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      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