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SketchUp Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet for 135 default keyboard shortcuts in SketchUp Pro.

General

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
2-Point Arc Tool A A
Circle Tool C C
Circle Tool - Lock current inference Shift + C Shift + C
Eraser Tool E E
Eraser Tool - Soften or Smooth (use on edges to make adjacent faces look curved) Alt + E Alt + E
Eraser Tool - Hide Shift + E Shift + E
Eraser Tool - Unsoften or Unsmooth Alt + Shift + E Alt + Shift + E
Line Tool L L
Line Tool - Lock current inference direction Shift + L Shift + L
Line Tool - Lock direction (Arrow) + L (Arrow) + L
Move Tool M M
Move Tool - Move a copy Alt + M Alt + M
Move Tool - Hold to lock current inference direction Shift + M Shift + M
Move Tool - Auto-fold (allows moving even if it means adding extra edges and faces) Cmd + M Ctrl + M
Move Tool - Lock direction (Arrow) + M (Arrow) + M
Offset Tool F F
Orbit Tool O O
Orbit Tool - Disable “gravity-weighted” orbiting Alt + O Alt + O
Orbit Tool - Activate Pan tool Shift + O Shift + O
Paint Bucket Tool B B
Paint Bucket Tool - Fill material, paint all matching adjacent faces Alt + B Alt + B
Paint Bucket Tool - Replace material, paint all matching faces in the model Shift + B Shift + B
Paint Bucket Tool - Replace material on object, paint all matching faces on the same object Alt + Shift + B Alt + Shift + B
Paint Bucket Tool - Sample material Cmd + B Ctrl + B
Push/Pull Tool P P
Push/Pull Tool - Push/Pull a copy of the face, leaving the original in place Alt + P Alt + P
Rectangle Tool R R
Rectangle Tool - Draw from center Alt + R Alt + R
Rotate Tool Q Q
Rotate Tool - Rotate a copy Alt + Q Alt + Q
Scale Tool S S
Scale Tool - Scale about center Alt + S Alt + S
Scale Tool - Scale uniformly, no distortion Shift + S Shift + S
Select Tool Space Space
Select Tool - Add to selection Alt + Space Alt + Space
Select Tool - Add or subtract from selection Shift Shift
Select Tool - Subtract from selection Alt + Shift + Space Alt + Shift + Space
Tape Measure Tool T T
Tape Measure Tool - Toggle creating guides or just measuring Alt + T Alt + T
Tape Measure Tool - Lock direction (Arrow) + T (Arrow) + T
Zoom Tool Z Z
Zoom Tool - Combine with click and drag mouse to change Field of View Shift + Z Shift + Z