Keyboard shortcuts - PIX4Dmatic
PIX4Dmatic supports various keyboard shortcuts to enhance efficiency and streamline workflows. Below are some commonly used 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
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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 |
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Orientation Constraint
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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 |
| 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 |
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 |