In Virtual Worlds, you can use keyboard shortcuts to speed up the design process.
Note: The following shortcuts are for Virtual Worlds Professional from version 8.2 onwards.
Help
| F1 | Online Help |
Quick Commands
| Ctrl + N | New design |
| Ctrl + O | Open design |
| Ctrl + P | Print design |
| Ctrl + R | Recess selected recessable item |
| Ctrl + S | Save design |
| Ctrl + C | Copies selected text |
| Ctrl + V | Paste copied/cut text into a text edit box |
| Ctrl + X | Cut highlighted text from text edit boxes |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| F9 | Toggle Snap to Wall |
| F10 | Toggle Detect Object Collision |
| F11 | Toggle Height Lock |
| F12 | Toggle Snap to connection point |
| Spacebar | Toggles between Tilt and Turn/Fly and the last used design tool |
Selection tools
| Ctrl + A | Select all items |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Copies the current 3D environment view as an image to the clipboard |
| Ctrl + D | Duplicate item |
| Ctrl + E | Switch between Select and Rubber Band |
| Ctrl + G | Group selected items together |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Ungroup any selected items |
| Ctrl + M | Create a mirrored duplicate of the selection |
| Alt + M | Mirror selection itself |
| Ctrl + H | Hide/Unhide selected item(s) |
| Ctrl + Alt + H | Hide/Unhide individual item |
| Ctrl + I | Invert selection (i.e. selected becomes unselected; unselected becomes selected) |
| Ctrl + + | Select Parent item |
| Ctrl + - | Select Child item |
3D effects
| Ctrl + L | Toggle Filament Lighting in 3D Scene |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | Toggle Shadows in 3D Scene |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Toggle Realtime Mirrors in 3D Scene |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Toggle Sunlight in 3D Scene |
Object Adjustments
| Right Arrow | Nudge item Right |
| Left Arrow | Nudge item Left |
| Up Arrow | Nudge item Backwards |
| Down Arrow | Nudge item Forwards |
| Page Up | Nudge item Up |
| Page Down | Nudge item Down |
| Ctrl + Down | Cycle to previous free connection point on parent |
| Ctrl + Up | Cycle to next free connection point on parent |
| Ctrl + Left | Cycle to previous free clip |
| Ctrl + Right | Cycle to next free clip |
| Ctrl + F | Connection Point Invert clips |
| Delete | Delete Item |
| Alt + Delete | Delete item from Group |
3D Navigation
| F2 | Tilt and Turn mode (in 3D View) |
| F3 | Walk Mode (in 3D View) |
| F4 | Rubber selection band mode (in 3D View) |
| F5 | Fly Mode (in 3D View) |
| F6 | Select Mode (in 3D View) |
| F7 | Drag Mode (if draggable item selected) (in 3D View) |
| F8 | Action Mode (in 3D View) |
Sketchpad Navigation
| Ctrl + Shift + F1 | Generates horizontal surfaces from the selected components (in Sketchpad View) |
| Ctrl + F3 | Polygon tool mode (in Sketchpad View) |
| Ctrl + Shift + F3 | Generates extrusion from the selected (must be a closed area)(in Sketchpad view) |
| Ctrl + Shift + F4 | Generate room from selected (in Sketchpad View) |
| Ctrl + Shift + F5 | Removes all surfaces generated from the selected component (in Sketchpad view) |
You can download an attachment to keep a cheat sheet of all the shortcuts here: