Autodesk Inventor Keyboard Shortcuts & Commands (173)

Complete collection of 173 Autodesk Inventor keyboard shortcuts and commands. Browse all shortcuts organized by category with our interactive search tool.

Autodesk Inventor has a small set of single-letter shortcuts that change meaning with the environment — the same letter can start a sketch command, a modelling feature or an assembly constraint depending on which mode is active. The table follows that split. Learning the sketch letters first pays off most, because sketching is where the mouse trips are.

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Keyboard Shortcuts: General (17)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`Ctrl` + `A`	Select All	Selects everything on the screen.
`Ctrl` + `C`	Copy	Copies selected items.
`Ctrl` + `F`	Find	Presents the Find Part Sketches dialog box in part files; opens the Find Assembly Components dialog box in assembly files.
`Ctrl` + `N`	New	Displays the New File dialog box.
`Ctrl` + `O`	Open	Displays the Open dialog box, to open an existing file.
`Ctrl` + `P`	Print	Displays the Print dialog box.
`Ctrl` + `S`	Save	Displays the Save As dialog box.
`Ctrl` + `V`	Paste	Pastes a cut or copied item from one location to another.
`Ctrl` + `X`	Cut	Cuts selected items.
`Ctrl` + `Y`	Redo	Redoes previously undone commands.
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo	Undoes the effects of commands.
`Delete`	Delete	Removes the selected item from the model or drawing.
`Shift` + `Right Click`	Select	Activates the select command menu.
`Esc`	Cancel	Closes the active tool.
`F1`	Help	Opens the Inventor help files.
`Alt` + `F8`	Macros	Opens the Macros dialog box.
`Alt` + `F11`	Visual Basic Editor	Launches the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.

Keyboard Shortcuts: View (22)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`F2`	Pan	Views areas of the graphics window. You must hold the F2 key down.
`F3`	Zoom	Realtime zoom in and out of the graphics window. You must hold the F3 key down.
`F4`	Rotate	Rotates objects in the graphics window.
`F5`	Previous View	Returns to the last display.
`Shift` + `F5`	Next View	Advances to the next view.
`F6`	Home View	Rotates objects in the graphics window into an isometric orientation.
`F10`	Sketch Visibility	Makes sketches visible.
`Home`	Zoom All	Zooms to the extents of all objects in the graphics window.
`End`	Zoom Selected	Zooms in on a specifically selected item.
`Page Up`	Look At	Looks at a selected entity.
`Shift` + `F3`	Zoom Window	Zooms to the area you define with a window.
`Shift` + `Middle Click`	Rotate	Rotates a model.
`Ctrl` + `0`	Toggle Screen	Toggles full screen.
`Ctrl` + `W`	Steering Wheels	Displays the Steering Wheel view tool.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `E`	Degrees of Freedom	Displays degrees of freedom.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Q`	iMate Glyph	Activates the iMate Glyph tool.
`Alt` + `.`	User Work Points Visibility	Makes work points visible.
`Alt` + `]`	User Work Plane Visibility	Makes work planes visible.
`Alt` + `/`	User Work Axes Visibility	Makes work axes visible.
`Ctrl` + `.`	Origin Points Visibility	Makes the default origin points visible.
`Ctrl` + `]`	Origin Plane Visibility	Makes the default origin planes visible.
`Ctrl` + `/`	Origin Axes Visibility	Makes the default origin axes visible.

Keyboard Shortcuts: Sketch (4)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`=`	Equal	Constrains curves to equal radius or length.
`F7`	Slice Graphics	Slices away temporarily the portion of the model that obscures the plane.
`F8`	Show All Constraints	Displays all constraints.
`F9`	Hide All Constraints	Hides all constraints.

Keyboard Shortcuts: Part & Features (6)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `K`	Chamfer	Activates the Chamfer tool.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `L`	Loft	Activates the Loft tool.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `M`	Mirror	Activates the Mirror tool.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `O`	Circular Pattern	Opens the Circular Pattern dialog box.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`	Rectangular Pattern	Opens the Rectangular Pattern dialog box.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `S`	Sweep	Activates the Sweep tool.

Keyboard Shortcuts: Work Features (4)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`;`	Grounded Work Point	Creates a grounded work point and activates the 3D Move/Rotate tool.
`/`	Work Axis	Creates a new work axis.
`]`	Work Plane	Creates a new work plane.
`.`	Work Point	Creates a new work point.

Keyboard Shortcuts: Assembly (3)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`Alt` + `Drag`	Mate Constraint	Applies a mate constraint.
`Ctrl` + `H`	Replace Component	Replaces one assembly component with another component.
`Shift` + `Tab`	Promote	Removes a part from a subassembly and makes it an individual part in the parent assembly.

Keyboard Shortcuts: Drawing Manager (2)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `N`	New Sheet	Inserts a new drawing sheet.
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `T`	Leader Text	Adds notes with leader lines to a drawing.

