Sketchup Keyboard Shortcuts

2 point arc tool

• A

Circle tool

• C

Circle tool – lock current inferences

• Shift
• +
• C

Eraser tool

• E

Eraser tool – soften or smooth (use on edges to make adjacent faces appear curved)

• Alt
• +
• E

Eraser tool – hide

• Shift
• +
• E

Eraser tool – unsoften or unsmooth

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• E

Line tool

• L

Line tool – lock in current inference direction

• Shift
• +
• L

Line tool – lock direction

• (arrows)
• +
• L

Move tool

• M

Move tool – move a copy

• Alt
• +
• M

Move tool – hold down to lock in current inference direction

• Shift
• +
• M

Move tool – auto-fold (allow move even if it means adding extra edges and faces)

• Ctrl
• +
• M

Move tool – lock direction

• (arrows)
• +
• M

Offset tool

• F

Orbit tool

• O

Orbit tool – disable ‘gravity-weighted’ orbiting

• Alt
• +
• O

Orbit tool – activate pan tool

• Shift
• +
• O

Paint bucket tool

• B

Paint bucket tool – fill material, paint all matching adjacent faces

• Alt
• +
• B

Paint bucket tool – replace material, paint all matching faces in the model

• Shift
• +
• B

Paint bucket tool – replace material on object, paint all matching faces on the same object

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• B

Paint bucket tool – sample material

• Ctrl
• +
• B

Push and pull tool

• P

Push and pull tool – push or pull a copy of the face, leaving original in place

• Alt
• +
• P

Rectangle tool

• R

Rectangle tool – start drawing from center

• Alt
• +
• R

Rotate tool

• Q

Rotate tool – rotate a copy

• Alt
• +
• Q

Scale tool

• S

Scale tool – scale about center

• Alt
• +
• S

Scale tool – scale uniformly, don’t distort

• Shift
• +
• S

Select tool

• Space

Select tool – add to selection

• Alt
• +
• Space

Select tool – add or subtract from selection

• Shift

Select tool – subtract from selection

• Alt
• +
• Shift
• +
• Space

Tape measure tool

• T

Tape measure tool – toggle create guide or measure only

• Alt
• +
• T

Tape measure tool – lock direction

• (arrows)
• +
• T

Zoom tool

• Z

Zoom tool – combine with click-drag mouse to change field of view

• Shift
• +
• Z