SketchUp Pro Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 135 default keyboard shortcuts found in SketchUp Pro.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General I

A — 2 point arc tool

C — Circle tool

Shift C — Circle tool - lock current inferences

E — Eraser tool

Alt E — Eraser tool - soften or smooth (use on edges to make adjacent faces appear curved)

Shift E — Eraser tool - hide

Alt Shift E — Eraser tool - unsoften or unsmooth

L — Line tool

Shift L — Line tool - lock in current inference direction

(arrows) L — Line tool - lock direction

M — Move tool

Alt M — Move tool - move a copy

Shift M — Move tool - hold down to lock in current inference direction

Ctrl M — Move tool - auto-fold (allow move even if it means adding extra edges and faces)

(arrows) M — Move tool - lock direction

F — Offset tool

O — Orbit tool

Alt O — Orbit tool - disable 'gravity-weighted' orbiting

Shift O — Orbit tool - activate pan tool

B — Paint bucket tool

Alt B — Paint bucket tool - fill material, paint all matching adjacent faces

Shift B — Paint bucket tool - replace material, paint all matching faces in the model

General II

Shift B — Paint bucket tool - replace material, paint all matching faces in the model

Alt Shift B — Paint bucket tool - replace material on object, paint all matching faces on the same object

Ctrl B — Paint bucket tool - sample material

P — Push and pull tool

Alt P — Push and pull tool - push or pull a copy of the face, leaving original in place

R — Rectangle tool

Alt R — Rectangle tool - start drawing from center

Q — Rotate tool

Alt Q — Rotate tool - rotate a copy

S — Scale tool

Alt S — Scale tool - scale about center

Shift S — Scale tool - scale uniformly, don't distort

Space — Select tool

Alt Space — Select tool - add to selection

Shift — Select tool - add or subtract from selection

Alt Shift Space — Select tool - subtract from selection

T — Tape measure tool

Alt T — Tape measure tool - toggle create guide or measure only

(arrows) T — Tape measure tool - lock direction

Z — Zoom tool

Shift Z — Zoom tool - combine with click-drag mouse to change field of view