Command Aliases: Sketch (25)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`L`	Line	Creates a line or arc.
`A`	Arc	Activates the Arc tool (Baseline Set or Animate in other environments).
`A3`	Three Point Arc	Draws a three-point arc using dynamic input.
`CE`	Center Point Circle	Draws a center point circle using dynamic input.
`TC`	Tangent Circle	Creates circle tangent to three lines.
`EL`	Ellipse	Creates an ellipse with a center point, a major axis, and a minor axis that you define.
`REC`	Two Point Rectangle	Draws a two-point rectangle using dynamic input.
`REC3`	Three Point Rectangle	Draws a three-point rectangle using dynamic input.
`POL`	Polygon	Creates polygon shapes.
`SP`	Spline	Creates a spline.
`PO`	Point, Center Point	Sketches points and center points.
`FI`	Fillet	Adds fillets or rounds to one or more edges.
`CH`	Chamfer	Creates a chamfer.
`X`	Trim	Activates the Trim command.
`EX`	Extend	Makes surfaces larger in one or more directions.
`O`	Offset	Duplicates selected sketch geometry and positions it an offset distance from the original.
`MO`	Move	Moves selected sketch geometry from point to point or moves a copy of the geometry.
`RO`	Rotate Component	Activates the Rotate Component command.
`MI`	Mirror	Mirrors sketch geometry about a selected plane.
`RP`	Rectangular Pattern	Creates rectangular pattern of sketch geometry.
`CP`	Circular Pattern	Creates circular pattern of sketch geometry.
`I`	Vertical	Activates the vertical constraint tool.
`AD`	Auto Dimension	Prompts the Auto Dimension dialog box.
`H`	Fill/Hatch Sketch Region	Hatches or color fills an enclosed boundary in a drawing sketch.
`BE`	Bend	Creates a bend.

Command Aliases: Sketch Features (6)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`E`	Extrude	Extrudes a profile.
`R`	Revolve	Revolves a sketch.
`H`	Hole	Creates a hole in a feature.
`LO`	Loft	Creates lofted features or bodies by blending multiple profiles into smooth shapes.
`SW`	Sweep	Creates a sweep feature.
`BP`	Bend Part	Bends a portion of a part.

Command Aliases: Placed Features (13)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`F`	Fillet	Creates a fillet in part and assembly files.
`CH`	Chamfer	Creates a chamfer.
`SH`	Shell	Removes material from a part interior, creating a hollow cavity with walls of a specified thickness.
`TH`	Thread	Creates threads in holes or on shafts, studs, or bolts.
`MI`	Mirror	Creates a mirror feature.
`RP`	Rectangular Pattern	Creates rectangular pattern of feature.
`DE`	Direct Edit	Allows you to make quick edits to existing solids.
`S`	2D Sketch	Activates the 2D Sketch command.
`S3`	New 3D Sketch	Activates the 3D Sketch command.
`Q`	Create iMate	Displays the Create iMate dialog box, for developing iMates.
`GW`	Groove Weld	Creates a groove weld feature in a weldment assembly that connects two face sets with a solid weld bead.
`EF`	End Fill	Adds a weld end fill annotation in a drawing view or on a 3D weld bead.
`WS`	Welding Symbol	Provides annotation and groups multiple beads under a single welding symbol.

Command Aliases: Assembly (10)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`P`	Place Component	Places a component in the current assembly.
`N`	Create Component	Displays the Create In-Place Component dialog box.
`C`	Constraints	Adds an assembly constraint.
`V`	Move Component	Activates the Move Component command.
`G`	Rotate Component	Activates the Rotate tool.
`CO`	Copy Components	Creates a copy of the component.
`MI`	Mirror Components	Creates a mirror component.
`PC`	Pattern Component	Selects one or more components to include in the pattern.
`RA`	Replace All	Replaces all occurrences of the component in the current assembly.
`IA`	Analyze Interference	Analyzes assemblies for interference.

Command Aliases: Drawing Manager (10)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`BV`	Base View	Creates a base view.
`PV`	Projected View	Creates a projected view.
`AV`	Auxiliary View	Places an auxiliary view by projecting from an edge or line in a parent view.
`SV`	Section View	Creates a section view.
`DV`	Detail View	Provides circular and rectangular shapes of detail profile.
`BRV`	Break	Creates a broken, foreshortened view.
`BO`	Break Out	Removes a defined area of material to expose obscured parts or features in an existing drawing view.
`CR`	Crop	Sets boundary type and visibility of crop cut lines for crop operations.
`RD`	Retrieve Dimensions	Retrieves model dimensions in a drawing.
`B`	Balloon / BOM	Activates the Balloon tool or displays the BOM Properties dialog box, depending on the work environment.

