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Must-Know Time-Saving SOLIDWORKS Keyboard Shortcuts

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You’re likely familiar with hotkeys like “S” to pop up your shortcut bar, and you don’t need to be an engineer to live and die by the power of “Ctrl + Z” to undo mistakes made at 3 a.m., fueled by energy drinks and ramen. But do you know how to force a rebuild or view your design from different angles at the touch of a button? 

Brought to you by our SOLIDWORKS experts, we’ve compiled their most used, time-saving keyboard shortcuts, hotkeys, and mouse gestures that every user will love.  

Here are our top three pro shortcuts to get you started: 

Ctrl + Tab for swapping open documents 

F for Zoom to Fit 

Shift + Tab for hiding/showing components in an assembly 

Looking for more than SOLIDWORKS shortcuts?

We also have an icon glossary, navigation essentials, and a guide to sketch color codes. Download our reference guide today for 150+ mind-blowing SOLIDWORKS cheat codes — perfect to have handy at your desk! 

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