General

Keyboard shortcuts - PIX4Dmatic

PIX4Dmatic supports the use of shortcuts to make you more efficient at doing certain tasks. Shortcuts are especially useful when marking tie points.

The following shortcuts are available:

General shortcuts
Edit
View
Window
Tools

Category
Action
Windows
Mac
Note
General shortcuts
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)
⌘ + Q
In the case of unsaved changes, an additional pop-up is displayed
Open the PIX4D Support website
F1
⌘ + ?
Edit
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
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/td
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
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
Select
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
Polygon
P
P
To enable the Polygon tool
Polygon hole
H
H
To enable the Polygon hole 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
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