Shortcuts

Master Rayon's shortcuts to draw faster.

Now that we have discovered all of Rayon's commands, let's have a look at shortcuts. In Rayon, shortcuts come in two kind: shortcut mode and command line mode.

Additionally, for the command line mode, users can choose whether to use Rayon's command line keys or use AutoCAD-like keys, in any of the available languages the app supports.

Learn more about command access mode here.

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Drawing tools

CTRL mentioned below corresponds to ⌘ CMD for Mac users.

Shortcuts in Rayon can be swapped between sets: a Rayon set and AutoCAD-like set are available today. Swapping can be done in your user settings page.

Rayon shortcuts

Shortcut	Command	Mode (toggle)
SPACE or ↵	Exit and validate command content
ESC	Exit and delete command content
CTRL + K	Trigger command line
W	Wall	A : line/arc S : left/center/right align L : once/loop
OP	Opening	L : once/loop
Z	Zone	L : once/loop
DV	Zone Divider	A : line/arc L : once/loop
PL	Polyline	A : line/arc L : once/loop
L	Line	L : once/loop
AC	Arc	A: radius/angle L : once/loop
CV	Curve	L : once/loop
CI	Circle	L : once/loop
RE	Rectangle	L : once/loop
G	Guideline	O : horizontal/vertical/free L : once/loop
BB	Bucket
DI	Dimensions	O : aligned/horizontal/vertical/rotated C : single/chained L : once/loop
AD	Angular dimension	A : angle/arc L : once/loop
DR	Leader	L : once/loop
AW	Arrow	A : line/arc
RC	Revision Cloud	L : once/loop
TT	Text
TG	Tag
CC	Copy	L : once/loop
MM	Move
OO	Offset	L : once/loop
TR	Trim
S	Scale	S : selection/model L : once/loop
J	Join
RR	Rotate	L : once/loop
MI	Mirror	C : move/copy L : once/loop
BR	Break	B : point/entities
DD	Divide	M: count/distance
CF	Fillet	S : single/all
CH	Chamfer	R : regular/irregular
X	Explode
TX	Extend
AR	Array
AP	Polar Array	R : Rotation/No Rotation A : Angle / Fill
AL	Align	S : unscaled/scaled
B	Boolean	B : union/intersect/exclude/subtract
CTRL + B	Block
CTRL + ⇧ + B	Unblock
CTRL + G	Group
CTRL + ⇧ + G	Ungroup
PP	Page	A : drawing/insertion mode
V	View
CM	Comment
AN	Annotate
DS	Distance	P : line/polyline mode L : once/loop
AA	Area
PS	Stretch Action
PA	Array Action
TA	Table

AutoCAD-like shortcuts

Utilities

Selection shortcuts

Shortcut	Command
ESC	Unselect selection
⌫	Delete selection
CTRL + A	Select all
CTRL + ⇧ + A	Reverse selection
CTRL + H	Hide/unhide selection
CTRL + ⇧ + H	Unhide all
CTRL + L	Lock/unlock selection
CTRL + ⇧ + L	Unlock all
Drag + BBox corner	Homothetic scale
Drag + BBox edge	Unidirectional scale
ALT + Drag	Duplicate
ALT + Rotate	Duplicate and rotate
ALT + BBox corner	Duplicate and Homothetic scale
ALT + BBox edge	Duplicate and Unidirectional scale
⇧ + Click	Add/remove from selection
TAB	Flick through overlapping entities

Quick access

Shortcut	Command
⇧ + G	Toggle Grid mode on/off
⇧ + W	Toggle Wireframe mode on/off (equivalent of mode)
⇧ + D	Toggle Dark mode on/off
ALT + 0	Toggle left side panel open/close
ALT + 1	Open layer panel
ALT + 2	Open block panel
ALT + 3	Open style panel
ALT + 4	Open page panel
ALT + 5	Open table panel
ALT + 6	Open comment panel

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Edition

Shortcut	Command	Mode (toggle)
⌫ (backspace)	Delete selection
CTRL + E	Enter edition mode on selection	E : select/add point
CTRL +ALT + E	Enter edit in Isolation
CTRL + ⇧ + E	Exit edition mode
CTRL + O	Override block/view
CTRL + U	Make block unique
CTRL + I	Edit image
CTRL + Z	Undo
CTRL + ⇧ + Z	Redo
CTRL + C	Copy
CTRL + ⇧ + C	Copy as export
CTRL + X	Cut
CTRL + ⇧ + X	Cut as export
CTRL + V	Paste
CTRL + ⇧ + V	Paste in place
⇧ + F	Flip horizontally
CTRL + ⇧ + F	Flip vertically
⇧ + R	Rotate counterclockwise
CTRL + ⇧ + R	Rotate clockwise
ALT + V	Align center vertically
ALT + H	Align center horizontally
ALT + A	Align left
ALT + D	Align right
ALT + W	Align top
ALT + S	Align bottom
CTRL + ALT + H	Distribute horizontally
CTRL + ALT + V	Distribute vertically
CTRL + ↑	Bring forward
CTRL + ⇧ + ↑	Bring to front
CTRL + ↓	Send backward
CTRL + ⇧ + ↓	Send to back
↑	Increase input value a bit
⇧ + ↑	Increase input value a lot
↓	Decrease input value a bit
⇧ + ↓	Decrease input value a lot
CTRL + ⇧ + M	Create new model canvas
CTRL + ⇧ + P	Create new paper canvas
CTRL + ⇧ + L	Create new layer
ALT + ⇧ + V	Convert to view
ALT + ⇧ + W	Convert to wall
ALT + ⇧ + Z	Convert to zone
CTRL +ALT + S	Select similar style
CTRL +ALT + L	Select similar layer
CTRL +ALT + T	Select similar type
CTRL +ALT + B	Select similar block

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Zoom & navigation

Shortcut	Command
⇧ + Z	Zoom to selection
+	Zoom in
-	Zoom out

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Snapping

Modifier	Behavior
⇧ + S	Toggle snapping
CTRL	Ignore snapping
⇧	Force orthogonal snapping

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