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      Keyboard shortcuts - PIX4Dmatic

      PIX4Dmatic supports various keyboard shortcuts to enhance efficiency and streamline workflows. Below are some commonly used shortcuts:

      The following shortcuts are available:

      General shortcuts

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      View

      Window

      Tools

      Marking

      General shortcuts

      Action Windows MacOS Note
      New project Ctrl + N ⌘ + N  
      Open project Ctrl + O ⌘ + O  
      Save project Ctrl + S ⌘ + S  
      Close project Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4 ⌘ + W Close the current project. In the case of unsaved changes, an additional pop-up is displayed
      Exit software Alt + F4 ⌘ + Q In the case of unsaved changes, an additional pop-up is displayed
      Menu bar Alt + F (File)
      Alt + E (Edit)
      Alt + P (Process)
      Alt + V (View)
      Alt + W (Window)
      Alt + H (Help)
      Alt + T (Tools)      		 ⌘ + W In the case of unsaved changes, an additional pop-up is displayed
      Open the PIX4D Support website F1 ⌘ + ?  

      Edit

      Action Windows MacOS Note
      Undo the previous action Ctrl + Z ⌘ + Z Revert the last action(s)
      Redo the previous action Ctrl + Y or Ctrl + Shift + Z ⌘ + ⇧ + Z Revert the last Undo(s). The function is only available after the Undo command
      Deselect object Esc Esc To deselect the scene object
      Delete the selected object Del, or backspace Del, or backspace An object needs to be selected

      View

      Action Windows MacOS Note
      Hide all panels Ctrl + Shift + H ⌘ + ⇧ + H To close all panels and display only the 3D view
      Switch to 2D 2 2 Switch to the 2D view (DSM and orthomosaic)
      Switch to 3D 3 3 Switch to the 3D view
       View all Ctrl + 1 ⌘ + 1 The scene is zoomed out to the whole extent
      Focus on selection
      		 Ctrl + 2 ⌘ + 2 Zoom in on the selected object
      Top view
      		 7 7 View from the top. The scene is zoomed out to the whole extent

      Window

      Action Windows MacOS Note
      Minimize Ctrl + M ⌘ + M To minimize PIX4Dmatic
      Show next tab
      Ctrl + Tab
      		 ⌃ + Tab
      To move to the next project in the project bar
      Show previous tab
      		 Ctrl + Shift + Tab ⌃ + ⇧ + Tab
      To move to the previous project in the project bar

      Tools

      Action Windows MacOS Note
      Simple selection S S To select the Select tool
      Rectangle Selection R R To enable the rectangle selection tool
      Polygon selection J J Enable the Polygon selection tool
      Object selection Y Y To enable the Object selection tool
      Color selection Shift + C Shift + C To enable the Color selection tool
      Marker M M To enable the Marker tool
      Circle C C To enable the Circle tool
      Polyline L L To enable the Polyline tool
      Polygon P P To enable the Polygon tool
       Polygon hole H H To enable the Polygon hole tool
      Volume V V To enable the Volume tool
      Distance D D To enable the Distance tool
      Scale Constraint T T To begin drawing a Scale constraint
      Orientation Constraint
      		 G G To begin drawing an Orientation constraint tool
      Region of Interest O O To create a delimiting region that restricts the extent of outputs
      Region of interest - delete selected region Del Del After enabling Region of interest (O), press the Del key to delete the selected region
      Region of interest - cancel the creation Esc Esc After enabling Region of interest (O), press the Esc key to cancel the creation of the ROI
      Region of interest - confirm the share Enter Return After enabling Region of interest (O), press the Enter/Return key to complete and confirm the shape of the ROI
      Wireframe Scroll wheel button Scroll wheel button Enables a style view where the faces of polygons are invisible

      Marking

      Action Windows MacOS Note
      Maximize image viewer Ctrl + F ⌘ + F To maximize or minimize the image viewer.
      Fullscreen Space bar Space bar To enter and exit the full-screen marking mode. An image needs to be selected or hovered over for the shortcut to work.
      Next/ previous image ←, → ←, → To move to the next or previous images in the image list.
      Re-sort the image list Ctrl + R ⌘  + R To re-sort the image list. The already marked images appear on the top of the list
      Minimum zoom Ctrl + 1 ⌘  + 1 To jump to the minimum zoom level. All images are completely zoomed out
      Maximum zoom Ctrl + 2 ⌘  + 2 To jump to the maximum zoom level. All images are zoomed in. When a mark is available, the image is zoomed into the center of the mark
      Zoom in/out images Alt + scroll wheel Option + scroll wheel To zoom in and out of all images at once