Command Aliases: Dimension (8)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`D`	General Dimension	Adds a dimension to a sketch or drawing.
`BD`	Baseline Dimension	Adds baseline dimensions.
`OD`	Ordinate Dimension	Adds an ordinate dimension.
`O`	Ordinate Dimension Set	Activates the Ordinate Dimension Set command.
`HN`	Hole/Thread Notes	Adds a hole or thread note with a leader line.
`CN`	Chamfer Note	Adds a chamfer note to a drawing view.
`BN`	Bend Notes	Creates or edits a bend note.
`PN`	Punch Notes	Creates a punch note.

Command Aliases: Annotation (21)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`T`	Text	Activates the text tool in a drawing file.
`LE`	Leader Text	Adds notes with leader lines to a drawing.
`BA`	Auto Balloon	Creates one or more item balloons used to identify components in drawing views.
`PL`	Parts List	Creates a parts list.
`TB`	Table	Creates a table.
`HTV`	Hole Table - View	Adds a hole table to a view.
`HTF`	Hole Table - Features	Selects a feature set (all punch center instances from a single feature).
`HTS`	Hole Table - Selection	Selects recovered punch centers individually.
`CL`	Centerline	Adds a centerline.
`CB`	Centerline Bisector	Adds a centerline bisector.
`CM`	Center Mark	Adds a center mark.
`F`	Feature Control Frame	Places a feature control frame in drawing files.
`FI`	Feature Identifier Symbol	Adds a feature identifier symbol.
`DI`	Datum Identifier Symbol	Adds a datum identifier symbol.
`ST`	Surface Texture Symbol	Adds a surface texture symbol.
`WS`	Welding Symbol	Adds a welding symbol referencing multiple beads.
`CAT`	Caterpillar	Adds a weld caterpillar annotation.
`EF`	End Fill	Adds a weld end fill annotation.
`SY`	Symbols	Adds sketched symbols to a drawing sheet.
`RT`	Revision Tag	Adds revision tags to a drawing.
`RTB`	Revision Table	Creates a revision table.

Command Aliases: Sheet Metal (10)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`FA`	Face	Creates a sheet metal face.
`CF`	Contour Flange	Creates a contour flange.
`BE`	Bend	Creates a bend.
`FO`	Fold	Defines the fold in a sheet metal face along a sketched line that terminates at face edges.
`HEM`	Hem	Creates a folded hem along sheet metal edges.
`CS`	Corner Seam	Defines the corner seams you add to sheet metal faces.
`CR`	Corner Round	Adds fillets or rounds to one or more corners of a sheet metal part.
`CC`	Corner Chamfer	Activates the corner chamfer command.
`PT`	PunchTool	Defines the punch of a 3D shape into a sheet metal face.
`ST`	Sheet Metal Defaults	Changes the options and parameters for the active sheet metal part.

Command Aliases: Presentation (2)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`CV`	Create View	Adds a new presentation view.
`T`	Tweak Components	Tweaks components in a presentation.

Command Aliases: Tools & View (8)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`M`	Measure Distance	Opens the Measure Distance window.
`OP`	Application Options	Opens the Application Options settings.
`SE`	Edit Styles	Opens the Style and Standard Editor.
`LA`	Edit Layers	Specifies a layer name and attributes for common display properties of drawing objects.
`Z`	Zoom Window	Zooms in on a specified area.
`PAN`	Pan	Pans the view.
`ORBIT`	Free Orbit	Rotates a model about the center of the screen or about axes in model space.
`VC`	ViewCube	Toggles the view of the ViewCube.

Command Aliases: Part (2)

Shortcut	Action	What it does
`1`	Toggle Smooth	Activates the toggle smooth command.
`E`	Edit Form	Edits an existing form to add, remove, or modify controls.

📜 Source: Autodesk — Inventor keyboard shortcuts guide. Keyboard shortcuts and the default multi-character command aliases from Autodesk’s guide. Aliases for the Cable & Harness, Tube & Pipe, Mold Design, Dynamic Simulation, Frame and Stress Analysis environments are omitted; they only apply inside those environments. Checked 2026-09-06. How we verify ›

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Sketching without the ribbon

S starts a new sketch on the selected face or plane. Inside it, L line, C circle and R rectangle draw geometry, D places a dimension, X trims and F fillets a corner; O offsets a profile, which is how you make a wall thickness from an outline. The pattern matches AutoCAD's aliases closely enough that drafters feel at home. Finish the sketch with the right-click menu or the ribbon, then E to extrude it.

Modelling and viewing

E extrudes the selected profile and H places a hole feature — both open a dialog where the sketch is picked automatically if only one is unconsumed. A new part file starts with Ctrl + Shift + N, and F5 opens iProperties for mass, material and custom fields. Viewing is on the function keys and the middle button: F6 returns to the isometric home view, F4 with a drag rotates, and Shift + Middle Click rotates; the mouse wheel zooms around the pointer.

Assemblies

In an assembly, P places a component and C becomes Constrain rather than Circle — the clearest example of Inventor's context-dependent letters. Alt + Drag moves a component freely, ignoring constraints for the drag, which is useful for repositioning before constraining. G grounds or ungrounds the selected component so it stops moving when others are constrained to it; the first component placed is grounded automatically.

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