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Keyboard shortcuts
Updated over 9 months ago

Tool selection

Keyboard shortcut

Activates

M

Move & select tool
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See: Move and select objects

A

Pan tool

C

Conductor tool

P

Pole tool

Y

Stay / Guy tool

S

Split Conductor or Construction tool

J

Conductor Join tool

O

Obstruction tool

T

Survey / Terrain tool

G

Ground Clearance Measure tool

D

Clearance Measure tool

B

Profile Builder tool

F

Datasets tool

Quick asset search and zoom

Keyboard shortcut: / (forward slash)

Displays a popup to quickly search for, and zoom to, an object in the network model in the perspective, plan, or profile views. If you have a different view open (or none of the above views open), Neara will open and zoom to the selected object in the perspective view:

This shortcut will work when any of the following tools are active:

  • Move & select tool

  • Pan tool

  • Conductor tool

  • Pole tool

  • Stay / Guy tool

  • Split Conductor or Construction tool

  • Conductor Join tool

  • Obstruction tool

  • Survey / Terrain tool

  • Ground Clearance Measure tool

  • Clearance Measure tool

  • Profile Builder tool

  • Datasets tool

Position and orient the camera in 2D and 3D views

Keyboard and/or mouse action

Action

Scroll up / scroll down using a mouse scroll wheel or trackpad

Zoom-in and zoom-out in the plan, profile, or perspective view

Right-click on the mouse while using the mouse scroll wheel

In the perspective view it will change the field of view


In the profile view it will change the horizontal-to-vertical scale ratio

Right-click anywhere in the 3D perspective view and drag the mouse cursor around

The view will orbit (rotate in 3D) around the point that you right-clicked on

Press the ALT key (Windows) or OPTION key (macOS), and left-click and drag your mouse cursor around

or


If your mouse has 3 buttons, you can middle-click and drag your mouse cursor around

or


Press A to select the Pan tool and left-click and drag your mouse cursor around

Pans (shifts the view around without changing the angle that you're viewing from) on the horizontal axes in the plan, profile or perspective view

To pan in the vertical axis press and hold the SHIFT key while performing any of these actions

For demonstrations of the effect of these actions, see Position and orient the camera in 2D and 3D views

Pole- and conductor- specific shortcuts

When a pole or conductor is selected, these additional keyboard shortcuts are available.

Press Z to zoom the camera to a selected object. If multiple items are selected, the level of zoom encompasses all:

Press 1 to orient the camera to a top-down, north-aligned view:

Press 2 to orient the camera to a transverse view:

Press 3 to orient the camera to an oblique, north-aligned view:

Press 4 to orient the camera to an oblique, east-aligned view:

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