Starting with PIX4Dmatic 2.1.0, it is possible to change the shortcut assigned to each action related to general shortcuts, selection and vectorizing tools, measurement tools, other actions, sections, settings, views, the 3D viewer, and the image viewer, allowing the keyboard layout to be customized to match the preferred workflow.
To modify the shortcuts, navigate through Edit > Preferences > Shortcuts
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 |
| Move through selected vertices |
Tab (next vertex) |
Tab (next vertex) ⇧ + Tab (previous vertex) |
To move between vertices of a geometry |
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 |
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Focus on selection
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Ctrl + 2 | ⌘ + 2 | Zoom in on the selected object |
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Top view
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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
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⌃ + Tab |
To move to the next project in the project bar
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Show previous tab
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Ctrl + Shift + Tab | ⌃ + ⇧ + Tab |
To move to the previous project in the project bar
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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 |
| Color selection | Shift + C | ⇧ + C | To enable the Color selection tool |
| Object selection | Y | Y | To enable the Object selection tool |
| Road selection | Shift + A | ⇧ + A | |
| Marker | M | M | To enable the Marker tool |
| Polyline | L | L | To enable the Polyline tool |
| Polygon | P | P | To enable the Polygon tool |
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Polygon hole |
H | H | To enable the Polygon hole tool |
| Circle | C | C | To enable the Circle tool |
| Arc | A | A | To enable the Arc tool |
| Catenary | U | U | To enable the Catenary tool |
| Assisted road marking | Shift + R | ⇧ + R | To enable the Assisted road marking |
| Roof detection | Shift + F | ⇧ + F | To enable the Roof detection tool |
| Wall detection | Shift + W | ⇧ + W | To enable the Wall detection tool |
| Distance | D | D | To enable the Distance tool |
| Volume | V | V | To enable the Volume tool |
| Scale Constraint | T | T | To begin drawing a Scale constraint |
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Orientation Constraint
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G | G | To begin drawing an Orientation constraint tool |
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Stockpile detection
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Shift + S | ⇧ + W | To enable the Stockpile detection tool |
| Region of Interest | O | O | To create a delimiting region that restricts the extent of outputs |
| Orthomosaic editor | Shift + O | ⇧ + O | To enable the Orthomosaic editor tool |
| 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 |
| Vectical section | Shift + V | ⇧ + V | Create a vertical section |
| Horizontal section | Shift + H | ⇧ + H | Create a horizontal section |
| Section from polyline | Shift + L | ⇧ + L | Create a section selecting a polyline |
| Section from planar polygon | Shift + P | ⇧ + P | Create a section selecting a polygon |
| Clipping box | Crtl + B | ⌘ + B | To enable or disable the clippin box |
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 |