotation point to another location. |
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| Blue arrows: Switch left-to-right; shown on doors and windows to swap hinge side. |
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