Key Press Commands for the GUI

Several commands have a key press shortcut. These commands will be executed with respect to the currently selected entities; see the following table:

Shortcut Key
Command

l

List information about the current entity to the output window.

i

Toggle the visibility of the selected entity (make invisible or visible).

e

Echo entity id to command line.

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Select the next entity.

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Select the previous entity.

0

Toggle picking of vertices.

1

Toggle picking of curves.

2

Toggle picking of surfaces.

3

Toggle picking of volumes.

4

Toggle picking of groups.

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Toggle picking of mesh nodes

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Toggle picking of mesh edges.

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Toggle picking of mesh faces.

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Toggle picking of mesh hexes.

F5

Refresh graphics window

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Activate/inactivate graphics clipping plane