SketchUp Pro

SketchUp Pro

A visual cheat-sheet for the 135 default keyboard shortcuts found in SketchUp Pro

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General I

Shortcut	Action
A	2 point arc tool
C	Circle tool
Shift C	Circle tool - lock current inferences
E	Eraser tool
Alt E	Eraser tool - soften or smooth (use on edges to make adjacent faces appear curved)
Shift E	Eraser tool - hide
Alt Shift E	Eraser tool - unsoften or unsmooth
L	Line tool
Shift L	Line tool - lock in current inference direction
(arrows) L	Line tool - lock direction
M	Move tool
Alt M	Move tool - move a copy
Shift M	Move tool - hold down to lock in current inference direction
Ctrl M	Move tool - auto-fold (allow move even if it means adding extra edges and faces)
(arrows) M	Move tool - lock direction
F	Offset tool
O	Orbit tool
Alt O	Orbit tool - disable ‘gravity-weighted’ orbiting
Shift O	Orbit tool - activate pan tool
B	Paint bucket tool
Alt B	Paint bucket tool - fill material, paint all matching adjacent faces
Shift B	Paint bucket tool - replace material, paint all matching faces in the model

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General II

Shortcut	Action
Shift B	Paint bucket tool - replace material, paint all matching faces in the model
Alt Shift B	Paint bucket tool - replace material on object, paint all matching faces on the same object
Ctrl B	Paint bucket tool - sample material
P	Push and pull tool
Alt P	Push and pull tool - push or pull a copy of the face, leaving original in place
R	Rectangle tool
Alt R	Rectangle tool - start drawing from center
Q	Rotate tool
Alt Q	Rotate tool - rotate a copy
S	Scale tool
Alt S	Scale tool - scale about center
Shift S	Scale tool - scale uniformly, don’t distort
Space	Select tool
Alt Space	Select tool - add to selection
Shift	Select tool - add or subtract from selection
Alt Shift Space	Select tool - subtract from selection
T	Tape measure tool
Alt T	Tape measure tool - toggle create guide or measure only
(arrows) T	Tape measure tool - lock direction
Z	Zoom tool
Shift Z	Zoom tool - combine with click-drag mouse to change field of view

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Also see

• Keyboard shortcuts for SketchUp (help.sketchup.com)