General
B
View ? Toolbars submenu
U
Tools ? Unroute submenu
L
Layers Tab of Document Option dialog
CTRL+G
Snap Grid dialog box
CTRL+H
Edit ? Select ? Physical Net
SHIFT+PGUP
Zoom in at 0.1 step rate
SHIFT+PGDN
Zoom out at 0.1 step rate
CTRL+HOME
Jump Absolute Origin
CTRL+END
Jump Current origin
*
Toggle active signal layers
+ or -
Next / previous active layer
UP. DOWN
Move one snap grid point. vertically
SHIFT+UP. DOWN
Move 10 snap grid points. vertically
LEFT. RIGHT
Move one snap grid point. horizontally
SHIFT+LEFT. RIGHT
Move 10 snap grid points. horizontally
BACKSPACE
removes the previously placed track segment while routing a connection.
*
toggles through the routing layers while routing.
/
places a via connecting to a power plane.
TAB
pop up the Track properties dialog box to edit track attributes while routing.
SHIFT+R
cycles through the interactive routing modes.
SHIFT+S
toggles single-layer display mode on and off.
SPACEBAR
changes between track placement start and end angle modes.
SHIFT+SPACEBAR
cycles through the track placement modes.
CTRL+SPACEBAR
cycles through the connection lines connecting to a pad.
CRTL
temporarily suspends the electrical grid.
ALT
temporarily switches from Avoid Obstacle to Ignore Obstacle mode.
End
refreshes the display while routing.
B
View ? Toolbars sub-menu
L
Edit ? Set Location Marks sub-menu
SHIFT+Left Arrow
Cursor Left (10x snap grid)
Left Arrow
Cursor Left (on snap grid)
SHIFT+Up Arrow
Cursor Up (10x snap grid)
Up Arrow
Cursor Up (on snap grid)
SHIFT+Right Arrow
Cursor Right (10x snap grid)
Right Arrow
Cursor Right (on snap grid)
SHIFT+Down Arrow
Cursor Down (10x snap grid)
Down Arrow
Cursor Down (on snap grid)
DELETE
Delete focused object
CTRL+G
Find And Replace Text
CTRL+V
Align objects horizontally. through their centers
CTRL+B
Align objects horizontally. along their bottom edge
CTRL+T
Align objects horizontally. along their top edge
CTRL+SHIFT+H
Space objects equally horizontally
CTRL+H
Align objects vertically. through their centers
CTRL+L
Align objects vertically. along their left edge
CTRL+R
Align objects vertically. along their right edge
CTRL+SHIFT+V
Space objects equally vertically
SHIFT+F4
Tile all open documents
SHIFT+F5
Cascade all open documents
SHIFT+CTRL+Left Click
Move single object
SHIFT+Left_Click
Toggle single object selection
CTRL+Left_Click. then release CTRL
Drag single object
CTRL+Left_Hold_D own. then release CTRL
Drag single object
Hold CTRL while moving or dragging
Disable snap grid
Hold ALT while moving or dragging
Constrain movement to vertical direction
Hold SHIFT+ALT while moving or dragging
Constrain movement to horizontal direction
Left Dbl Click
Change object
Left_Hold_Down
Move object / move selection
SPACEBAR
to abort screen re-draws
V. D
to zoom to fit the sheet
V. F
to zoom to fit all placed objects
PgUp
to zoom in (zooms in around the cursor. so position the cursor first)
HOME
to re-center the screen at the current cursor position
END
to refresh the screen
TAB
while an object is floating on the cursor to edit its attributes prior to placement.
SPACEBAR
whilst placing an object to rotate it by 90 degrees
X
whilst placing an object to flip it along the X axis
Y
whilst placing an object to flip it along the Y axis
DELETE
whilst laying a wire/bus/line/polygon to delete the last vertex
BACKSPACE
whilst laying a wire/bus/line/polygon to delete the last vertex
SPACEBAR
while laying a wire/bus/line to step through the placement modes
ESC
to escape from what you are doing when you change your mind
CTRL+TAB
to switch between open documents in EDA/Client
ALT+TAB
to switch between open applications in Windows
F1
when you have a cross-hair cursor to pop up a list of shortcut keys