Settings · Keyboard

Overview of the key shortcuts

Help

Get help in the DIALux Community F1 Go to ‚Storey and building construction“ Ctrl + Alt + R

Display the overview of the keyboard Ctrl + F1 Go to ‚Spaces‘ Ctrl + Alt + S

shortcuts
Go to ‚Furniture and objects‘ Ctrl + Alt + O

Go to ‚Apertures‘ Ctrl + Alt + W

Project
Go to ‚Materials‘ Ctrl + Alt + M
Create a new empty project Ctrl + N
Go to ‚Helplines ans labeling‘ Ctrl + Alt + T
Open an existing project Ctrl + O
Go to ‚Views‘ Ctrl + Alt + V
Save the current project Ctrl + S
Go to ‚Luminaires‘ Ctrl + Alt + L

Go to ‚Luminaires‘ with opened Ctrl + Alt + F

Navigation luminaire selection

Go a tool backward Ctrl + Alt + Z Go to ‚Calculation objects‘ Ctrl + Alt + C

Go a tool forward Ctrl + Alt + Y Go to ‚Page selection‘ Ctrl + Alt + D

Calculation CAD area

Start calculation Ctrl + Shift + Space Select translation manipulator Ctrl + Shift + T

Abort calculation Ctrl + Shift + Q Select rotation manipulator Ctrl + Shift + R

Discard all results Ctrl + Shift + Back Select field arrangement manipulator Ctrl + Shift + G

Select circle manipulator Ctrl + Shift + O

Catalogs Activate the next available manipulator Tab

of the current selection
Delete a selected element from a catalog Delete
Activate the next available edit field of Tab
the current manipulator

Project tree Insert a copied CAD object at the Ctrl + M

current mouse position
Rename a selected element F2
Zoom in on the CAD area Ctrl + +

Zoom out of the CAD area Ctrl + -

Quick tool selection
Create a new tab window of the Ctrl + T
Go to ‚Project overview‘ Ctrl + Alt + P CAD area
Settings · Keyboard
Overview of the key shortcuts

Close the current tab window of the Ctrl + W Show or hide the results F6
CAD area
Show or hide the drawings F7
Finish drawing a polygon and connect Ctrl + Shift + C
start and end point Show or hide the light distribution curves F8

Finish drawing a polygon Ctrl + Shift + E Show or hide the false colours F9

Add a point to a polygon Ctrl + Shift + A Show or hide the luminaire orientation Ctrl + R

Remove point from a polygon Ctrl + Shift + X

Repeat last action F12 Documentation

Zoom the page to 100% size Ctrl + 1

Views Zoom the page to full page width Ctrl + 2

Position the camera so that the entire Ctrl + * Zoom the page to the full page Ctrl + 3
content of the CAD window will fit
Zoom in the page by 5% Ctrl + +
The keys 1 – 0 create or update a view Ctrl + 1
for the output Zoom out the page by 5% Ctrl + -

The keys 1 – 0 restore a previously Alt + 1 Show or hide the settings of the current F2
saved view output page

Show the floor plan view Ctrl + Num 5

Show the 3D view Ctrl + Num 0 Picture window in documentation

Show a 2D view from the front Ctrl + Num 8 Toggel edit mode for the name and F2
description of a picture
Show a 2D view from behind Ctrl + Num 2
Edit the next picture of the page Alt + Right
Show a 2D view from the left Ctrl + Num 4
Edit the previous picture of the page Alt + Left
Show a 2D view from the right Ctrl + Num 6

User interface
Filter
Enable or disable a fullscreen mode F11
Show or hide the coordinate system F2
Make elements of the user interface bigger Shift + +
Show or hide the auxiliary lines F3
Make elements of the user interface smaller Shift + -
Show or hide the working planes F4
Reset the size of elements of the user Shift + *
Show or hide the wireframe view F5 interface to their default size